Filmer, Walter Drowley (1865 - 1944)

Summary

Walter Filmer was a pioneer of X-ray in Australia. He was an Honorary Electrician at Newcastle Hospital (1896-1910) and a Lecturer in Applied Electricity at Newcastle Technical College (1912-1930). During his career he wrote at least two scientific articles on X-rays.

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Chronology

1884 - 1885

Career position - Telegraph Officer with the New South Wales Post Office

1885 - 1912

Career position - Telegraph Officer with the New South Wales Railways

1896 - 1910

Career position - Honorary Electrician at Newcastle Hospital in New South Wales

1897

Research - Publication of two papers in the Australian Technical Journal

1909 - 1912

Career position - Temporary teacher at the Newcastle Technical College

1912 - 1930

Career position - Lecturer in Applied Electricity Newcastle Technical College

1919

Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1930

Life event - Retired

Published resources

Journal Articles

• 'Abstracts of papers read before Divisions, 1920', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1 (1920), 471-480, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.633491999041294. "Physiography of Lake Macquarie (Abstract only). Read before the Newcastle Division, 22 May 1920.", p.474. Details
• Owen, Morris, 'Walter Drowley Filmer, 1865 - 1944: Australian x-ray pioneer', Journal of the College of Radiologists of Australasia, 9 (1) (1965), 24-35. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21585392. Details
• 'Filmer, Walter Drowley (1865-1944)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475456. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Filmer, Walter Drowley', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P002227p.htm. Details