Book

Author

Cumming, D. A.

Title

Some Public Works Engineers in Victoria in the Nineteenth Century

Description of Work

Technical Report TR-85/10

Imprint

University of Melbourne, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Melbourne, 1985, 59 pp

ISBN/ISSN

0868394718

Description

Includes:
- List of related Victorian Parliamentary Papers 1853-1887
- Bibliography: pp. A1-A5

Abstract

These notes were prepared while studying the History of Transport Planning in Victoria, with particular emphasis on the development of railways and the demise of roads and shipping, between 1850 and 1900. They are a preliminary study of the enormous amount of information contained in these reports, which will repay further studies for equally important material on mining, communications including the telegraph and telephone, manufacturing, irrigation, ports and harbours, and a host of similar engineering topics.

Some Parliamentary Papers on Statistics, Agricultural Produce, and general economic information are included as background. Some early papers on the Telegraph, which was an important means of communication and a most significant Engineering achievement, are also included.

The author read through the indexes to each volume first, listed the papers which appeared worthy of further study, and then examined these to extract relevant detail. The papers were then read in succession backwards in time to find the origins of relevant developments, and forward in time to review the succeeding developments. Up to six passes in both directions were necessary to understand some developments.

The engineers listed are:
Adams, Robert;
Barker, Charles E;
Barrow, John;
Bell, Francis;
Bell, William Reid;
Birnie, George;
Blackburn, James (Jnr);
Blackburn, James (Snr);
Brache, Jacob;
Brady, Joseph;
Brown, Thomas H;
Bryson, William Edward;
Campbell, Henry Cadogan;
Carmichael, Malcolm;
Carpenter, Thomas;
Carruthers, John;
Chaffey, George;
Chauncy, William Snell;
Christopherson, Henry Oscar;
Christy, Frederick Collier;
Clarke, Andrew (Lt-Gen Sir);
Climie, John Campbell;
Coane, John Montgomery;
Collier, Jenkin;
Coode, John (Sir);
Crawley, John William;
Culcheth, William Wood;
Cuthbert, Kingston;
Dalziel, Thomas;
Darbyshire, George Christian;
Davidson, William;
Dell, James;
Dobson, Edward;
Dods, Benjamin Hawkins;
Donkin, Ralph B;
Donnelly, William;
Dow, James F;
Downe, William Brynon;
Doyne, William Thomas;
Elsdon, William;
Farrell, Frederick;
Fletcher, George Avery;
Ford, Robert Gray;
Francis, George;
Fulton, Robert;
Fulton, Thomas;
Gibbins, William;
Gibson, G H;
Gibson, Richard B;
Gordon, George;
Greene, William Henry;
Griffin, John George;
Hardie, William F;
Harris, George William;
Harrison, Alfred R C;
Henderson, John Baillie;
Henderson, Peter Edwin;
Hewitson, James;
Higinbotham, Thomas;
Holmes, George;
Hull, William Bennett;
Irons, John;
Jackson, Matthew Bullock;
Johnson, Ambrose;
Kerr, Andrew;
Knight, George William;
Krause, Ferdinand Moritz;
Lange, Edward;
Larrit, R W;
Lindsay, Hugh;
Lunt, John;
Macarthy, John Arnold;
Mais, Henry Coathupe;
McGowan, Samuel Walker;
Meickle, W;
Merrett, Samuel Headen;
Merritt, Thomas Henry;
Millar, John;
Mirls, Solomon;
Moline, Lewis Pritchard;
Moriarty, Edward Orpen;
Mountain, Adrian Charles;
Muntz, Thomas Bingham;
Murphy, Francis (Sir);
Murray, Kynaston Lathrop;
Murray, Stuart;
Neal, W E;
O'Hara, Henry;
O'Hara, William;
O'Keefe, Edward;
Oldham, Thomas;
Palmer, James;
Pasley, Charles;
Perrott, William Zackary;
Phillips, John;
Philpot, E;
Pollard, Nathaniel Wilks;
Purchas, Albert;
Rawlinson, Thomas Ellis;
Reilly, John;
Rennick, F;
Rose, Frederick Derby;
Ross, (Capt);
Rowand, Charles;
Rutland, Frederick;
Ryley, Francis;
Sankey, Richard Hieram;
Scratchley, Peter Henry (Colonel);
Shakespear, Robert Henry;
Smith, Alexander Kennedy;
Smith, Henry;
Snell, Edward;
Steavenson, John;
Steel, William Heron;
Surplice, Alfred A;
Swyer, Charles Robert;
Taylor, Charles John;
Thwaites, William;
Victor, Henry Eltze;
Walton, William;
Wardell, William Wilkinson;
Watson, Robert;
Wells, A;
Wilks, Clement;
Woods, John;
Zeal, William Austin (Sir).

Related entries

People

• Adams, Robert (1828 - 1873)

  p.1

• Barrow, John (c. 1809 - 1872)

  pp.1-2

• Brady, Joseph (1828 - 1908)

  pp.3-4

• Chaffey, George (1848 - 1932)

  p.5

• Clarke, Andrew (1824 - 1902)

  pp.6-7

• Coane, John Montgomery (1848 - 1923)

  p.7

• Coode, John (1816 - 1892)

  pp.7-8

• Cumming, Denis Arthur (1923 - 1995)
• Davidson, William (1844 - 1920)

  pp.9-10

• Gordon, George (1829 - 1907)

  p.14

• Mais, Henry Coathupe (1827 - 1916)

  pp.20-21

• Murray, Stuart (1837 - 1919)

  pp.23-24

• Purchas, Albert (1825 - 1909)

  p.26

• Rennick, Francis (1838 - 1915)

  p.27

• Shakespear, Robert Henry (1837 - 1888)

  pp.28-29

• Smith, Alexander Kennedy (1824 - 1881)

  p.29

• Thwaites, William (1853 - 1907)

  p.31

• Wardell, William Wilkinson (1823 - 1899)

  pp.31-32

• Watson, Robert (1822 - 1891)

  p.32

• Woods, John (1822 - 1892)

  p.33

• Zeal, William Austin (1830 - 1912)

  p.33