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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2025-08-12 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000133b.htm person Shellshear Walter AACR2 17 September 1856 11 November 1939 Place of Birth London, England Place of Death Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia Civil engineer Walter Shellshear MInstCE, was a civil engineer in the New South Wales Railways Department, from 1882, rising to Deputy Engineer-in-Chief 1905 - 1910 and Engineer-in-Chief 1910 - 1912. He was involved with many important works, including an additional generating plant for the Ultimo Tramway Power House; station yard re-arrangement for the new Sydney station 1906; the renewal of the steel in two miles of timber viaducts across the Murrumbidgee flats at Wagga Wagga; and the new Nepean bridge at Penrith 1907. c. 1873 c. 1873 Education - Mathematics, King's College, London 1873 1876 Education - Apprenticeship, Robert Napier and Sons, Engineers and Shipbuilders, Glasgow 1877 1877 Career position - Draftsman, Dukes and Co, Locomotive Builders, Glasgow 1877 1878 Education - Certificate of proficiency in Engineering Science, University of Glasgow 1878 1879 Career position - Engineering assistant, George Berkley, Vice-president, ICE [Design of bridges and the supply of materials and surveys for the Indian government railways. Berkley proposed Shellshear for AssocMInstCE 1882] 1879 1879 Life event - Migrated to New South Wales 1880 1882 Career position - Draftsman, Department of Public Works, New South Wales [Bridge works under W. C. Bennett] 1881 1881 Career event - Member, Engineering Association of New South Wales 1882 1886 Career position - Draftsman, Railways Department, New South Wales 5 Dec 1882 5 Dec 1882 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1885 1886 Career position - President, Engineering Association of New South Wales 1885 1887 Career position - Member of Council, Engineering Association of New South Wales 1886 1903 Career position - District engineer, Metropolitan District, Railways Department 1888 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 3 May 1892 3 May 1892 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1903 1905 Career position - Inspecting engineer, Railways Department 1905 1910 Career position - Deputy Engineer-in-Chief, Railways Department [under James Fraser] 1910 1912 Career position - Engineer-in-Chief, Railways Department 1912 1921 Career position - Consulting and Inspecting Engineer, New South Wales, in London [Inspecting and supervising all materials ordered for New South Wales government works] New South Wales Department of Public Works, Colony and State of New South Wales (1859 - 1936)

Deputy Engineer-in-Chief, Railways Construction Branch 1905 - 1912; Inspecting engineer 1903 - 1905; District Engineer, Metropolitan District 1886 - 1903

 McKinney, Hugh Giffen (1846 - 1930)

Hugh McKinney MInstCE endorsed Walter Shellshear's nomination for MInstCE 1892.

 Mountain, Adrien Charles (c. 1849 - 1935)

Adrien Mountain MInstCE endorsed Walter Shellshear's nomination for MInstCE 1892.

 Deane, Henry (1847 - 1924)

Henry Deane MInstCE endorsed Walter Shellshear's nomination for MInstCE 1892.

 Warren, William Henry (1852 - 1926)

William Warren MInstCE endorsed Walter Shellshear's nomination for MInstCE 1892.

 Selfe, Norman (1839 - 1911)

Norman Selfe MInstCE endorsed Walter Shellshear's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1882, and MInstCE 1892.

 Engineering Association of New South Wales (1870 - 1919)

President 1885 - 1886; Member of Council 1885 - 1888

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 -

 Bennett, William Christopher (1824 - 1889)

Shellshear worked for Roads and Bridges, NSW Public Works Department under W. C. Bennett 1880 - 1881. Bennett MInstCE endorsed Walter Shellshear's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1882.

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 Shellshear, Walter (1856-1939)

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 'Shellshear, Walter', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Shellshear, Walter Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Discussion on Mr. W. Shellshear's paper, "On the modern tendency of railway practice" Shellshear, Walter; Wells, W. S.; Selfe, N.; Cruickshank, W. D. Discussion on Mr. W. Shellshear's paper, "On the modern tendency of railway practice" 1889 Minutes of proceedings of the Engineering Association of New South Wales 4 68-69 Journal Article: Discussion on the construction of breakwaters and training jetties Shellshear, Walter; Poole, W. T.; Laing, J. Discussion on the construction of breakwaters and training jetties 1886 Minutes of proceedings of the Engineering Association of New South Wales 1 120-134 Book Section: Shellshear, Walter (1856-1939), engineer Singleton, C. C. Shellshear, Walter (1856-1939), engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 116-117 Resource: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Journal Article: On the modern tendency of railway practice Shellshear, Walter On the modern tendency of railway practice 1889 Minutes of proceedings of the Engineering Association of New South Wales 4 54-67 Journal Article: On the application of the converging jetty system Shellshear, Walter On the application of the converging jetty system 1887 Minutes of proceedings of the Engineering Association of New South Wales 2 78-91 Journal Article: On the construction of breakwaters and training jetties Shellshear, Walter On the construction of breakwaters and training jetties 1886 Minutes of proceedings of the Engineering Association of New South Wales 1 89-119 Journal Article: Presidential address. Engineering Association of New South Wales Shellshear, Walter Presidential address. Engineering Association of New South Wales 1885 Minutes of proceedings of the Engineering Association of New South Wales 1 9-20 Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com Resource: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers