P006845 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2022-01-05 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-06 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006845b.htm corporateBody Electrical Association of Australia AACR2 1915 1919 Association Society or Membership Organisation The Electrical Association of Australia was formed as a national amalgamation of the functions of the Electrical Association of New South Wales and the Victorian Institute of Electrical Engineers, with arrangements to include other States as opportunities arose. It formed a National Council, combined its publication of papers, and the existing State associations reformed as the Victorian section and the New South Wales section of the Electrical Association of Australia. The Association took the first steps towards standardisation in the Electrical Industry, including the acceptance of uniform wiring rules in all States. In 1919, the Electrical Association of Australia and its sections amalgamated with other existing engineering associations, to form the "Institution of Engineers, Australia" as one of the Institution's eleven 'Foundation Societies', and its members transferred to the Institution as foundation Associate Members.

A national institute or association of electrical engineers was initially proposed in 1910, but no agreement could be reached, partly because of the limits of incorporation in one State. This was solved in 1915 by creating a National Council, and leaving each state association to run its own affairs.

 Electrical Association of Australia, Victorian section (1915 - 1919) Electrical Association of Australia, New South Wales section (1915 - 1919) Electrical Association Premium, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - 1975)

The Electrical Association Premium was established on funds presented to the Institution of Engineers Australia by the Electrical Association of Australia

 Myers, Walter Harold (1881 - 1965)

Councillor 1918

 Kernot, Wilfred Noyce (1868 - 1945)

Vice-President 1917

 McCarty, Francis Alexander (1875 - 1938)

Councillor, Federal Council, 1916.

 Brain, Orlando William Cornelius (1866 - 1936)

First President of Federal Council, 1914 - 1915

 Newbigin, William Johnstone (1874 - 1927)

Federal Council member 1914 - 1919

 J. R. Bainton Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia (1923 - )

The J. R. Bainton Prize was established on funds presented to the Institution of Engineers Australia by J. R. Bainton, in recognition of the work of the Electrical Association of Australia.

 Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - ) 'Electrical Association of Australia', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Electrical Association of Australia Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Fifty-seventh Annual Report [Annual Report 1976] Institution of Engineers Australia Fifty-seventh Annual Report [Annual Report 1976] 1977 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia Storr, E. D. 49 12 25-32 Journal Article: Prizes Institution of Engineers Australia Prizes 1921 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 1 48-49 Resource: Institution of Engineers Australia - Foundation Societies' Publications Index McInnes, Ken Institution of Engineers Australia - Foundation Societies' Publications Index Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre, University of Melbourne 2018 Journal Article: Historical account of the formation of the Institution of Engineers, Australia. Institution of Engineers Australia Historical account of the formation of the Institution of Engineers, Australia. Sydney, NSW Institution of Engineers, Australia 1921 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 1 28-46