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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-04-23 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007671b.htm person Furphy Henry Gustavus AACR2 Furphy, Harry 24 June 1897 1 July 1991 Place of Birth Corop, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Rushworth, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Consulting engineer Harry Furphy, BA BCE FIEAust FInstCE, was a leading civil and public health engineer specialising in water supply and sewerage systems from 1923 until he retired in 1971. Early in his career, he was appointed to the newly created Division of Public Health Engineering, Commonwealth Department of Health in 1923, under its Director, Gordon Gutteridge. In this role he reporting on the water supply problems and sewerage possibilities for many towns and provincial centres across Australia. When Gutteridge resigned, he was appointed Director until the position was abolished in 1930. He travelled overseas for two and a half years, to increase his professional knowledge of water supply, purification, and sewerage engineering. In Germany, he worked under Dr. Imhoff on the staff of the Ruhrverband, Essen, on sewage treatment design, and for shorter periods under Dr. Pruss of the Emschergenossenschaft, Essen; and Dr. von Hanffstengel, of the Nuremberg City Council Sewerage Department. In addition he took a short course of study at the Prussian Institute for Water, Soil, and Air Hygiene, Berlin. In England he spent fifteen months designing the large treatment works for Dagenham, Essex, under the Council's engineer T. P. Francis, before returning via the United States and Canada. In 1933, with Ronald M Scott, they formed the consulting civil engineering practice Scott & Furphy in Melbourne, and it became one of the leading firms designing and supervising the construction of water supply and treatment plants throughout Australia. Active within the engineering profession, he served as Chairman of the Melbourne Division of the Institution of Engineers Australia, as a Member of Council 1953 - 1958, and as its national President in 1959-60.

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* 1929 Deloraine Water Supply;

c. 1915 1916 Career position - School teacher, Education Department, Victoria 1916 1918 Military service - First Word War. Corporal, 5th Battalion AIF [Wounded in France] 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1923 1923 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Melbourne 1924 1924 Education - Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE), University of Melbourne 1925 1926 Career position - Assistant Engineer, Division of Public Health Engineering, Commonwealth Department of Health 1926 1926 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1926 1928 Career position - Engineer, Division of Public Health Engineering, Commonwealth Department of Health 1928 1930 Career position - Director, Division of Public Health Engineering, Commonwealth Department of Health 1930 1932 Life event - Overseas study tour to increase his professional knowledge of water supply, purification, and sewerage engineering [In Essen, Nuremberg, and Berlin] 1931 1932 Career position - Sewerage Design Engineer, Dagenham, Essex [Under Thomas Phillip Francis, resposible for designing the seven million gallons per day sewage treatment plant] 1933 1971 Career position - Partner, Scott and Furphy, Consulting civil engineers 1939 1939 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1941 1945 Military service - Second World War. Captain (T/Major), Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Vic) 1949 1949 Career position - Chairman, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 1953 1957 Career position - Member of Council, Institution of Engineers Australia 1957 1958 Career position - Vice-President, Institution of Engineers Australia 1959 1959 Career position - President, Institution of Engineers Australia c. 1960 c. 1960 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London c. 1960 c. 1960 Career event - Fellow (FAmSocCE), American Society of Civil Engineers 1968 1968 Career position - President, Victorian Branch, Australian Water and Wastewater Association 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.] c. 1970 c. 1970 Career event - Fellow (FInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1971 Career position - Consultant to Scott and Furphy Consulting Group 1971 1971 Life event - Retired Victoria Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Chairman, Melbourne Division 1948

 Scott and Furphy (1933 - 1991)

Founding partner and director, 1933 - 1971.

 Chapman, Wilfrid Dinsey (1891 - 1955)

Harry Furphy and Wilfrid Chapman studied civil engineering together at the University of Melbourne.

 Department of Health, Commonwealth of Australia (1921 - 1987)

Director, Division of Public Health Engineering 1928 - 1930; Engineer, 1925 - 1928.

 Candy, Charles William Albert Augustus (1894 - 1981)

Collaborated as consulting engineers for the design of water supply and sewerage systems, 1939 - 1950.

 Gutteridge, Alan Gordon (Gordon) (1892 - 1942)

Engineer, with Gutteridge, in the Division of Public Health Engineering, 1923 - 1928

 Garlick, Edward Thomas Mervyn (1883 - 1935)

Collaborated as consulting engineers for the design of water supply and sewerage systems, 1933 - 1935.

 'Furphy, Henry Gustavus', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Furphy, Henry Gustavus Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Past presidents - where are they now? Past presidents - where are they now? 1978 Engineers Australia 50 7 20-22 Journal Article: Water Purification at Swan Hill, Victoria Water Purification at Swan Hill, Victoria 1926 Commonwealth Engineer 14 2 85-86 Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 1968 Legge, J. S. Who's who in Australia 1968 Melbourne, Victoria The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd 1968 Journal Article: Some aspects of trickling filter design Furphy, H. G. Some aspects of trickling filter design 1933 Commonwealth Engineer 21 3 71-73 Journal Article: Presidential address [1960] - The coming drought Furphy, H. G. Presidential address [1960] - The coming drought 1960 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 32 4-5 69-73 Journal Article: The chemical treatment of water supplies Furphy, H. G. The chemical treatment of water supplies 1926 Quarterly Bulletin, Institution of Engineers, Australia 3 222- Journal Article: The president of The Institution for 1959 [Mr H. G. Furphy BA BCE] The president of The Institution for 1959 [Mr H. G. Furphy BA BCE] 1959 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 31 3 N13 Resource: B884 Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office B884 Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch 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 Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 1983 Draper, W.J. Who's who in Australia 1983 24th Melbourne, Victoria Herald and Weekly Times Ltd 1983