Green, Frederick William (1885 - 1968)

Summary

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.

Details

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.

Chronology

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

Career event - Interviewed in Newcastle, UK, by George Swinburne, to head the Engineering Department of Swinburne Technical College, Melbourne

1913

Life event - Migrated to Victoria, Australia

1913 - 1928

Career position - Head, Engineering Department, Swinburne Technical College

1920

Career event - Associate Member (AMIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London

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

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

Life event - Retired

1950 - 1964

Career position - Secretary, Victorian Advisory Committee, Institution of Civil Engineers, London

Related entries

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Anon, 'The Ex-Director [ Mr Frederick William Green]', The Open Door - The Magazine of the Swinburne Technical College (1950), 6-7, https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/items/a50d1d9a-3f82-408a-82a6-98c38d6a31b8/1/. Details

Newspaper Articles

• Green, F. W., 'The place and importance at the present time of Technical Education', The Australasian (1946), 52, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141908282. Details

Resources

• 'Obituary. Frederick William Green, 1885-1968.', Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, https://doi.org/10.1680/iicep.1969.7553. Details
• Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 'Application: 16171, 1920', Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/3585/. Details