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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-02-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003439b.htm person Clapp Harold Winthrop AACR2 7 May 1875 21 October 1952 Place of Birth St Kilda, Victoria, Australia Place of Death East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Administrator Sir Harold Clapp was Chairman of the Victorian Railway Commissioners 1920-1939 and Director-General of Land Transport to co-ordinate Commonwealth and State road and rail transport 1942-1951. Clapp, Francis Boardman (1833 - 1920) Victorian Railways, Colony and State of Victoria (1883 - 1983)

Chief Commissioner, 1920 - 1939

 Shannon, William Montgomery (1868 - 1933)

Harold Clapp was Chief Commissioner, Victorian Railways, when William Shannon was Commissioner, 1919 - 1933.

 Conference convened by the Prime Minister, S.M. Bruce, to consider the reorganisation of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, 30 May and 1 June 1925

Representative of Victoria

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 Clapp, Harold (1875-1952)

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 'Clapp, Harold Winthrop', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Clapp, Harold Winthrop 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 Section: Clapp, Sir Harold Winthrop (1875-1952), railway administrator Adam-Smith, Patsy Clapp, Sir Harold Winthrop (1875-1952), railway administrator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 1-3 Journal Article: [The unification of Australia's railway gauges] (Paper & Discussion) Clapp, Harold [The unification of Australia's railway gauges] (Paper & Discussion) 1949 Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers 1944-1948 Journal Article: Profile: Sir Harold Clapp Anon Profile: Sir Harold Clapp 1964 The Chartered Engineer Victoria 9 3 20 Book: The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Currie, George; Graham, John The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Melbourne CSIRO 1966 Book: Victorian steampower : an illustrated social history McCann, Joy; Churchward, Matthew Victorian steampower : an illustrated social history Melbourne, Vic. Victoria Press 1994 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