Biographical entry Julius, George Alfred (1873 - 1946)

Summary

(Sir) George Alfred Julius, a consulting engineer with the firm Julius, Poole & Gibson and the inventor of the racecourse totalizator, was the Chairman of CSIR 1926-45. He was also a founder of the Institution of Engineers, Australia in 1919 and a council member 1919-40.

Details

Born Norwich, England, 29 April 1873. Died 28 June 1946. Kt Cr 1929. Educated Canterbury College, New Zealand (BSc (mechanical engineering) 1896). Assistant engineer, Western Australian railways 1896-1907, consulting engineer, Allen Taylor & Co. Ltd 1907-14, partnership with William Poole from 1914 and A.J. Gibson from 1922 until his death. First Chairman, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 1926-45. Chairman, Commonwealth Committee on Secondary Industries Testing and Research 1936-37. President, Engineering Association of New South Wales 1910-13, President, Electrical Association of Australia 1917-18, founder, Institution of Engineers, Australia 1919, president 1925, chairman, Standards Association 1926, president, Australian National Research Council 1932-37, president, Rotary Club of Sydney 1932. Peter Nicol Russell memorial medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia 1927, Kernot medal 1939. Portrait by Norman Carter held by CSIRO Melbourne.

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• George Alfred Julius - Records, 1945 - 1964, MS 41; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies

• George Alfred Julius - Records, 1925 - 1946, Series 34 and others; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies. Details

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• George Alfred Julius - Records, 1907 - 1914; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

Powerhouse Museum

• Julius, George Alfred (1873-1946), 1917 - 1988, 94/222/23; Powerhouse Museum. Details

Published resources

Books

• Currie, George; Graham, John, The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926, CSIRO, Melbourne, 1966, 203 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Corbett, Arthur, 'Julius, Sir George Alfred (1873-1946)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 528-529. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090526b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Obituary: George Alfred Julius, Kt', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 9, no. 1, 1946, pp. 14-15. Details
• Currie, George; Graham, John, 'G. A. Julius and Research for Secondary Industry', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 2, no. 1, 1971, pp. 10-28. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9710210010.htm. Details

Online Resources

• Totalisator History - an Australian Achievement, http://www.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Julius, G A', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617171. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P000528. Details
• Rees, A. L. G., 'Ian William Wark 1899-1985', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 4, 1987, pp. 533-548. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870640533.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim, 'CSIRO', in Graeme Davison; John Hirst; Stuart Macintyre (ed.), Oxford Companion to Australian History, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1998, pp. 164-165. Also available at http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/csiro_history.htm. Details
• Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Melbourne, 1995, 267 pp. Details