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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2025-01-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001036b.htm person Coane John Montgomery AACR2 1848 28 December 1923 Place of Birth Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland Place of Death North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Surveyor Civil engineer John Coane studied engineering in Dublin before moving to Australia in c.1867. He worked in Queensland's mining districts for several years then moved to Victoria where he joined the Victorian Education Department (1873). Coane spent the next five years or so teaching at various schools around country Victoria. In 1879 he became an authorized surveyor and was appointed to the country town of Benalla. John Coane later established a consulting company in partnership with G. H. Grant. This soon became one of the countries peek consulting firms and they carried out general surveying and civil, hydraulic and mining engineering projects throughout country Victoria and in the cities. He wrote the major book "Australasian Roads - a handbook on construction, maintenance, and administration", of which five editions were published between 1908 and 1937. 1902 Career event - Gave evidence to the "Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray" c. 1867 c. 1867 Life event - Migrated to Australia (Queensland) c. 1871 c. 1871 Life event - Moved to Victoria 1873 1874 Career position - Teacher at Napoleon, Victoria 1 January 1875 31 December 1878 Career position - Teacher at Samaria, Victoria 1879 1879 Career position - Surveyor in Benalla, Victoria 1879 1879 Career position - Consulting Engineers practice established with George Hudson Grant c. 1880 c. 1880 Career position - Extensive land surveys of Yea and Seymour areas 1890 1891 Career position - President, Victorian Institute of Surveyors 1897 1897 Career event - Member, Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers 1899 1921 Career position - Consulting Engineer to the City of Brighton 1905 1906 Career position - President, Victorian Institute of Surveyors 1905 1917 Career position - Chairman, Sludge Abatement Board (Mines Department) 1906 1914 Career position - Representative on the Land Surveyors' Board 1908 1908 Publication - First edition of book "Australasian roads ...", published 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia Coane, Henry Edward (1877 - 1923) Kernot, Charles Home (1885 - 1958)

Charles Kernot was articled to J. M and H. E. Coane c1903 - c1908. Coane was later employed as hydrologist for projects managed by Kernot.

 Abbott, Robert (c. 1861 - 1936)

Robert Abbot was a surveyor working with John Coane

 Victorian Institute of Surveyors (VIS) (1874 - 1952)

President 1905 - 1906, 1890 - 1891; Vice-President 1889 - 1890

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 Coane, J M (1848-1923)

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 'Coane, John Montgomery', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Coane, John Montgomery Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: International Roads Congress 'Civil engineer' International Roads Congress 1913 Commonwealth Engineer 1 2 54-55 Parliamentary paper: Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray, representing the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia : Report of the Commissioners, with minutes of evidence, appendices and plans Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray, representing the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia : Report of the Commissioners, with minutes of evidence, appendices and plans Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide 1902 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: Notes on Australian Roads Coane, J. M. Notes on Australian Roads Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 5 1900-1909 53-67 Journal Article: The existing Health Act in its relation to the drainage of New Towns Coane, J. M. The existing Health Act in its relation to the drainage of New Towns Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 3 1885-1891 108-109 Journal Article: Road alignment in Victoria Coane, J. M. Road alignment in Victoria Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 3 1885-1891 105-107 Journal Article: Sanitary sub-division of land Coane, J. M. Sanitary sub-division of land Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 3 1885-1891 85-87 Journal Article: The amended Transfer of Land Statute Coane, J. M. The amended Transfer of Land Statute Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 3 1885-1891 38-41 Journal Article: On the use of the Clinometer in steep and rough rangy country, and Appendix Coane, J. M. On the use of the Clinometer in steep and rough rangy country, and Appendix Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 2 1880-1884 81-84 Book: Australasian roads : a treatise, practical and scientific, on the location, design, construction and maintenance of roads and pavements Coane, John Montgomery; Coane, Henry Edward; Coane, John Mongomery, Jun. Australasian roads : a treatise, practical and scientific, on the location, design, construction and maintenance of roads and pavements 1st Melbourne George Robertson 1908 Journal Article: Memoirs Memoirs 1924 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 5 395-408 Book Section: Coane, John Montgomery (1848-1923), surveyor and consulting engineer Southern, Roger J. Coane, John Montgomery (1848-1923), surveyor and consulting engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 35-36 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