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Biographical entry Downing, Harold Leslie (1913 - 2004)
- Born
- 10 January 1913
Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 7 October 2004
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Electrical engineer and Teacher
Summary
Harold Downing entered professional life as a science teacher. Within two years of graduating he moved to AWA Ltd. (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia) to take up a post as an engineer. Downing remained at AWA Ltd. Until he retired in 1978 after almost forty-two years of service.
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Events
- 1934
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Western Australia
- 1935 - 1936
- Career position - Science Teacher in Perth
- 1936
- Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Western Australia
- 1936 - 1974
- Career position - Engineer at AWA Ltd. (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia)
- 1975 - 1978
- Career position - Manager of the Engineering Products Division of AWA Ltd.
Published resources
Online Resources
- 'Downing, Harold Leslie', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001638p.htm. Details
- National Library of Australia, 'Downing, Harold Leslie', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475541. Details
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Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 29 September 2011
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