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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2001-09-20 human Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes updated 2026-04-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001520b.htm VA 723 corporateBody State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (SRWSC) State of Victoria AACR2 1905 1984 Start Place Victoria, Australia Advisory or Regulatory Body Conservation or Environment Resources The State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria was established by the Water Act 1905, vesting overall responsibility for conservation and distribution of Victoria's rural water supplies for irrigation, industrial and urban purposes under one independent authority. As a result, it took over responsibility for all of the existing Victorian rural water trusts and irrigation schemes. The Commission survived for almost eighty years, being replaced by the Rural Water Commission in 1984. Kernot, Charles Home (1885 - 1958)

Executive engineer 1912 - 1920 [Sugarloaf Reservoir and Hume Reservoir]

 Speedie, Milton George (1908 - 2002)

Chief Designing Engineer 1963 - 1973; Senior Executive Engineer c1955 - 1963; Engineer 1935 - c1955

 Worner, Neil Murray (1914 - 2011)

Engineer 1974 - 1979; Executive engineer 1947 - 1958; Resident engineer 1945 - 1947; Assistant Engineer 1939 - 1941.

 Strom, Harold Greve (1894 - 1971)

Divisional Engineer for Rivers and Streams Division, 1944 - c1959

 Welch, Lawrence Napier (1891 - 1965)

Senior Divisional Engineer, 1950 - 1956; Divisional Engineer, 1944 - 1950; Assistant Divisional Engineer, 1927 - 1942; District engineer, 1920 - 1927; Resident engineer 1915 - 1920.

 Garson, George (1862 - 1911)

Commissioner 1906 - 1911.

 Little, Donald James (1926 - 2026)

Commissioner 1971 - 1974; Senior Executive Engineer (Dams) 1965 - 1971; Resident engineer 1955 - 1965.

 Murray, Stuart (1837 - 1919)

Inaugural Chairman and Commissioner 1906 - 1908

 East, Lewis Ronald (1899 - 1994)

Chairman 1936 - 1965; Commissioner 1935 - 1965; Water supply engineer 1922 - 1965.

 Horsfall, Robert Allan (1909 - 1974)

Deputy Chairman 1965 - 1972; Commissioner 1963 - 1972

 Knight, Rupert Grenville (Grenville) (1893 - 1989)

Chief Designing Engineer 1936 -

 Shaw, Eric Delbridge (1889 - 1970)

Chief construction engineer, Eildon. 1949 - c1955

 Shaw, Ebenezer (1865 - 1943)

Commissioner 1914 - 1932.

 Rural Water Commission, State of Victoria (1984 - 1992) State of Victoria (1901 - )

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 'State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (SRWSC)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (SRWSC) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Irrigation works and practice in Victoria Dethridge, J. S. Irrigation works and practice in Victoria 1923 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 2 93-124 Journal Article: Irrigation works and practice in Victoria (Discussions and communications) Dethridge, J. S. (Mackenzie, A. C.; Burnell, J. G.; Galbraith, A. L.; Ritchie, E. G.) Irrigation works and practice in Victoria (Discussions and communications) 1923 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 2 279-284 Journal Article: Irrigation works and practice in Victoria Dethridge, J. S. Irrigation works and practice in Victoria 1921 Commonwealth Engineer 9 1 20-21 Journal Article: The Mornington Peninsula Water Supply, Victoria The Mornington Peninsula Water Supply, Victoria 1932 Commonwealth Engineer 20 3 71-72 Resource Section: VA 723 State Rivers and Water Supply Commission 1906-1984 VA 723 State Rivers and Water Supply Commission 1906-1984 Public Record Office Victoria 2002 Public Record Office Victoria online catalogue Book Section: 3.23.2 State Rivers and Water Supply Commission 1905-1984 [VA 723], Rural Water Commission 1984+ [VA 2338] Public Record Office of Victoria 3.23.2 State Rivers and Water Supply Commission 1905-1984 [VA 723], Rural Water Commission 1984+ [VA 2338] 1985 List of Holdings 1985: Public Record Office Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000