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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-05-05 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006951b.htm person Green Frederick William AACR2 26 January 1885 11 May 1968 Place of Birth East Rudham, Norfolk, United Kingdom Place of Death Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Electrical engineer Mechanical engineer Frederick Green BSc(Eng) WhitEx AMIEAust AssocMInstCE AMIEE, established and was the first head of the Engineering Department of Swinburne Technical College, 1913 until 1928, and then Principal of the College from 1928 until he retired in 1950. He made a significant and lasting contribution to engineering education in Australia.

Fred Green established the engineering school in 1913 and the diploma courses in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical engineering at Swinburne Technical College in 1915. These were the first Swinburne courses to be professionally recognised by the University of Melbourne, and by the Institution of Engineers Australia.

He designed the engineering school for the College, with lecture rooms, drawing office, laboratories for experimental and practical work in applied mechanics, surveying and electrical research, and extensive workshops for turning, fitting, pattern-making, blacksmithing, moulding and hardening. Later he also designed, had manufactured and installed, innovative equipment for testing and production.

From the 1920s through to the 1960s he contributed significantly to professional engineering development as a member, Secretary and Treasurer of the Victorian Advisory Committee of the Institution of Civil Engineers, London.

1897 1900 Education - Rutherford College, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1900 1906 Career position - Appentice, Clarke, Chapman & Co., Engineers, Boiler makers and Electricians, Gateshead-on-Tyne 1906 1908 Career position - Assistant Engineer, Clarke, Chapman & Co., Engineers, Boiler makers and Electricians, Gateshead-on-Tyne 1908 1910 Education - Bachelor of Science in Engineering, with Honours (BSc(Eng)), London University 1910 1912 Career position - Engineer, Clarke, Chapman & Co., Engineers, Boiler makers and Electricians, Gateshead-on-Tyne 1911 1912 Education - Imperial College of Science & Technology, London 1911 1913 Career position - Lecturer, Rutherford College, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1912 1912 Career event - Interviewed in Newcastle, UK, by George Swinburne, to head the Engineering Department of Swinburne Technical College, Melbourne 1913 1913 Life event - Migrated to Victoria, Australia 1913 1928 Career position - Head, Engineering Department, Swinburne Technical College 1920 1920 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London 1920 1920 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1920 1966 Career position - Member, Victorian Advisory Committee, Institution of Civil Engineers, London 9 Mar 1920 9 Mar 1920 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1928 1950 Career position - Principal, Swinburne Technical College 1934 1966 Career position - Treasurer, Victorian Advisory Committee, Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1950 1950 Life event - Retired 1950 1964 Career position - Secretary, Victorian Advisory Committee, Institution of Civil Engineers, London Kernot, Wilfred Noyce (1868 - 1945)

Wilfred Kernot endorsed Fred Green's nomination for AssocMInstCE, 1920.

 Kernot, Maurice Edwin (1852 - 1934)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE endorsed Fred Green's nomination for AssocMInstCE, 1920.

 Payne, Henry (1871 - 1945)

Henry Payne MInstCE endorsed Fred Green's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1920.

 Swinburne Technical College (1908 - 1992)

Principal/Director 1928 - 1950; Head of Engineering School 1913-1928.

 Swinburne, George (1861 - 1928)

George Swinburne, as Swinburne Technical College President, appointed Fred Green as Head of Engineering Department 1912; Proposed Fred Green nomination for AssocMInstCE 1920.

 'Green, Frederick William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Green, Frederick William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: The place and importance at the present time of Technical Education Green, F. W. The place and importance at the present time of Technical Education Melbourne, VIC 1946 The Australasian 52 Resource: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Journal Article: The Ex-Director [ Mr Frederick William Green] Anon The Ex-Director [ Mr Frederick William Green] Hawthorn, Victoria Swinburne Technical College 1950 The Open Door - The Magazine of the Swinburne Technical College 6-7 Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com