Person

Woods, John (1822 - 1892)

Born
1822
Died
1892
Occupation
Engineer, Inventor and Politician

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Chronology

1883 -
Career event - Foundation Member, Victorian Engineers Association
1883
Career event - Foundation Vice-president, Victorian Engineers Association

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Published resources

Books

  • Cumming, D. A., Some Public Works Engineers in Victoria in the Nineteenth Century (Melbourne: University of Melbourne, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 1985), 59 pp. p.33. Details

Book Sections

  • Eastwood, Jill, 'Woods, John (1822-1892), engineer, politician and inventor' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z, Bede Nairn, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1976), pp. 434-435. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/woods-john-4884. Details

Resources

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