Biographical entry Mehaffey, Maurice William (1884 - 1970)
- Born
- 17 December 1884
Invercargill, New Zealand - Died
- 27 July 1970
Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Engineer
Summary
Maurice William Mehaffey was appointed Commonwealth Director-General of Works in 1936 after working in the Queensland Harbour and Rivers Dept and as a lighthouse engineer and Director of Lighthouses, Melbourne 1931-36.
Archival resources
National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office
- Maurice William Mehaffey - Records, MT 267/1; National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Komesaroff, Michael, 'Mehaffey, Maurice William (1884-1970)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 474-475. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100463b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Mehaffey, Maurice William', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465307. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 August 2006
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