Biographical entry East, Lewis Ronald (1899 - 1994)
- Born
- 17 June 1899
Melbourne?, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 1994
- Occupation
- Engineer and Water supply expert
Summary
Lewis Ronald East was an engineer with the Victorian State Rivers and Water Supply Commission 1922-34, a Commissioner from 1934 and then Chairman. He was a member of the Snowy River Committee 1948-49.
Archival resources
State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
- Lewis Ronald East - Records, 1967 - 1979, MS 8178, MS 10611; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- East, Ronald, 'Checchi, Ettore (1853-1946), engineer', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, p. 628. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070635b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'East, L R', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1035038. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 11 October 2011
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