Agent TypePersonHistoryJames Mephan Fergusson wrote the biography of his grandfather in 1992. James is the former head of Mechanical Engineering Department at the Gordon Institute, and sometime member (with Frank Strahan) of the Industrial History Committee of the National Trust.
His Grandfather, Mephan Ferguson (25 July 1843 - 2 November 1919), was an Australian manufacturer, particularly of water supply pipes, notably for the pipeline to the Western Australian goldfields. He was born in Falkirk, Scotland. He immigrated with his parents to Melbourne in the colony of Victoria in Australia arriving in 1854. Around 1874 Ferguson established a business in Melbourne as an iron foundry and rail construction contractor. After successfully building a bridge over the Yarra River he was awarded many other government contracts. The firm became a subsidiary of Tubemakers of Australia Ltd. in 1950.
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Given NameJamesMiddle NameMephanFamily NameFerguson
Ferguson, James M.. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 15/04/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/60972
