Person
Garson, George (1862 - 1911)
- Born
- 23 February 1862
Orkney Islands, Scotland - Died
- 12 June 1911
Eaglemont, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer
Summary
George Garson, MInstCE, was a well respected irrigation engineer and was a Commissioner of the State Rivers and Waters Supply Commission, Victoria, from its foundation in 1906 until his sudden death in 1911.
He was Deputy Chief Engineer of the Water Supply Department, under Chief Engineer, Stuart Murray, from 1902 to 1906, and was the Municipal Engineer and Water Supply Engineer, to the Shire of Waranga and the Echuca and Waranga Waterworks Trust from 1893 to 1902.
Details
Chronology
- 1878 - 1880
- Career position - Pupillage, A & J Main and Co, Structural engineers, Glasgow, Scotland [in drawing office]
- 1880 - 1882
- Education - Student, Glasgow University
- 1882 - 1884
- Education - Student, Edinburgh University
- 1884
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Edinburgh
- 1884 - 1885
- Career position - Laboratory assistant, University of Edinburgh [Assistant to Professor Tait]
- 1885 - 1888
- Award - Vans Dunlop Scholar in Engineering, University of Edinburgh
- 1886 - 1887
- Career position - Assistant engineer, to John Thomson BE, Harbour Engineer, Gisborne, New Zealand [design and construction of wharves, concrete blocks.]
- 1887 - 1888
- Career position - Engineer, A & J Main and Co, Structural engineers, Glasgow, Scotland [design of structural ironwork, principally bridges]
- 1888
- Life event - Moved to Victoria, Australia, on account of health
- 1888 - 1889
- Career position - Engineer, Victorian Railways [field surveys]
- 1889 - 1890
- Career position - Assistant resident engineer, Victorian Railways [Construction of Ararat and Avoca railway lines]
- 1890
- Career position - Assistant engineer, Bairnsdale Irrigation Trust [under James Henderson AssocMInstCE, Mitchell River dam, irrigation channels, aqueducts, roads, bridges]
- 1891
- Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 1892 - 1893
- Career position - Assistant engineer, Water Supply Department, Victoria [under Stuart Murray, Chief engineer]
- 1893 - 1902
- Career position - Municipal and Water Supply Engineer, Shire of Waranga; Echuca and Waranga Waterworks Trust [Design and construction of roads and bridges works, irrigation channels, town water supply works]
- 1902
- Career event - Gave evidence to the "Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray"
- 1902 - 1906
- Career position - Deputy Chief Engineer, Water Supply Department, Victoria [under Stuart Murray]
- 1906
- Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 1906 - 1911
- Career position - Commissioner, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria
- 1911
- Life event - Buried Heidelberg Cemetery
Related entries
Published resources
Parliamentary papers
- Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray, Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray, representing the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia : Report of the Commissioners, with minutes of evidence, appendices and plans (Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide: 1902), 60, 359 pp. https://pov.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_GB/parl_paper/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:34095/one. Gave evidence. Minutes of Evidence pp.68, 74. Details
Resources
- 'Obituary. George Garson BSc, 1862-1911', Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, https://doi.org/10.1680/imotp.1911.17856. Details
- Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 'Application: 7928, 1891', Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/3585/. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 18 October 2023