Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Australian Dictionary of Biography |
Editors | Melanie Nolan |
Place of Publication | Australia |
Publisher | Melbourne University Press |
Pages | 1-1 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Volume | 18 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780522861310 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Abstract
Francis Phillip O’Grady (1900-1981), engineer and public servant, was born on 9 December 1900 at The barton, Adelaide, eldest of seven children of Irish-Catholic parents, John Micheal O’Grady, labourer, and his wife Hannah, née Hiskey. Frank’s family lived in a small whitewashed, mud-brick cottage, shared with his father’s four brothers. As a boy he developed an interest in practical electronics, a passion that became both his profession and his hobby