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Biographical entry Coane, John Montgomery (1848 - 1923)
- Born
- 1848
Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland - Died
- 28 December 1923
North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Surveyor and Engineer
Summary
John Montgomery Coane studied engineering in Dublin before moving to Australia in 1867c. He worked in Queensland's mining districts for several years then moved to Victoria where he joined the Victorian Education Department (1873). Coane spent the next five years or so teaching at various schools around country Victoria. In 1879 he became an authorized surveyor and was appointed to the country town of Benalla. John Coane later established a consulting company in partnership with G. H. Grant. This soon became one of the countries peek consulting firms and they carried out general surveying and civil, hydraulic and mining engineering projects throughout country Victoria and in the cities.
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Events
- c. 1867
- Life event - Migrated to Australia (Queensland)
- c. 1871
- Life event - Moved to Victoria
- 1873 - 1874
- Career position - Teacher at Napoleon, Victoria
- 1 January 1875 - 31 December 1878
- Career position - Teacher at Samaria, Victoria
- 1879
- Career position - Consulting Engineers practice established with George Hudson Grant
- 1879
- Career position - Surveyor in Benella, Victoria
- c. 1880
- Career position - Extensive land surveys of Yea and Seymour areas
- 1890 - 1891
- Career position - President of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors
- 1899 - 1921
- Consulting Engineer to the City of Brighton
- 1905 - 1906
- Career position - President of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors
- 1905 - 1917
- Career position - Chairman of the Sludge Abatement Board (Mines Department)
- 1906 - 1914
- Career position - Representative on the Land Surveyors' Board
Published resources
Book Sections
- Southern, Roger J., 'Coane, John Montgomery (1848-1923)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 35-36. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080037b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Coane, J M', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-576428. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 March 2007
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