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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-02-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001075b.htm person Knibbs George Handley Kt AACR2 13 June 1858 30 March 1929 Place of Birth Redfern, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Camberwell, Victoria, Australia Statistician Sir George Knibbs was the first Commonwealth Statistician (1906-1921) and a Director of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry (1921-1926). He was responsible for the production of the Commonwealth Year Book, first published in 1908, and had an international reputation for his work in vital statistics. With J. W. Turner, he was appointed Commissioner for a 1902 Royal Commission into New South Wales Education.

He is memorialised by the naming of Knibbs Street, Turner, Australian Capital Territory.

1879 1889 Career position - Licensed Surveyor, Trigonometrical and General Survey Department of New South Wales 1881 1881 Career position - President, Royal Society of New South Wales 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1889 1905 Career position - Lecturer in Geodesy, Astronomy and Hydraulics, University of Sydney 1892 1892 Career position - President, Institution of Surveyors 1893 1893 Career position - President, Institution of Surveyors 1896 1898 Career position - President, New South Wales Branch, British Astronomical Association 1900 1900 Career position - President, Institution of Surveyors 1902 1902 Career position - Co-Commissioner of the Royal Commission into New South Wales Education 1903 1905 Career position - President, Society of Child Study in New South Wales 1905 1906 Career position - Director of Technical Education in New South Wales 1906 1921 Career position - Commonwealth Statistician 1909 1909 Career position - President, Section G1 (Social and Statistical Science), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1911 1911 Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) 1914 1914 Career position - Local Secretary for Melbourne, Section F (Economic Science and Statistics), British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting 1921 Career position - Foundation Councillor (Economics and Statistics), Australian National Research Council 1921 1923 Career position - President, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1921 1926 Career position - Director, Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry 1922 Career position - Chairman, Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association 1923 1923 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 - ; President, Section G1 (Social and Statistical Science) 1909; President 1921 - 1923

 Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

President 1881

 Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, Commonwealth of Australia (1920 - 1926)

Director 1920 - 1926

 Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association (1922 - 1929)

Foundation Chairman

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

Foundation Member (Economics and Statistics) 1921 -

 British Association for the Advancement of Science 84th Meeting (1914)

Local Secretary for Melbourne, Section F (Economic Science and Statistics) 1914

 Conference convened by the Prime Minister, W.M Hughes, to consider the question of the establishment of a National Laboratory, 5 January 1916 British Astronomical Association, New South Wales Branch (1895 - )

President 1896 - 1898

 Conference convened by the Prime Minister, S.M. Bruce, to consider the reorganisation of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, 30 May and 1 June 1925

Representative of Victoria

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 'Knibbs, George Handley', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Knibbs, George Handley Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: First Commonwealth Statistician: Sir George Knibbs Bambrick, Susan First Commonwealth Statistician: Sir George Knibbs 1969 Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales 102 2 127-135 Resource Section: Knibbs, George Handley Knibbs, George Handley Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham 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 Book Section: Knibbs, Sir George Handley (1858-1929), statistician Bambrick, Susan Knibbs, Sir George Handley (1858-1929), statistician Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 620-621 Journal Article: George Handley Knibbs, 1858-1929 Ashton, R. L. George Handley Knibbs, 1858-1929 1959 Australian Journal of Science 21 170-173 Journal Article: Note on Recent Determinations of the Viscosity of Water by the Efflux Method Knibbs, G.H. Note on Recent Determinations of the Viscosity of Water by the Efflux Method Sydney Acting Government Printer 1896 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 30 186-193 Edited Book: Federal handbook prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science held in Australia August 1914 Knibbs, G. H. Federal handbook prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science held in Australia August 1914 Melbourne Government Printer 1914 Report: Institute of Science and Industry, Second Annual Report of the Director: for the period 1st July, 1922 to the 31st December, 1923 Knibbs, George H. Institute of Science and Industry, Second Annual Report of the Director: for the period 1st July, 1922 to the 31st December, 1923 Melbourne Commonwealth Government Printer Report: Institute of Science and Industry, First Annual Report of the Director: for the period from the date of his appointment (18th March, 1921) to the 30th June, 1922 Knibbs, George H. Institute of Science and Industry, First Annual Report of the Director: for the period from the date of his appointment (18th March, 1921) to the 30th June, 1922 Melbourne Commonwealth Government Printer 1922 Book Section: The history and development of the statistical system of Australia Knibbs, G. H. The history and development of the statistical system of Australia New York Macmillan 1918 The history of statistics, their development and progress in many countries Koren, J. 55-81 Journal Article: Sir George Knibbs Wickens, C. H. Sir George Knibbs 1929 Economic Record 5 334-5 Journal Article: The role of statisticians in CSIRO: past, present and future Speed, T. P. The role of statisticians in CSIRO: past, present and future 1988 Australian Journal of Statistics 30 B 15-34 Journal Article: Obituary: Sir George Knibbs Anon Obituary: Sir George Knibbs 1930 Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 90 372-3 Journal Article: Official statistics in the late colonial period leading on to the work of the first Commonwealth Statistician, G. H. Knibbs Heyde, C. C. Official statistics in the late colonial period leading on to the work of the first Commonwealth Statistician, G. H. Knibbs 1988 Australian Journal of Statistics 30 B 23-43 Resource: Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Federation and Meteorology 2001 Book Section: CSIRO Sherratt, Tim CSIRO Melbourne Oxford University Press 1998 Oxford Companion to Australian History Graeme Davison; John Hirst; Stuart Macintyre 164-165 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949