Person
Ferguson, James Mephan (1922 - 2008)
- Born
- 17 October 1922
Prahran, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 18 November 2008
Grovedale, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Engineering historian and Mechanical engineer
Summary
Jim Ferguson was the head of the Mechanical Engineering Department, Gordon Institute of Technoilogy from about 1956 until his retirement in the 1970s.
He was a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, served on its Engineering Heritage Sub-committee, published papers on Engineering History, and assisted the Industrial History Committee of the National Trust Victoria.
Details
Born as Mephan James William Ferguson, to Mephan John Ferguson and Mary Raeburn nee Palmer, he was soon known as "Jim" or "James Mephan Ferguson", retaining the well known 'Mephan' name of his grandfather Mephan Ferguson.
Chronology
- 1930 - 1941
- Education - Geelong College
- 1942 - 1945
- Military service - Trooper, 2/9 Australian Armoured Regiment
- 1951
- Education - Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (BMechE), University of Melbourne
- c. 1951 - c. 1952
- Career position - Engineer, Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI)
- c. 1952 - c. 1955
- Career position - Engineer, British Phosphate Commission, Nauru
- 1956 - c. 1957
- Career position - Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Gordon Institute of Technology
- 1957
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- c. 1957 - 1970s
- Career position - Head of Mechanical engineering department, Gordon Institute of Technology
- 1968
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Ferguson, James Mephan, Mephan Ferguson : a biography (Torquay, Victoria: J. M. Ferguson, 1992), 48 pp. Details
Conference Papers
- Ferguson, J. M., 'The Education of Australian Engineers Who Achieved Eminence before 1940', in Second National Conference on Engineering Heritage ‘The Value of Engineering Heritage': Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1985), pp. 21-24.. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.724151201726189. Details
- Ferguson, J. M., 'Irrigation Developments in Victoria: 1881-1890; A Resource for Tourism and Education', in Fourth National Conference on Engineering Heritage 1988: Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1988), pp. 23-25.. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.623514524426312. Details
- Ferguson, J. M., 'Australian Defence Forces: The Defence of Port Phillip Heads 1859-1945', in Eleventh National Conference on Engineering Heritage: Federation Engineering a Nation; Proceedings (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2001), pp. 149-151., https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.520772320908597. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Muschamp, Michael, 'Pulled his weight in all matters [Obituary: James Mephan Ferguson (1922-2008)', The Age (2009), 13, https://www.theage.com.au/national/pulled-his-weight-in-all-matters-20090125-7ph5.html. Details
Resources
- CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office, 'NAA: B883, VX72737', B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=6068698. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 6 April 2023