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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2016-04-06 human Ailie Smith updated 2025-12-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005503b.htm person Hunt Ralph Alec AACR2 3 March 1891 26 April 1980 Place of Birth Brighton, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Mont Albert, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Administrator Public servant From the ADB entry: "Hunt married Parisian-born Henriette Kaczka (d.1945) at the registry office, Melbourne, on 24 January 1920. That year he began his career with the State Electricity Commission. Although his early engineering posts were relatively minor, he was one of the pioneers under Sir John Monash who developed the generation of electricity from brown coal. In 1934 Hunt became an administrator, rising in 1938 to general superintendent, Yallourn. On 31 October 1949 at St Paul's Anglican Church, Warragul, he married Betty May Budge, a 27-year-old trained nurse." Monash, John (1865 - 1931) Austin Hospital ( - 1995)

Member, committees of management 1950s-1960s

 Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Foundation member from 1919

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

Employee from 1920

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 Hunt, Ralph Alec (1891-19801231)

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 'Hunt, Ralph Alec', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hunt, Ralph Alec Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Hunt, Ralph Alec (1891-1980), engineer and administrator Langmore, Diane Hunt, Ralph Alec (1891-1980), engineer and administrator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1996 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel John Ritchie 522 Journal Article: Profiles from the past: Sir John Monash Hunt, R. A. Profiles from the past: Sir John Monash 1964 The Chartered Engineer Victoria 8 6 5