Person
Dunphy, Myles Joseph (1891 - 1985)
OBE
- Born
- 19 October 1891
South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 30 January 1985
Peakhurst, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Conservationist and Architect
Summary
Myles Dunphy, was the founding secretary of the National Parks and Primitive Areas Council of New South Wales from 1933 until 1965 when the body ceased work, and later was a counsellor on the Geographic Names Board of New South Wales.
He taught architectural engineering in the School of Architecture, Sydney Technical College from 1922 until 1953, then at the New South Wales University of Technology / University of New South Wales from 1953 until he retired in 1963.
Related entries
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
Published resources
Book Sections
- Gowers, Richard, 'Dunphy, Myles Joseph (1891-1985)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K, Diane Langmore, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007), https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dunphy-myles-joseph-12446. Details
Edited Books
- Lewis, Miles ed., Two hundred years of concrete in Australia (North Sydney: Concrete Institute of Australia, 1988), 137 pp. See p.16. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17483906. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/1967628. Details
- 'Dunphy, Myles (18911019-19850130)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-596543. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 5 December 2024
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