Biographical entry O'Connor, Colin (1928 - )

Summary

Colin O'Connor was a long-term lecturer in Civil engineering at the University of Queensland. He also undertook a detailed survey of Australian bridges which lead to three publications including the book Spanning Two Centuries: Historic Bridges of Australia (1985). O'Connor was educated at the University of Queensland (BE (Hons)) and Imperial College London (PhD), becoming an Engineer with the Co-ordinator General's Department, Queensland Public Service before joining the university as lecturer.

Details

Events

1949 - 1953

Career position - Engineer with the Co-ordinator General's Department in the Queensland Public Service

1954 - 1955

Career position - Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland

1956 - 1970

Career position - Senior Lecturer (to 1964) then Reader in Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland

1965 - 1967

Career position - External Examiner at the Royal Military College Duntroon

1970 -

Career position - Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland

1971

Career position - Wrote Design of Bridge Superstructures

1972 - 1974

Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Engineering

1983

Career position - Wrote Register of Australian Historic Bridges

1985

Career position - Wrote Spanning Two Centuries: Historic Bridges of Australia

Published resources

Books

• O'Connor, Colin, Register of Australian Historic Bridges, Institution of Engineers, Barton, Australian Capitol Territory, 1983, 79 pp. Details
• O'Connor, Colin, Spanning Two Centuries: Historic Bridges of Australia, University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Queensland, 1985, 225 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• O'Connor, Colin, 'Early Queensland Road Bridges', Local Government Engineers Association of Queensland Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, 1984, pp. 72, 75, 77-80. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'O'Connor, C', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-616980. 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=P003825. Details