John Gibson

John Gibson graduated from UNSW with a Science degree, and later went on to study Metallurgy. In 1973 he took a position as lecturer at Sydney Teachers College. The College was later amalgamated with Sydney University where he held positions of Senior Lecturer and Head of Department within the Faculty of Education and taught engineering studies and materials science to prospective technology teachers. In 1989 he graduated with a Masters Degree in historical archaeology from Sydney University.

John has been involved in a number of conservation studies in the mining areas of Lucknow, Gulgong, and Prospect (Boral), and industrial sites such as Goodyear (Camelia) and Hartley. He joined the Engineering Heritage Committee of Engineers Australia in 2001 and was secretary in 2002/3.

Paper: Remnants of Early Hydraulic Power Systems