Person
Kepert, John Leslie (Jack) (1903 - 1970)
- Born
- 14 November 1903
Bendigo, Victora, Australia - Died
- 9 September 1970
Mont Albert, Victora, Australia - Occupation
- Educationist, Electrical engineer and Mechanical engineer
Summary
Jack Kepert, DipElec&Mech BSc BMechE MEE MIMechE MIEE FIEAust MIAAE MACE, was Director of Technical Education, Victoria from 1967 until he retired in 1968. He took a leading role in the transition of higher technical education from Education Department control to the Victorian Institute of Colleges, and the restructuring of vocational education within the Department. He was Assistant/Chief Inspector of Technical Education in Victoria, 1959 - 1967, and was Principal of Caulfield Technical School/College 1946 - 1959.
His early teaching career was at Footscray Technical School/College (Victoria University of Technology) and they named the Kepert scholarship and a building after him.
Details
Chronology
- 1923
- Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1924
- Education - Diploma of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (DipElec&Mech), Footscray Technical School
- 1928
- Education - Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE), University of Melbourne
- 1928
- Career event - Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1928 - 1929
- Career position - Engineer, State Electricity Commission Victoria [officer-in-charge Rubicon A hydroelectric power station]
- 1929
- Education - Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (BMechE), University of Melbourne
- 1929 - 1937
- Career position - Senior Instructor, South Melbourne Technical School
- 1930
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1933
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1934
- Education - Master of Electrical Engineering (MEE), University of Melbourne
- 1937 - 1944
- Career position - Senior Lecturer Engineering, Footscray Technical School
- 1944 - 1945
- Career position - Vice-principal, Footscray Technical School
- 1945 - 1959
- Career position - Principal, Caulfield Technical College
- 1958
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1959 - 1963
- Career position - Assistant chief inspector, Technical Schools
- c. 1959 - c. 1968
- Career position - Member of Council, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- 1961 - 1962
- Career position - Chairman, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- 1963 - 1966
- Career position - Chief inspector, Technical Schools
- 1967 - 1968
- Career position - Director, Technical Education, Education Department Victoria
- 1967 - 1968
- Career position - Member of Council, Victorian Institute of Colleges
- 1968
- Life event - Retired
- 13 Sep 1968
- Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Spaull, Andrew; Rushbrook, Peter, 'Kepert, John Leslie (1903 - 1970), technical educationist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), p. 10, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kepert-john-leslie-jack-10725. Details
Edited Books
- Legge, J. S. ed., Who's who in Australia 1968 (Melbourne, Victoria: The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1968), 955 pp. "Kepert, John Leslie", p.495. Details
Theses
- Kepert, John Leslie, 'Report on the Sugarloaf-Rubicon hydro-electric scheme', MEngSc, University of Melbourne, 1934, 202 pp, https://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au:443/record=b2792905~S30. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 26 February 2026