Norman Selfe

Norman Selfe ( born December 9, 1839 in Teddington ( England); † October 15, 1911 in Sydney) was an Anglo- Australian engineer, marine engineers and inventors. He is best known today as the namesake of Sydney's suburb of Normanhurst, where his residence Gilligaloola exists to this day, as well as the winner of a competition in 1903 for the construction of a ' Sydney Harbour Bridge ' (although this bridge was never built after Selfes design and only 1924-32 according to plans of the company Dorman Long in the form known today originated ). Selfe designed precision machinery, refrigeration, hydraulic and electrical systems and plans for the traffic in the city, as well as bridges, docks and ships. He was active in the Royal Society of New South Wales, the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts; the Australian Historical Society and the Central Federation League. As President of the Board of Technical Education, he sat down, and often controversial, for an independent, more practical and less elitist system of technical training in. This should be the needs of industrialization much more effectively. In some areas Selfes services were appreciated only after his death.

Credentials

  • Australian
  • Born in 1839
  • Died in 1911
  • Man
  • Engineer, inventor, engineer
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