Person

Newbigin, William Johnstone (1874 - 1927)

Born: 12 June 1874
Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Died: 20 April 1927
Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Mechanical engineer and Company director

Summary

William Newbigin was Chief of the engineering staff of Wm. Adams & Co. Ltd 1906-1920 and Managing Director from 1922. He was on the CSIR Executive from 1926 and played a leading role in the formation of the Institution of Engineers, Australia.

Related Corporate Bodies

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Commonwealth of Australia (1926 - 1949)
Member of Executive (part time) April 1926 - April 1927

Date: 1926 -

Related People

Kenyon, Alfred Stephen (1867 - 1943)
Newbigin proposed Kenyon's application for MIEAust, 1922

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

William Johnstone Newbigin - Records, 1922 - 1927, MS 041; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Book Sections

Corbett, Arthur, 'Newbigin, William Johnstone (1874-1927)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 6-7. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110007b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

'Memoirs', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 8 (1927), 483-495, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.264881614830457. pp.491-493. Details
'First members of institution [Diamond Jubilee feature article]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 51 (20) (1979), 69. 'Registered member number 6'. Details
Newbigin, William Johnstone, 'Some notes on the Parsons steam turbine (Paper & Discussion)', Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. IV (1905), 163-191. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24301. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24026261. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/2664153895176602410008. Details
'Newbigin, William Johnstone (1874-1927)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465123. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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