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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003809b.htm person Murphy Arthur William AACR2 17 November 1891 21 April 1963 Place of Birth Kew, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Essendon, Victoria, Australia Engineer Aviator Arthur William Murphy went on an overseas mission in 1936 which selected an American-designed aircraft, rather than a British type, for manufacture in Australia. He also participated in 1939 in negotiations to manufacture Beaufort aircraft and the establishment of the Government Aircraft Factory.

Born Kew, Victoria, 17 November 1891. Died Essendon, Victoria, 21 April 1963. Educated Footscray Technical School. Apprentice, Austral Otis Engineering Company; worked in several engineering establishments; trainee air mechanic, Aviation Instructional Staff, Permanent Military Forces, Central Flying School, Point Cook 1914-16; Australian Imperial Force 1916-18; regular forces 1919-21; RAAF 1921-46, rising from flying officer in 1921 to air commodore in 1943. He and Captain H.N. Wrigley flew from Melbourne to Darwin in 1919 to secure information for competitors in the first flight from England to Australia, being the first people to cross Australia by air. Distinguished Flying Cross, Hejaz Order of Nahda; Air Force Cross; Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society.

1936 1936 Career position - Member of the Australian Technical Air Mission to England and America [With Lawrence James Wackett and Herbert Clifford Harrison] Wackett, Lawrence James (1896 - 1982)

Member of the 1936 Australian Technical Air Mission to England and America, to survey the world aircraft manufacturing scene in order to develop plans for manufacture of a type suited to Australian resources.

 Harrison, Herbert Clifford (1888 - 1962)

Member of the 1936 Australian Technical Air Mission to England and America, to survey the world aircraft manufacturing scene in order to develop plans for manufacture of a type suited to Australian resources.

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 Murphy, Arthur William (1891-1963)

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 'Murphy, Arthur William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Murphy, Arthur William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Murphy, Arthur William (1891-1963), engineer and airman Fraser, Alan Murphy, Arthur William (1891-1963), engineer and airman Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 633 Resource: B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch 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