Biographical entry Walsh, Henry Deane (1853 - 1921)

Summary

Henry Deane Walsh was engineer-in-chief for the Sydney Harbour Trust on its establishment in 1901 until his retirement in 1919, being commissioner of the trust from 1913. Previously he had been district engineer for public works programmes from Lake Macquarie to the Queensland border. He is commemorated by Walsh Island in Newcastle Harbour and Walsh Bay on Sydney's waterfront.

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Events

1874

Education - Educated at Trinity College, Dublin (BA, BAI [Engineering]

1875 - 1876

Career position - Engineering works in England

1876 - 1877

Career position - Engineer with the Great Southern and Western Railway Co., Ireland

1878 - 1901

Career position - Engineer with the Department of Public Works, New South Wales

1879 - 1891

Career position - Resident Engineer in Newcastle, New South Wales

1891 - 1896

Career position - Supervising Engineer (to 1895), then District Engineer in Newcastle

1896 - 1901

Career position - President of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board

1901 - 1913

Career position - Engineer-in-Chief with the Sydney Harbour Trust

1909

Career position - President of the Royal Society of New South Wales

1913 - 1919

Career position - Commissioner of the Sydney Harbour Trust

Published resources

Book Sections

• Troy, P.N.; Lloyd, C.J., 'Walsh, Henry Deane (1853-1921), Engineer', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 370-371. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120415b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Walsh, Henry Deane', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469315. Details