Person
Oliver, Calder Edkins (1855 - 1930)
Oliver, Calder E. Portrait
Details
- Born
- 4 July 1855
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 12 May 1930
East Malvern, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Engineer
Summary
Calder Oliver, MCE MInstCE MIEAust, was Engineer-in-Chief, Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. He was connected with many professional institutions and bodies, and delivered numerous papers and addresses on scientific subjects. President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1907. He was a member of the University Club, and also one of the honorary co-examiners in hydraulic engineering for the University of Melbourne.
Details
Chronology
- 1877
- Education - Certificate of Civil Engineering, University of Melbourne
- 1877 - 1878
- Career position - Surveying Assistant, Victorian Railways
- 1878 - 1883
- Career position - Engineer, Railway construction, Victoria, South Australia, and NSW, with C. and E. Millar, railway contractors
- 1883 - 1884
- Career position - Engineer, Sewerage and Water Supply work, Sydney Corporation
- 1884 - 1890
- Career position - Engineer, Railway construction, NSW and WA.
- 1888
- Career event - Granted Certificate as Engineer of Water Supply, under Irrigation Act 1886 VIC
- 5 Mar 1889
- Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers
- 1891 - 1908
- Career position - Engineer, Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works
- 1893
- Education - Master of Civil Engineering (MCE), University of Melbourne
- 30 Nov 1897
- Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers
- 1908 - 1919
- Career position - Engineer-in-Chief, Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works
- 1909
- Career position - Government Consultant, Sewerage of Perth, WA
- 1912
- Career position - Government Consultant, Sewerage of Brisbane, WA
- 1916
- Career position - Government Consultant, Sewerage of Canberra, WA
- 1919
- Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1919 - 1923
- Career position - Consulting Engineer, Partner with A. G. Harding Frew
- 1920
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1923
- Life event - Retired
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- 'Memoirs', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2 (1930), 388-391. Calder Edkins Oliver MIEAust, p.390. Details
Parliamentary papers
- Langtree, C. W., Victorian Water Supply - Second annual general report (Melbourne: Government Printer, 1888), 42 pp, https://pov.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_GB/parl_paper/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:39920/one. p.14 Appendix 14 - Qualified Engineers of Water Supply, under Irrigation Act 1886. Details
Resources
- Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 'Application: 7115, 1888', Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/3585/. Details
- 'Oliver, Calder E (1919-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-466319. Details
Digital resources
Joanne Evans, Ken McInnes
Created: 24 August 2000, Last modified: 8 November 2023
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