Person

Brearley, Joseph Henry Draper (1873 - 1941)

Born
20 June 1873
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
14 October 1941
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Electrical engineer

Summary

Joseph Brearley BSc BE MIEE AssocMInstCE MIEAust, was Chief engineer, Director, then Managing Director of Noyes Bros (Melb) Pty Ltd. between 1905 and 1933. He was Assistant Electrical Engineer, New South Wales Railways and Tramways between 1896 and 1903 and supervised all the works related to converting the Sydney tramway system to electric traction.

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Chronology

1891
Career event - Foundation Member, Electrical Association of New South Wales
1893 - 1894
Career position - Lecturer, Science and Mathematics, St.Paul's College, Sydney University
1894
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
1895
Career position - Draftsman, working for James Ormiston Callender, Sydney [Electric lighting, Charters Towers, Queensland]
1895
Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney
1895 - 1903
Career position - Assistant Electrical Engineer, New South Railways and Tramways [Supervising all works associated with the electrification of the Sydney Tramways]
5 Nov 1895
Career event - Student Member (StudInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1896
Career event - Associate (AssocIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London
1897 - 1903
Military service - Lieutenant, NSW Engineers
1901
Career event - Member (MIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London
1903
Award - Honorary Member, Electrical Association of New South Wales
1903 - 1905
Career position - Chief assistant engineer, Noyes Bros, Sydney and Dunedin [Supervising the Dunedin Electric Tramway system]
12 Jan 1904
Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1905 - 1922
Career position - Chief engineer, Noyes Bros, Melbourne
1907 - 1909
Career position - Consulting engineer, Prahran and Malvern, Melbourne
1910 - 1922
Career position - Director, Noyes Bros. (Melb.) Pty. Ltd.
1912 - 1913
Career position - President, Victorian Institute of Electrical Engineers
1919
Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1920
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1922 - 1933
Career position - Managing Director, Noyes Bros. (Melb.) Pty. Ltd.
1924 - 1925
Career position - Committee member, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia
1933
Life event - Retired
1941
Life event - Buried, Brighton Cemetery, Victoria

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Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details

Journal Articles

  • Brearley, Joseph Henry Draper, 'The electric tramways of Sydney, New South Wales', Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society, 5 (1900), 21-36, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/SUES/article/view/1992. Details
  • Brearley, Joseph Henry Draper, 'Notes on electric traction (Paper & Discussion)', Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. XIV (1914), 35-55, 58-65, 80-96. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24562. Details
  • Threlfall, Richard and Brearley, Joseph Henry Drapier, 'Researches on the electric properties of pure substances. No.1. The electrical properties of pure sulphur', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A, 187 (1896), 57-150. Details
  • Threlfall, Richard; Brearley, Joseph Henry Drapier and Allen, J.B., 'Researches on the electrical properties of pure substances. No 1. The electrical properties of pure sulphur', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 56 (1894), 32-40. Details

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See also

  • Who's who in Australia 1929 (Sydney, NSW: International Press Service Association, 1929). Details

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