Kernot, Wilfrid Noyce (1868 - 1945)

Born
18 July 1868
Newtown, Victoria, Australia
Died
17 May 1945
Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Engineer
Summary

Wilfrid Noyce Kernot, the younger brother of William Charles, was appointed instructor in applied mechanics - design and assistant instructor in practical solid geometry and mechanical drawing at the Working Men's College in 1891 (Working Men's College Prospectus, 1891, pp. 36, 40 and 41) Kernot was appointed head of the Department of Engineering in 1898 (Working Men's College Prospectus, 1898, p. 40). He was president of the Working Men's College in 1920. Later, Kernot became professor of engineering at the University of Melbourne (Murray-Smith and Dare, 1987, pp. 48 and 468).

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Archival/Heritage Resources

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives

Repository details
  • [1898 Prospectus of the Working Men's College Melbourne]. Melbourne: [The College], [1898]. 100p. [cover and title page detached] - Contained in bound volume 3, 1898, S0390/001 (4-7-5-3) SER-05116; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives. Details
  • Prospectus of the Working Men's College Melbourne for 1891. Melbourne: [The College], 1891. 64p. - Contained in bound volume 2, 1891, S0390/001 (4-7-5-3) SER-05110; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives. Details

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    Books

    • Murray-Smith, Stephen and Dare, Anthony John, The Tech: A Centenary History of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Hyland House Publishing Pty Limited, South Yarra, Victoria, 1987.

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    Sources used to compile this entry: [1898 Prospectus of the Working Men's College Melbourne]. Melbourne: [The College], [1898]. 100p. [cover and title page detached] - Contained in bound volume 3, 1898, S0390/001 (4-7-5-3) SER-05116; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives; 'Obituary', Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers, vol. 25, no. 2, December 1945, p. 156. Also available at https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/10.1680/ijoti.1945.13932; 'Prof Kernot Dies: Notable Family', The Argus, 18 May 1945, p. 6. Also available at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1107195; Murray-Smith, S., Kernot, Wilfred Noyce (1868-1945), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2006. Also available at https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kernot-wilfred-noyce-6937; Murray-Smith, Stephen and Dare, Anthony John, The Tech: A Centenary History of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Hyland House Publishing Pty Limited, South Yarra, Victoria, 1987; Prospectus of the Working Men's College Melbourne for 1891. Melbourne: [The College], 1891. 64p. - Contained in bound volume 2, 1891, S0390/001 (4-7-5-3) SER-05110; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives.

    Prepared by: Alannah Croom

    Created: 1 December 2021, Last modified: 2 December 2021