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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-08-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000152b.htm person Smith Alexander Kennedy AACR2 7 July 1824 16 January 1881 Place of Birth Cauldmill, Roxburghshire, Scotland Place of Death Studley Park, Victoria, Australia Engineer Politician Member of Parliament Alexander Smith was involved in the development of many of Victoria's gas and water works during the 1850s and 60s. Originally from Scotland, he was sent to Melbourne in 1854 to manage and build the Melbourne Gas and Coke Co. works. Once that project was complete, Smith remained in Victoria and set up his own practice. He built gas works in Victoria's Ballarat, Castlemaine and Sandhurst regions as well as one at Newcastle in New South Wales. Smith also drew up plans and specifications for many other works in Australia and overseas and worked as an engineer on the South Yarra Waterworks and was a consulting and locomotive engineer for the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Co. Smith was also a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1877 to 1881, member for the La Trobe Ward in the Melbourne City Council for fifteen years and Mayor of Melbourne from 1875 to 1876. 1846 1854 Career position - Engineer with the Great Western Railway Co. 1853 c. 1857 Career position - Seconded to build and manage the Melbourne Gas and Coke Co. works - a five year contract 1854 1854 Career position - Arrived in Australia (Melbourne) c. 1857 Career position - Civil and Consulting Engineer private practice established in Carlton, Victoria 1860 Career position - Major in the Victorian Volunteer Artillery Regiment 1875 1876 Career position - Mayor of the City of Melbourne 1877 1881 Career position - Member for East Melbourne in the Legislative Assembly Smith, James Alexander (1862 - 1940)

Alexander Smith was the uncle of James Smith

 City of Melbourne Gas Coke Company (1850 - ?)

Alexander Smith was sent to Melbourne from Scotland in 1854 to manage and build the Melbourne Gas and Coke Co

 Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia (1866 - 1867)

Section chairman and Juror for the Exhibition

 Brennan, Louis Philip (1852 - 1932)

Louis Brennan was an apprentice to Alexander Smith, 1860s. While working there, he made a gyroscope.

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 Smith, Alexander Kennedy (1824-1881)

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 'Smith, Alexander Kennedy', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Smith, Alexander Kennedy Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Some Public Works Engineers in Victoria in the Nineteenth Century Cumming, D. A. Some Public Works Engineers in Victoria in the Nineteenth Century Melbourne University of Melbourne, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 1985 Journal Article: The Victorian Engineers of University Square Beauchamp, David The Victorian Engineers of University Square Barton, Australian Capital Territory Engineers Australia 2002 Transactions of Multi-disciplinary Engineering, Australia GE26 25-33 Journal Article: Notes on the Quality of Hartley and Greta Shale for the Manufacture of Gas, together with a Description of the New Coal Seam at Greta Smith, A.K. Notes on the Quality of Hartley and Greta Shale for the Manufacture of Gas, together with a Description of the New Coal Seam at Greta Melbourne Wilson & Mackinnon 1874 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 10 5-11 Journal Article: The Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid and Stearine Candles Smith, A.K. The Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid and Stearine Candles Melbourne Published for the Society by G. Robinson 1854-1855 Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science 1 162-167 Journal Article: On Gas and Gas Works Smith, A.K. On Gas and Gas Works Melbourne Published for the Society by G. Robinson 1854-1855 Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science 1 74-92; 143-148 Book Section: Smith, Alexander Kennedy (1824-1881), engineer Eastwood, Jill Smith, Alexander Kennedy (1824-1881), engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 139 Conference Paper: The Victorian Engineers of University Square Beauchamp, David The Victorian Engineers of University Square Auckland, New Zealand Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand 2000 Second Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage, Auckland, 14-16 February, 2000: Proceedings 43-49 Edited Book: Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Engineers Australia Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Barton, Australian Capital Territory Institution of Engineers, Australia 2019 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001