Biographical entry Clarkson, William (1859 - 1934)

Summary

(Sir) William Clarkson was sent to visit Japan, the USA and the UK to study naval dockyards and ship construction in 1907. He remained in the UK 1908-11 overseeing the building of destroyers for the Commonwealth Naval Forces, which became in 1911 the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Unit.

Published resources

Books

• Coulthard-clark, Chris, Without Peer: Sir William Clarkson, KBE, CMG (1859-1934): Engineer, Vice-Admiral Royal Australian Navy, Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering, Sydney, 2002, 98 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Primrose, B.N., 'Clarkson, Sir William (1859-1934), naval officer', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 18-19. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080018b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Clarkson, William', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1121302. 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=P003442. Details