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 People

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Myles Joseph Dunphy - Records, 1905 - 1984, ML MSS 4457; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • Myles Joseph Dunphy - Records, 1979, ML MSS 3677; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

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

Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes

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