tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post5148546046398306252..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: John Monash - Australia's Greatest Living Citizen 1918-1931Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-64900415701333876052014-03-16T20:47:24.491+11:002014-03-16T20:47:24.491+11:00Hi Hels. I mentioned February because almost all o...Hi Hels. I mentioned February because almost all of my father's engineering friends were born in that month (as was he), and they used to have a combined birthday bash. Unfortunately he has outlived them all. One of the down sides of reaching that age.jeronimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099993403604440221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-6807630984375254102014-03-16T00:39:16.982+11:002014-03-16T00:39:16.982+11:00Lord Cowell
Good on you for knowing about Joseph ...Lord Cowell<br /><br />Good on you for knowing about Joseph Monier and Gustav Wayss and the development of reinforced concrete! I bet not very many people in the universe would know about their history. <br /><br />Joseph Monier invented reinforced concrete in France in 1867.<br /><br />In 1886 Gustav Adolf Wayss bought Monier's patent and developed it further in Germany.<br /><br />JT Noble Anderson gained the patent rights in Victoria in c1904.<br /><br />Monash created a company in 1905 and developed the use of reinforced concrete even further.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-69924258586951469172014-03-16T00:31:07.149+11:002014-03-16T00:31:07.149+11:00columnist
those awards were all fair dinkum.
He w...columnist<br /><br />those awards were all fair dinkum.<br />He was awarded: <br />-Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George<br />-Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath<br />-Grand Officier de la Legion d'Honneur, French Republic<br />-French Croix de Guerre<br />-Belgian Croix de Guerre etc etc<br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-34952971765838441002014-03-16T00:28:30.714+11:002014-03-16T00:28:30.714+11:00jeronimus
*high 5* we may be twins! My father did...jeronimus<br /><br />*high 5* we may be twins! My father did his final year of engineering after being in the army, got married in uniform in 1945, then we children came along in the baby boomer years of the late 1940s.<br /><br />My brothers and my sons were all engineering focused. I was the only technologically inept person in the family :(Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-37239613526174962502014-03-15T21:53:09.460+11:002014-03-15T21:53:09.460+11:00He certainly collected a few gongs along the way, ...He certainly collected a few gongs along the way, but by the sound of it rather deserving.<br /><br />His name is familiar to me, but I knew nothing else about him.columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-90552172030281914582014-03-15T18:46:07.757+11:002014-03-15T18:46:07.757+11:00I had come across John Monash when I was researchi...I had come across John Monash when I was researching Joseph Monier and Gustav Wayss and the development of reinforced concrete but did not know all the detail you presented in this post. Thank you. Gives me an understanding for the ubiquitous use of his name throughout Melbourne/Victoria.Lord Cowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08022567039394790375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-27338571475886142772014-03-15T18:31:19.094+11:002014-03-15T18:31:19.094+11:00Snap! My father is also 91 and studied engineering...Snap! My father is also 91 and studied engineering. Not in Melbourne though.<br />Was your father born in February?jeronimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099993403604440221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-5213179592383798372014-03-15T12:04:43.920+11:002014-03-15T12:04:43.920+11:00Deb
When Victoria was planning a second universit...Deb<br /><br />When Victoria was planning a second university in the early 1960s, they selected a great name. I bet the name surprised people back then - it was the very first university in Australia to be named after a person, rather than a city.<br /><br />"Farm" hehe yes. I remember.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-54487795458670209582014-03-15T12:00:03.234+11:002014-03-15T12:00:03.234+11:00Andrew
I have seen Monash University, Monash Law ...Andrew<br /><br />I have seen Monash University, Monash Law Chambers, Monash's portrait on the $100 note, Monash Freeway, The City of Monash etc etc. <br /><br />But I am especially glad his names lives on near Yallourn. Because that was one of the projects he cared most about. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-11962453006389492212014-03-15T11:53:01.089+11:002014-03-15T11:53:01.089+11:00foto fanatic
I agree... there may only be a handf...foto fanatic<br /><br />I agree... there may only be a handful of shining people in every generation. The nation is fortunate when those people are allowed to reach their full potential.<br /><br />Geoffrey Serle's book, John Monash: a biography, makes your point very clearly. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-2690107308553315322014-03-15T11:50:36.073+11:002014-03-15T11:50:36.073+11:00Parnassus
giants indeed. He was born to Prussian ...Parnassus<br /><br />giants indeed. He was born to Prussian Jewish parents and spoke German as his primary language. He had very scholarly parents and they had a VERY scholarly son.<br /><br />Being a German-speaker in 1914 was not a good thing to be, so he never referred to his Prussian background again.<br /><br />He and his wife were excellent members of the Melbourne Jewish community and seemed to be honoured by every Jewish organisation.<br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-70271508150017647792014-03-15T11:12:39.130+11:002014-03-15T11:12:39.130+11:00Like Andrew I knew little of him, except when he w...Like Andrew I knew little of him, except when he was a general. But I know this. When Melbourne got its second university, they gave the namimg honours to Monash. I was an early student at The Farm.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-81805708853082715832014-03-15T11:04:11.712+11:002014-03-15T11:04:11.712+11:00What an extraordinary man and I knew little of him...What an extraordinary man and I knew little of him. As a teen, I briefly lived in Monash Road, Newborough which is near the Yallourn open cut mine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-43804208440074072662014-03-15T10:13:14.682+11:002014-03-15T10:13:14.682+11:00Some people shine so brightly that they illuminate...Some people shine so brightly that they illuminate all around them.the foto fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17234840691455844914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-61810685495945357252014-03-15T08:43:38.015+11:002014-03-15T08:43:38.015+11:00Hello Hels, I can see why John Monash has been id...Hello Hels, I can see why John Monash has been idolized in Australia, as one who was ever-ready to serve his country. He reminds me of the phrase "There were giants in those days" and the photo bears out his strength of character. <br /><br />Incidentally, was he Jewish? You mention a funeral service, but little else about his background.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.com