Oswald Francis Mingay

Oswald Francis Mingay (1 July 1895 – 8 August 1973) was a public servant, wireless signalman in the Australian Army during World War I and an early wireless experimenter, but best known as a journalist, editor and publisher of radio-related publications over several decades. He was Radio Manager for Burgin Electric and influenced that firm to established Australia's first Class B broadcasting station in 1924. Through the same period Mingay ran his own radio manufacturing business. His publishing career commenced in 1930 with "The Radio Retailer of Australia", but the complete list of titles is very long indeed and covered almost every facet of the growing radio industry.

Professional career

References

    Artifacts

    • Museums Victoria Jenvey's Coherer, used for communication with St. George, 1901 Museums Victoria

    Publications

    • Jenvey, H. W. Practical telegraphy : a guide for the use of officers of the Victorian Post and Telegraph Department. vol. 1 (2nd edition Melbourne, 1891) Trove

    Further reading

    • Australian Dictionary of Biography (Jim Symes). (Canberra, 2018) online
    • Carty, Bruce. Australian Radio History (4th ed. Sydney, 2013)
    • Curnow, Geoffrey Ross. The history of the development of wireless telegraphy and broadcasting in Australia to 1942, with especial reference to the Australian Broadcasting Commission: a political and administrative study. online
    • Jolly, Rhonda. Media ownership and regulation: a chronology (Canberra, 2016)
    • MacKinnon, Colin (VK2YDM). Oswald Francis Mingay online
    • Australian War Memorial. Honours and Awards, Mentioned in Despatches, Oswald Francis Mingay. online
    • Australian War Memorial. Honours and Awards, Mentioned in Despatches, Oswald Francis Mingay. online
    • National Library of Australia. Biographical cuttings on Oswald F. Mingay, radio and electrical engineer, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals
    • National Library of Australia. Trove; articles tagged Oswald Francis Mingay (website) (200+ selected articles)
    • Ross, John F. A History of Radio in South Australia 1897–1977 (J. F. Ross, 1978)
    • Ross, John F. Radio Broadcasting Technology, 75 Years of Development in Australia 1923–1998 (J. F. Ross, 1998)
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