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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-01-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001856b.htm person Hume Walter Reginald AACR2 29 November 1873 21 July 1943 Place of Birth Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Victoria, Australia Inventor Entrepreneur Walter Hume, in conjunction with his brother in 1910, formed Humes' Patent Cement Iron Syndicate Ltd to develop Walter's revolutionary centrifugal process for the manufacture of concrete pipes which ultimately transformed the nature of pipe manufacture world wide.

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 Hume, Walter Reginald (1873-1943)

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 'Hume, Walter Reginald', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hume, Walter Reginald Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Hume, Walter Reginald (1873-1943), inventor and entrepreneur Snooks, G. D. Hume, Walter Reginald (1873-1943), inventor and entrepreneur Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 402 Journal Article: Walter Reginald Hume (1974-1947): Some Notes on a Pioneer of Pipe Technology Encel, S.; and O'Dea, Marjory Walter Reginald Hume (1974-1947): Some Notes on a Pioneer of Pipe Technology 1969 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 1 4 17-26 Edited Book: They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work Cumming, D. A.; Moxham, G. C. They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work Adelaide D.A. Cumming and G.C Moxham 1986 Book: Australian inventions and innovations Ingpen, Robert Australian inventions and innovations Rigby Publishers Limited 1982 Book: Australian inventions and innovations Ingpen, Robert Australian inventions and innovations Rigby Publishers Limited 1982 Conference Paper: Cobb River Hydro-electric Power Scheme Blair, A. K. Cobb River Hydro-electric Power Scheme 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 135-143 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