Person

Wackett, Lawrence James (1896 - 1982)

Born
2 January 1896
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Died
1982
Occupation
Aeronautical engineer

Summary

Sir Lawrence Wackett was the founder and, from 1936-1960, the Managing Director of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation.

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Chronology

c. 1941 - 1947
Career position - Member of Council, Australian Council for Aeronautics
1959
Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne
1967
Award - Jack Finlay National Award, Australian Council, Institution of Production Engineers

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Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Lawrence James Wackett - Records, 1919 - 1969, MS 4858; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Wackett, L. J., Aircraft Pioneer: an autobiography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1972), 241 pp. Details

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See also

  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_w.html. Details
  • Engineers Australia ed., Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders (Barton, A.C.T.: Institution of Engineers Australia, 2019), 136 pp. 'Take to the Air - Sir Lawrence Wackett' p.64. Details
  • Martin, R. L., 'The CA-15 Fighter - an Item of Aeronautical Engineering Heritage', in First Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage 1994: Old Ways in a New Land; Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1994), pp. 115-120., https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.625750480977296. Details
  • McArthur, Ian, 'Chapter 16: Aeronautical engineering' in Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney, Don Fraser, ed. (Crows Nest, New South Wales: Engineers Australia, 1989), pp. 299-318. Details

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