P001816 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 [P004098]; Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001816b.htm person Strickland Tom Percival AACR2 12 October 1875 3 March 1955 Place of Birth St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Engineer Electrical engineer Tom Strickland, BSc MSc MIEAust, was Chief Electrical Engineer of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, from the inception, planning and development of electrical trams in Melbourne in 1921, until he retired in 1938. Prior to that he was the Assistant Chief Electrical engineer, New South Wales Government railways and tramways. He played a lead role in the establishment of the Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association in 1922, and was a member of the Melbourne Town Planning Commission. During the Second World War he was a Commissioner of the State Electricty Commission of Victoria and a Member of the Board of Business Administation for the Defence Department. 1895 1895 Career event - Member, Sydney University Engineering Society [later elected a Life member] 1897 1897 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1897 1899 Award - 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship 1899 1899 Education - Master of Science (MSc), McGill University, Montreal, Canada c. 1900 c. 1900 Career event - Member (MCanSCE), Canadian Society of Civil Engineers 1902 1902 Career event - Member, Electrical Association of New South Wales 1902 Oct 1921 Career position - Assistant Chief Electrical engineer, Railways and Tramways, New South Wales [under O W C Brain] 1904 1904 Career event - Associate Member (AAmIEE), American Institute of Electrical Engineers 1904 1905 Career position - President, Sydney University Engineering Society 1906 1906 Career event - President, Electrical Association of New South Wales 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1920 1920 Career position - Lecturer, University of Sydney [Series of post-graduate lectures on transmission line design] 1920 1920 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia Oct 1921 Aug 1938 Career position - Chief Electrical Engineer, Melbourne Metropolitan Tramways Board 1922 1932 Career position - Member of Council, Institution of Engineers Australia 1923 c. 1929 Career position - Chairman, Sectional committee on railways and tramways, Australian Engineering Standards Association 1923 1930 Career position - Member, Melbourne Town Planning Commission 1938 1938 Life event - Retired 1938 1942 Career position - Consulting engineer, Melbourne Dec 1941 Dec 1945 Career position - Part-time Commissioner, State Electricity Commission of Victoria 1943 1945 Career position - Member, Board of Business Administration, Commonwealth of Australia Brain, Orlando William Cornelius (1866 - 1936)

Strickland was Assistant Chief Electrical Engineer 1902 - 1921, when Brain was Chief Electrical Engineer 1899 - 1924, for Railways and Tramways, NSW

 Sydney University Engineering Society (1895 - 1919)

President 1904 - 1905

 Electrical Association of New South Wales (1891 - 1915)

President 1906.

 Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association (1922 - 1929)

Chairman, Sectional committee on railways and tramways 1923 - c1929

 Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Councillor 1922 - 1932

 Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, State of Victoria (1918 - 1983)

Chief Electrical Engineer 1921 - 1938

 State Electricity Commission of Victoria, State of Victoria (1921 - c. 1993)

Part-time Commissioner 1941-1945

 1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )

1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship: 1897-1899.

 Strickland, Tom Percival

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 'Strickland, Tom Percival', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Strickland, Tom Percival Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Strickland, Tom Percival Strickland, Tom Percival Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: Metropolitan and provincial tramways Strickland, T. P.; Russell, Lewis E. Metropolitan and provincial tramways 1934 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 6 10 369-371 Journal Article: Current rushes in transformers Strickland, T. P. Current rushes in transformers 1915-16 Proceedings of the Electrical Association of Australia, New South Wales Section 2 39-43 Journal Article: The heating of cables in service Strickland, T. P. The heating of cables in service 1914-15 Proceedings of the Electrical Association of Australia, New South Wales Section 1 187-226 Journal Article: On the loss of head due to bends in pipes Strickland, T. P. On the loss of head due to bends in pipes 1912 Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society 17 23-47 Journal Article: Notes on the earthing of the neutral in three-phase high-tension systems Strickland, T. P. Notes on the earthing of the neutral in three-phase high-tension systems 1910-11 Proceedings of the Electrical Association of New South Wales 17-33 Journal Article: Presidential address. Sydney University Engineering Society Strickland, T. P. Presidential address. Sydney University Engineering Society 1905 Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society 10 1-16 Journal Article: The flow of water through sharp-edged orifices Strickland, T. P. The flow of water through sharp-edged orifices 1906 Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society 11 47-67 Journal Article: Presidential address. Electrical Association of New South Wales Strickland, T. P. Presidential address. Electrical Association of New South Wales 1906-07 Proceedings of the Electrical Association of New South Wales 7-18 Journal Article: The three phase generation, transmission and conversion system of the Sydney electric tramways Strickland, T. P. The three phase generation, transmission and conversion system of the Sydney electric tramways 1904 Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society 9 25-39 Journal Article: Experimental investigation of the flow of water in uniform channels Barraclough, S. H. E.; Strickland, T. P. Experimental investigation of the flow of water in uniform channels 1897 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 31 356-376 Journal Article: Obituary [Sir John Kemp (1883-1955); Tom Percival Strickland (1875-1955)] Obituary [Sir John Kemp (1883-1955); Tom Percival Strickland (1875-1955)] 1955 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 27 3 70