Person

Chaffey, George (1848 - 1932)

Born
28 January 1848
Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Died
1 March 1932
California, United States of America
Occupation
Irrigation expert

Summary

George Chaffey established irrigation companies in both Mildura and Renmark with his brother, William, in 1887. The company, Chaffey Brothers Ltd, went into liquidation in 1894 and he returned to the United States in 1897 and undertook irrigation projects there.

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Published resources

Books

  • Cumming, D. A., Some Public Works Engineers in Victoria in the Nineteenth Century (Melbourne: University of Melbourne, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 1985), 59 pp. p.5. Details

Book Sections

  • Westcott, Peter, 'Chaffey, George (1848-1932), irrigation pioneer, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur, and William Benjamin (1856-1926), agriculturist and irrigation planner' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 7 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 599-601. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070609b.htm. Details

Conference Papers

  • Peake, Owen; and Venus, Richard, 'Chaffey brothers irrigation works in Australia', in 19th Australasian engineering heritage conference: putting water to work: steam power, river navigation and water supply edited by Engineers Australia and Engineering Heritage Australia (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Engineering Heritage Australia, 2017), pp. 401-430., https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.385229438798747. Details

Journal Articles

  • Churchyard, J. N., 'Pioneers of Irrigation in Victoria, Number 5. The Chaffey Brothers. Engineer and Horticulturist', Aqua: Official Journal of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria (1957), 110-113. Details
  • Miller, Glenn, 'The Chaffey Brothers: Irrigation Pioneers', Australian Heritage, 2010 (Autumn) (2010), 57-63. Details
  • Peake, Owen; Venus, Richard, 'Chaffey Brothers Irrigation Works in Australia', Australasian Journal of Water Resources, 23 (2, October 2019) (2019), 116-128, https://doi.org/10.1080/13241583.2019.1606475. Details

Resources

See also

  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_c.html. Details
  • Engineers Australia ed., Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders (Barton, A.C.T.: Institution of Engineers Australia, 2019), 136 pp. 'Bringing Land to Life - George Chaffey' p.12. Details
  • Engineers Australia ed., Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2019), 236 pp. pp.144-145. Details
  • McCann, Joy; Churchward, Matthew, Victorian steampower : an illustrated social history (Melbourne, Vic.: Victoria Press, 1994), 179 pp. pp.15,68-69,70. Details
  • Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details

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