P001735 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.

 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J.; Ken McInnes updated 2026-04-01 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001735b.htm person Mackay Reginald William John AACR2 23 March 1901 4 September 1971 Place of Birth Parkes, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death late of Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia Electrical engineer Reginald Mackay was the Chief Electrical Engineer, and Senior Administrator (or Chief Assistant to the Commissioner) 1956-1966 of the Department of Railways, New South Wales. Apart from a brief period obtaining experience abroad, Mackay's whole professional life was with the Railway's Department, having commenced as an Assistant electrical engineer in 1929, soon after graduating. For most of his life he was also involved with the Institution of Engineers Australia: serving as Chairman of the Sydney Division, as a National Councillor, as Vice-President, and as President. 1919 1919 Career event - Member, Sydney University Engineering Society 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1922 1922 Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of Sydney 1924 1924 Award - University Medal, University of Sydney 1924 1924 Education - Bachelor of Engineering, with first class honours (BE(Hons)), University of Sydney 1924 1926 Career position - Engineer, Australian Westinghouse Electrical Company, Sydney 1926 1926 Award - Walter and Eliza Hall travelling fellowship in engineering, University of Sydney 1926 1926 Award - Peter Nicol Russell medal for post graduate research, University of Sydney 1926 1928 Career position - Research Fellow in engineering, University of Sydney 1928 1929 Career position - Engineer, Australian Westinghouse Electrical Company, Sydney 1929 1929 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1929 1946 Career position - Assistant Electrical Engineer, then Electrical Engineer, New South Wales Department of Railways 1938 1938 Education - Master of Engineering (ME), University of Sydney 1939 1939 Award - Electrical Association Premium 1939, Institution of Engineers Australia - for paper "The Heating of Power Cables" - Awarded 1943 1941 1941 Education - Bachelor of Economics, with honours (BEc(Hons)), University of Sydney 1942 1942 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1942 1942 Career position - Chairman, Sydney Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 1943 1958? Career position - Councillor, Institution of Engineers Australia 1946 1950 Career position - Chief Assistant Electrical Engineer, Department of Railways, New South Wales 1950 1956 Career position - Chief Electrical Engineer, Department of Railways, New South Wales 1954 1955 Career position - Vice-President, Institution of Engineers Australia 1956 1956 Career position - President, Institution of Engineers Australia 1956 1966 Career position - Senior Administrator, Department of Railways, New South Wales 1966 1966 Life event - Retired 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.] New South Wales Department of Railways, State of New South Wales (1932 - ?)

Senior Administrator 1956 - 1966; Chief Electrical Engineer 1950 - 1956; Chief Assistant Electrical Engineer 1946 - 1950.

 Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

President 1956; Vice-President 1954 - 1955; Councillor 1943 - 1958; Chairman, Sydney Division 1942

 Mackay, Reginald William John (1901-)

Trove

 'Mackay, Reginald William John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Mackay, Reginald William John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Twenty-third Annual Report [1942] Institution of Engineers Australia Twenty-third Annual Report [1942] 1943 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia MacLean, E. S. 15 2 35-51 Journal Article: The heating of power cables Mackay, Reginald William John The heating of power cables 1939 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 11 4 123-132 Conference Paper: The Lake Macquarie Power Project Mackay, R. W. J. The Lake Macquarie Power Project Sydney Institution of Engineers Australia 1953 Proceedings of the Engineering Conference, 1953, Melbourne 128-145 Journal Article: The president of The Institution for 1956 [Mr. R. W. J. Mackay BSc ME BEc MIEAust] The president of The Institution for 1956 [Mr. R. W. J. Mackay BSc ME BEc MIEAust] 1956 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 28 4-5 107 Journal Article: Obituary : Reginald William John Mackay Obituary : Reginald William John Mackay 1971 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 43 12 26 Resource Section: Mackay, Reginald William John Mackay, Reginald William John Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham