Wackett, Lawrence James

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English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-02-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000853b.htm person Wackett Lawrence James AACR2 2 January 1896 1982 Place of Birth Townsville, Queensland, Australia Aeronautical engineer Sir Lawrence Wackett was the founder and, from 1936-1960, the Managing Director of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation. 1936 1936 Career position - Member of the Australian Technical Air Mission to England and America [With Herbert Clifford Harrison and Arthur William Murphy] 1936 1960 Career position - Managing Director, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation c. 1941 1947 Career position - Member of Council, Australian Council for Aeronautics 1959 1959 Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne 1967 1967 Award - Jack Finlay National Award, Australian Council, Institution of Production Engineers 1978 1978 Award - James Cook Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales Murphy, Arthur William (1891 - 1963)

Member of the 1936 Australian Technical Air Mission to England and America, to survey the world aircraft manufacturing scene in order to develop plans for manufacture of a type suited to Australian resources.

Harrison, Herbert Clifford (1888 - 1962)

Australian Council for Aeronautics (1941 - 1947)

Member of Council to 1947

Jack Finlay National Award, Institution of Engineering and Technology (Australia) (1961 - )

Awarded Jack Finlay National Award 1967.

Kernot Memorial Medal, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Melbourne (1926 - )

Awarded the Medal 1959

Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) (1936 - 1986)

Managing Director 1936 - 1960

James Cook Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1954 - )

Awarded the Medal 1978

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'Wackett, Lawrence James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wackett, Lawrence James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders Engineers Australia Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders Barton, A.C.T. Institution of Engineers, Australia 2019 Book: Aircraft Pioneer: an autobiography Wackett, L. J. Aircraft Pioneer: an autobiography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1972 Book Section: Chapter 16: Aeronautical engineering McArthur, Ian Chapter 16: Aeronautical engineering Crows Nest, New South Wales Engineers Australia 1989 Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney Don Fraser 299-318 Conference Paper: The CA-15 Fighter - an Item of Aeronautical Engineering Heritage Martin, R. L. The CA-15 Fighter - an Item of Aeronautical Engineering Heritage Barton, Australian Capital Territory Institution of Engineers, Australia 1994 First Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage 1994: Old Ways in a New Land; Preprints of Papers 115-120 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 Lawrence James Wackett - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Lawrence James Wackett - Records MS 4858 1919 - 1969 Records, including correspondence in particular with E. Lewis, D. Sandys, L. Hartnett and W. Birdwood; designs; photographs; press cuttings and manuscript of Wackett's autobiography "Aircraft pioneer" (Angus & Robertson, 1972); overall dates 1919-69 [45 cm, MS 4858]. 0.45 m Artwork, Photographs