P001080 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001080b.htm person Kernot Wilfred Noyce AACR2 18 July 1868 17 May 1945 Place of Birth Geelong, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Caulfield, Victoria, Australia Engineer Academic Wilfred Kernot was lecturer from 1891 and later head of the Department of Engineering at the Working Men's College, Melbourne. In 1911 he joined the Department of Engineering, University of Melbourne and was Associate Professor and later Professor from 1923-1936. 1891 1898 Career position - Lecturer in Applied Mechanics, Working Men's College, Melbourne 1894 1894 Education - Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE), University of Melbourne 1898 1911 Career position - Head, Engineering Department, Working Men's College, Melbourne 1905 1905 Career event - Member, Victorian Institute of Electrical Engineers 1911 1923 Career position - Engineering School, University of Melbourne 1917 1917 Career event - President, Electrical Association of Australia (Victorian Section) 1917 1917 Career event - Vice-President, Electrical Association of Australia 1918 1918 Education - Master of Mechanical Engineering (MMechEng), University of Melbourne 1919 1920 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 29 Apr 1919 29 Apr 1919 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1920 1920 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1923 1932 Career position - Associate Professor, Engineering, University of Melbourne 1932 1936 Career position - Professor of Engineering, University of Melbourne [succeeded Henry Payne] 1945 1945 Buried - Boroondara Cemetery, Victoria Upton, Thomas Haynes (1889 - 1956)

Wilfred Kernot MInstCE endorsed Thomas Upton nomination for MInstCE 1925

 Burnell, John Gurner (1885 - 1967)

Wilfred Kernot MInstCE endorsed John Burnell nomination for MInstCE 1923

 Working Men's College (1882 - 1933)

Head, Engineering Department 1898-1911

 Oliver, Calder Edkins (1855 - 1930)

Wilfred Kernot was the brother-in-law of Calder Oliver.

 Kelso, Alexander Edward (1894 - 1943)

Wilfred Kernot endorsed Alexander Kelso's nomination for AssocMInstCE, 1920.

 Green, Frederick William (1885 - 1968)

Wilfred Kernot endorsed Fred Green's nomination for AssocMInstCE, 1920.

 Electrical Association of Australia (1915 - 1919)

Vice-President 1917

 Electrical Association of Australia, Victorian section (1915 - 1919)

President 1917

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Professor, Engineering 1932 - 1936; Associate Professor, Engineering 1923 - 1932; Engineering staff 1911 - 1923.

 Kernot, Maurice Edwin (1852 - 1934) Kernot, William Charles (1845 - 1909)

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 Kernot, Wilfred Noyce (1868-1945)

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 'Kernot, Wilfred Noyce', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kernot, Wilfred Noyce Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Resource: RMIT University History RMIT University Archives RMIT University History RMIT University Archives 2022 Resource Section: Kernot, Wilfred Noyce Kernot, Wilfred Noyce Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: Engineering education in Victoria Kernot, Wilfred Engineering education in Victoria 1934 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 6 10 356-358 Journal Article: Some Engineering Aspects of the Melbourne Tornado of 2nd February, 1918 Kernot, Wilfred N. Some Engineering Aspects of the Melbourne Tornado of 2nd February, 1918 1920 Proceedings of the Electrical Association of Australia, Victorian Section 1917-1918 122-137 Journal Article: Presidential address Kernot, Wilfred N. Presidential address 1918 Proceedings of the Electrical Association of Australia, Victorian Section 1916-17 1-19 Journal Article: Electro-Technical Education Kernot, Wilfred N. Electro-Technical Education 1917 Proceedings of the Electrical Association of Australia, Victorian Section 1915-1916 12-26 Journal Article: Former student remembers Professor Wilfred Kernot Mirfield, T. N. Former student remembers Professor Wilfred Kernot 1965 The Chartered Engineer Victoria 9 7 4 Resource: Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Conference Paper: The Kernot engineers Ferguson, Jim The Kernot engineers 2003 Engineering Heritage Victoria, Speakers Programme Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com Book Section: Kernot, Wilfred Noyce (1868-1945), engineer Murray-Smith, S. Kernot, Wilfred Noyce (1868-1945), engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 573-574 Wilfred Noyce Kernot - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Wilfred Noyce Kernot - Records 1890 - 1945 Personal records c1890-1945. John Monash - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection John Monash - Records MS 1884 1876 - 1934 Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, drafts of manuscripts, subject files, press cuttings, pamphlets, souvenirs, printed items, photographs, glass slides and other memorabilia relating to all aspects of Sir John's life and career. There is juvenilia and items dating from his school and university days. The correspondents include Victory Moss (whom he married), J. T. N. Anderson (business partner), Mathilda Monash (sister) and other members of the Monash Family, J. Gibson (business), Walter Rosenhain, Clara Stockfeld, Eva Blashki, Rose Blashki, Minnie Blashki, Jeanette Krakowski, Ada Krakowski, Kitty Lunday, Amy and Evie Corrie and Rose Schield. 35.42 m Photographs