Obituary: Wilfred (Wilf) Ernest Ewers (1919–2020)

On 27 February 2020, in the idyllic town of Augusta on the south-west corner of the continent, we lost Wilf Ewers, one of the nation’s most gifted scientists, science leaders and administrators. He was responsible for establishing the CSIRO’s minerals research program in Western Australia in 1963, turning it into one of the organisation’s most successful enterprises.