John Butters (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sir John Henry Butters (23 December 1885 - 29 July 1969) was an Australian electrical engineer notable for his role in the Tasmanian Hydro-electric Department from 1914 to 1924 and as the head of the Federal Capital Commission which developed Canberra between 1925 and 1930. Butters was born in Hampshire and trained as an electrical engineer at Hartley College, Southampton. He moved to Australia in 1909.