Biographical entry Murray, Stuart (1837 - 1919)

Summary

Stuart Murray was engineer-in-chief, Water Supply Department, Victoria 1886-1906. He was responsible for a number of major water conservance works, his greatest being the Goulburn Weir, of which he was co-designer, with the Waranga storage and its channels (Stuart Murray Canal).

Details

Born Dundee, Scotland, 8 October 1837. Died Kyneton, Victoria, 12 April 1919. Educated St Andrews (land and mining surveyor, architect and civil engineer). Arrived Victoria 1855; practised his professions at Kyneton; government mining surveyor, Daylesford for six years; engineer, United Echuca and Waranga Waterworks Trust 1882-84; secretary, royal commission on water supply 1884-86; engineer-in-chief, Water Supply Department 1886-1906; chairman, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission 1906-08.

Published resources

Book Sections

• Yule, Valerie, 'Murray, Stuart (1837-1919), civil engineer and administrator', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 5, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1974, pp. 322-323. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050368b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Murray, Stuart', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-559509. 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=P003810. Details