Biographical entry Chaffey, George (1848 - 1932)

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

Book Sections

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

Online Resources

• 'Chaffey, George', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468726. Details

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