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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Annette Alafaci updated 2025-07-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001021b.htm person Cullen Edward Alexander Ernest ISO AACR2 21 December 1861 13 April 1950 Place of Birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Place of Death South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Engineer Edward Cullen worked as a surveyor and engineer for the Queensland Government for over 40 years. Many of his surveys were to areas never charted before and included the first ever survey of the Norman River (1884) and the discovery of Port Musgrave (1887). When working as chief engineer for the Department of Harbours and Rivers, he oversaw the expansion of the Brisbane River to a fourteen-mile useable shipping channel. His 1922 paper Improvement of the Brisbane River won the highly respected Telford Premium Award from Institution of Civil Engineers of UK. The same Institute which awarded Cullen full membership in 1902. In 1932 he was appointed a Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO). 1875 c. 1880 Career position - Civil Assistant to the Royal Navy Survey of the Queensland Coast c. 1880 1883 Career position - Assistant to the Government Hydraulic Engineer 1884 1884 Career position - Norman River survey 1884 1893 Career position - Nautical Surveyor for the Department of Harbours and Rivers 1887 1887 Career position - Port Musgrave survey 1890 1891 Career position - Moreton Bay survey 1893 c. 1900 Career position - Principal Engineer at Department of Marine in Queensland 5 Feb 1895 5 Feb 1895 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1900 1900 Career position - Harbours and water power fact-finding trip to Europe and USA c. 1901 1931 Career position - Chief Engineer at the Department of Harbours and Rivers in Queensland 16 Dec 1902 16 Dec 1902 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1922 1922 Award - Telford Premium, Institution of Civil Engineers, London December 1931 December 1931 Life event - Retired 1932 1932 Award - Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

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 Cullen, Edward Alexander Ernest (1861-1950)

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 'Cullen, Edward Alexander Ernest', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Cullen, Edward Alexander Ernest Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Engineering Heritage : Biographies Engineering Heritage : Biographies Engineering Heritage Australia 2024 Engineering Heritage Australia : wiki website Book Section: Cullen, Edward Alexander Ernest (1861-1950), engineer McKay, Gordon R. Cullen, Edward Alexander Ernest (1861-1950), engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 165-166 Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com Edited Book: Eminent Queensland Engineers [volume 1] Whitmore, R. L. Eminent Queensland Engineers [volume 1] Brisbane, Queensland The Institution of Engineers, Australia, Queensland Division 1984