Biographical entry Duncan, George Smith (1852? - 1930)

Summary

George Smith Duncan was engineer of the Melbourne Tramways Trust 1884-92, responsible for building Melbourne's cable tram system, the largest in the world.

Published resources

Books

• Keating, J. D., Mind the Curve! A History of the Cable Trams, Melbourne university Press, Melbourne, 1970, 155 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Keating, John D., 'Duncan, George Smith (1852?-1930)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, p. 115. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040112b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Duncan, George Smith', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467674. 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/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003502. Details