Use Trove to find more resources by/about this Biographical entry
Biographical entry Mountain, Adrien Charles (c. 1849 - 1935)
- Born
- c. 1849
- Died
- 1935
- Occupation
- Civil engineer
Summary
Adrien Charles Mountain, a specialist in street paving, was city surveyor of both Sydney and Melbourne.
Skip to
Details
Born c. 1849. Died Sherbrooke, Victoria, 23 September 1935. Arrived Australia as a boy; educated Sydney Grammar School; articled to W.C. Bennett, engineer; worked in office of city engineer of Sydney 1866-74; to office of John Witton engineer in chief for railways; became city surveyor Sydney, then city surveyor Melbourne 1888. President, Victorian Institute of Civil Engineers 1895; chairman, Municipal Engineering Examination Board.
Published resources
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Mountain, A C', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-518122. 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=P003802. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 25 May 2006
- Foundation Supporter - ARC Learned Academies' Special Projects