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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-04-28 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001046b.htm person Gibson Alexander James AACR2 18 December 1876 2 December 1960 Place of Birth London, England Place of Death Cammeray, New South Wales, Australia Engineer Alexander Gibson, ME MInstCE MIEAust, was assistant lecturer in engineering, building and design at the University of Sydney from 1903 until 1910, when he was appointed foundation Professor of Engineering at the University of Queensland. In 1922 he moved into private practice as a consulting engineer in partnership with Sir George Julius and William Poole, to form the consulting engineering firm of Julius, Poole & Gibson, in Sydney. 2 Dec 1902 2 Dec 1902 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1903 1910 Career position - Assistant lecturer in engineering, building and design, University of Sydney [Under Prof W H Warren] 1910 1919 Career position - Foundation Professor of Engineering, University of Queensland 1919 Career position - Foundation Councillor (Engineering), Australian National Research Council 1919 1919 Award - Master of Engineering (ME), honoris causa, University of Queensland 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1920 1920 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 19 Dec 1922 19 Dec 1922 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1929 1929 Publication - "Report on Power Development in Australia" to the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia 1932 1932 Career position - President, Institution of Engineers Australia 1937 1937 Career position - President, Section H (Engineering and Architecture), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1937 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1940 1940 Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia Julius, George Alfred (1873 - 1946)

Alexander Gibson was a partner with George Julius and William Poole in the consulting engineering firm Julius, Poole & Gibson from 1922.

 Farnsworth, Samuel Thomas (1886 - 1948)

Alexander Gibson MInstCE proposed Samuel Farnsworth nomination for MInstCE, 1936

 Burnell, John Gurner (1885 - 1967)

Alexander Gibson AssocMInstCE endorsed John Burnell nomination for AssocMInstCE 1912

 Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1922 - )

Awarded the Medal 1940.

 Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association (1922 - 1929)

Representative of the Institution of Engineers Australia, on the Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association 1922-

 Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

President 1932

 The University of Queensland (1910 - )

Foundation Professor of Engineering 1910 - ; Awarded honorary ME 1919

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Foundation Member (Engineering) 1919 -

 Conference convened by the Prime Minister, W.M Hughes, to consider the question of the establishment of a National Laboratory, 5 January 1916 State Committee Queensland, Advisory Council of Science and Industry (1916 - 1920)

Associate Member 1916-1917; Chairman 1918 - 1920

 Advisory Council of Science and Industry, Commonwealth of Australia (1916 - 1920)

Ex Officio Member, Executive Committee 1916 - 1920; Chairman, State Committee Queensland 1916 - 1920

 CSIR Council, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1926 - 1949)

Member 1946-1949; Member CSIRO Advisory Council 1949-1950

 Advisory Council - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - 1986)

Member CSIR Council 1946-1949; Member 1950

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

Fellow 1937 - ; President, Section H (Engineering and Architecture) 1937

 Standards Association of Australia (1929 - 1988)

Representative of the Institution of Engineers Australia, on the Council 1930-

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 'Gibson, Alexander James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Gibson, Alexander James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Report: Report of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry: for the year ended 30th June 1918 Advisory Council of Science and Industry Report of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry: for the year ended 30th June 1918 Melbourne Government of the Commonwealth of Australia 1918 Book Section: Gibson, Alexander James (1876-1960), engineer Antill, J. M. Gibson, Alexander James (1876-1960), engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 651 Journal Article: 85th Council Meeting [18th November 1940, Melbourne] Institution of Engineers Australia 85th Council Meeting [18th November 1940, Melbourne] 1940 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 12 12 321 Journal Article: Tenth Annual Report [1929] Institution of Engineers Australia Tenth Annual Report [1929] 1930 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia MacLean, E. S. 2 4 123-127 Journal Article: Twenty-first Annual Report [1940] Institution of Engineers Australia Twenty-first Annual Report [1940] 1941 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia MacLean, E. S. 13 2 33-51 Journal Article: Twenty-third Annual Report [1942] Institution of Engineers Australia Twenty-third Annual Report [1942] 1943 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia MacLean, E. S. 15 2 35-51 Journal Article: Environment, Economy and Australian Biology 1890-1939 Schedvin, C. B. Environment, Economy and Australian Biology 1890-1939 1984 Historical Studies 21 11-28 Book: Julius Poole & Gibson : the first eighty years from Tote to CAD Anderson, Max; Cochrane, Pierre Julius Poole & Gibson : the first eighty years from Tote to CAD Sydney Julius Poole & Gibson Pty Ltd 1989 Journal Article: The design of a water tube boiler Gibson, Alex, J. The design of a water tube boiler 1904 Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society 9 41-58 Journal Article: Some notes on the distribution of power in a double-ended screw steamer Gibson, Alex. J. Some notes on the distribution of power in a double-ended screw steamer 1909 Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society 14 39-66 Journal Article: Presidential address [1933] Gibson, Alexander James Presidential address [1933] 1933 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 5 5 161-168 Journal Article: Shaping the future of Australia Gibson, A. J. Shaping the future of Australia 1936 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 8 37- Journal Article: Presidential Address: The engineer and society. [Section H - Engineering and Architecture] Gibson, A. J. Presidential Address: The engineer and society. [Section H - Engineering and Architecture] ANZAAS 1937 Report of the twenty-third meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Auckland meeting, January, 1937 F. J. A. Brogan 212-219 Parliamentary paper: Report on Power Development in Australia Gibson, Alex, J. Report on Power Development in Australia Canberra H. J. Green, Government Printer 1929 Journal Article: Obituaries: Alexander James Gibson; Ronald Arthur John Tompson; Wallis George Furness Obituaries: Alexander James Gibson; Ronald Arthur John Tompson; Wallis George Furness 1961 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 33 1-2 N8 Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com Book: Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 Gregory, Helen Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 St Lucia University of Queensland Library 1987 Resource: Honorary awards recipients University of Queensland Honorary awards recipients University of Queensland 2023 Book: The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Currie, George; Graham, John The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Melbourne CSIRO 1966 Journal Article: Third Annual General Meeting [March 1923] and Third Annual Report [1922] Institution of Engineers Australia Third Annual General Meeting [March 1923] and Third Annual Report [1922] 1924 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 3 xiv-xxxix Journal Article: P.N.R. Memorial Medal - 1941 Award [R. J. Boyd, M.E., M.I.E.Aust.] P.N.R. Memorial Medal - 1941 Award [R. J. Boyd, M.E., M.I.E.Aust.] 1941 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 13 12 295 John Allan Gibson - Records Charles Sturt University Regional Archives John Allan Gibson - Records RW 12 1927 - 1976 Press cutting books 1940-42 and various registers 1933-72 (items 1-7); Correspondence and subject files 1940-75 including references to China, Professor Carne, cancer in sheep, atomic energy, wool production, irrigation, and the Nimming Pollen Development League (items 8-93); Maps and plans 1942-63 (items 94-101); publications 1927-76 including reports of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, CSIRO reports and material relating to munitions (items 102-130). 7 boxes Alexander James Gibson - Records National Archives of Australia, National Office Alexander James Gibson - Records MP 1044/1 MP 1044/1 Customs and Excise, Register of British Ships :- item 18/0458.