Person
Minty, Albert Ernest (Bill) (1921 - 1995)
- Born
- 4 July 1921
Pymble, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 7 April 1995
Deakin, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer
Summary
Bill Minty BE FIEAust FCIT, was an assistant Commissioner and Director, Hydraulics and Land Development for the National Capital Development Commission (NCDC). He joined the Commission in 1959 as the Project Engineer for the planning, design and construction of Lake Burley Griffin, and subsequently was appointed a Director with responsibilities for a wide range of hydraulic, transportation and other major projects. He retired in 1981 after nearly 23 years with NCDC.
Before joining the commission, his experiences included twenty years on major dams, wartime flying and hydro-electric projects.
He was chairman of Canberra Division of the Institution of Engineers, Australia; a National Councillor from 1979 to 1981; a foundation member of the National Panel on Engineering Heritage in 1979 and was its chairman in 1985.
Details
Chronology
- 1941 - 1945
- Military service - Second World War. Flight Lieutenant, Royal Australian Air Force
- 1950
- Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- c. 1951
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE),
- 1952
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1959 -
- Career position - Project Engineer, Lake Burley Griffin, National Capital Development Commission
- 1968
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]
- 1970
- Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1972
- Career position - Chairman, Canberra Division, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1975
- Career position - Assistant Commissioner, Construction and General Engineering, National Capital Development Commission
- 1979 -
- Career position - Member, National Panel on Engineering Heritage, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1979 - 1981
- Career position - Councillor, Canberra Division, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1981
- Life event - Retired
- 1981
- Career position - Director, Hydraulics and Land Development, National Capital Development Commission
- 1985
- Career position - Chairman, National Panel on Engineering Heritage, Institution of Engineers Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Andrews, W.C.; Shellshear, W.; Cooper, I.; Pascoe, L.; Morison, I.; Price, C.J.; Dalgarno, K.J.; Minty, A.E.; Jones, H.A.; Clark, P.; Yonge, P.; Corbett, A.H.; Cooke, T.H.; Leslie, R.; Dalgleish, R.P.S.; Taylder, A.E.; Downey, K.E.; Connal, J.K., Canberra's engineering heritage: Second Edition (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, Canberra Division, 1990), 242 pp. Details
- Minty, A.E., Black Cats : the real story of Australia's long range Catalina strike force in the Pacific War, Solomons to Singapore, Cairns to the coast of China (Point Cook, Victoria: Royal Australian Air Force Museum, 1994), 250 pp. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Anon, 'Deaths', Canberra Times (1995), 28, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130542310. Details
Resources
- CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office, 'NAA: A9300, MINTY A E', A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=5244093. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 28 September 2022, Last modified: 20 September 2023