Person
Fernie, Norman (1898 - 1977)
- Born
- 18 June 1898
Leederville, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 25 May 1977
Claremont, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Engineer
Details
Published Technical Papers:
* 1930. Fernie, N. "Water Supplies from Rock Catchments in the W.A. Wheat Belt", 'The Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia', Vol.2, 1930, p.198.
* 1935. Fernie, N., Keating, R.J. "Continuous Welding of Exposed Mains, as Applied to the Goldfields Water Supply", 'The Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia', Vol.7, 1935, p.409.
* 1949. Fernie, N. "The Wundowie Charcoal Iron Wood Distillation Project", 'The Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia', Vol.21, 1949, p.25. (Abstract).
Associated Engineering Works:
* 1935. Restoration of the 328-mile (528 km) water-supply pipeline to Kalgoorlie. (District Engineer)
Chronology
- 1920
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Western Australia
- 1920
- Career event - Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1923
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Western Australia
- 1924
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1930 -
- Career position - District Engineer, Goldfields Water Supply Department
- 1935
- Award - R W Chapman Medal, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1936
- Education - Master of Engineering (ME), University of Western Australia
- 1941
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1943
- Career position - Chairman, Western Australia Division, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1943 - 1945
- Career position - Member of the Senate, University of Western Australia
- 1968
- Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Hartley, Richard G., 'Fernie, Norman (1898-1977) Engineer' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 14 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 155-156. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140164b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Twentieth Annual Report [1939]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 12 (1940), 47-64. 'Prizes - R. W. Chapman Medal (1935 award), to Mr N Fernie, BSc ME AMIEAust, and Mr R J Keating, BE AMIEAust, Perth Division, for their paper entitled "Continuous Welding of Exposed Mains, as Applied to the Goldfields Water Supply", which was published in Volume 7 of The Journal', p.53. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21558833. Details
- 'Fernie, Norman (1898-19771231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466998. Details
Ailie Smith, Ken McInnes
Created: 6 April 2016, Last modified: 24 November 2021