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Shaw, Archibald John (1872 - 1916)
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Radio pioneer and Priest
Born: 16 December 1872  Adelong, New South Wales, Australia.  Died: 26 August 1916  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Archibald John Shaw started work with wireless telegraphy in 1910 to raise funds for three Pacific missions. He took out a number of patents and supplied radio equipment for the Commonwealth and D. Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14.
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Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 7 August 2006
Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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