P000929 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.

 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-07-22 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000929b.htm person Checchi Ettore AACR2 11 July 1853 19 July 1946 Place of Birth Pisa, Italy Place of Death Hampton, Victoria, Australia Engineer Ettore Checchi was chief engineering officer, Victorian State Rivers and Water Supply Commission 1906-1926. His technical data on harnessing the River Murray formed the basis of the River Murray agreement of 1925 between the three neighbouring States and the Commonwealth.

Educated Florence (civil engineering). Arrived Melbourne 1876. Draftsman, Department of Lands and Survey 1876-82; engineering draughtsman, Public Works Department 1882-87, assistant engineer 1887-88; supervisor of water-trusts and minor works, Department of Water Supply 1889, in charge of river-gaugings and measurements of water 1889-1906; State Rivers and Water Supply Commission 1906-26.

Wikidata

 Checchi, Ettore (1853-1946)

Trove

 'Checchi, Ettore', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Checchi, Ettore Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Parliamentary paper: Minutes of evidence / Royal Commission on the Geelong Harbor Trust Royal Commission on the Geelong Harbor Trust Minutes of evidence / Royal Commission on the Geelong Harbor Trust Melbourne Mullett, Acting Government Printer 1912 Book Section: Checchi, Ettore (1853-1946), engineer East, Ronald Checchi, Ettore (1853-1946), engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 628 Book: From Tuscany to Victoria: the life and work of Pietro Baracchi, Carlo Catani, Ettore Cecchi Volpe, Daniela From Tuscany to Victoria: the life and work of Pietro Baracchi, Carlo Catani, Ettore Cecchi Melbourne Italian Australian Institute 2005 Journal Article: Pioneers of Victorian Irrigation, Number 7. Ettore Checchi. River Murray Agreement and River Gauging Churchyard, J. N. Pioneers of Victorian Irrigation, Number 7. Ettore Checchi. River Murray Agreement and River Gauging 1957 Aqua: Official Journal of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 146-7 Book: The Cyclopedia of Victoria: an historical and commercial review: descriptive and biographical, facts, figures and illustrations: an epitome of progress Smith, James, ed. The Cyclopedia of Victoria: an historical and commercial review: descriptive and biographical, facts, figures and illustrations: an epitome of progress Melbourne Cyclopedia Co 1903-1905