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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2025-12-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001079b.htm person Kenyon Alfred Stephen AACR2 7 December 1867 14 May 1943 Place of Birth Homebush, near Maryborough, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Ethnologist Historian Alfred Kenyon was a Commissioner of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission from November 1932 until he retired in January 1935. He was a water supply engineer from when he joined the Victorian public service in 1887. Positions he held included Engineer in Charge of Town Water Supplies, Engineer for Agriculture and Engineer in Charge of Water Supply, North-west Mallee. Kenyon was involved in opening up the northern and western Mallee and extending the districts irrigated from the Murray. He is noted for his pioneer studies in ethnology of Victorian Aborigines and pastoral history. 1887 1888 Career position - Engineering Assistant, Public Works Department, Victoria 1888 1891 Career position - Draughtsman, Department of Water Supply, Victoria 1891 1899 Career position - Acting Assistant Engineer, Department of Water Supply, Victoria 1896 1896 Career event - Member (MAusIME), Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers 1899 1906 Career position - Assistant Engineer, Department of Mines and Water Supply, Victoria c. 1900 c. 1900 Career event - Granted Certificate as Engineer of Water Supply, under Irrigation Act 1886 VIC 1902 1902 Career event - Gave evidence to the "Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray" 1906 1906 Career event - Member, Royal Society of Victoria 1906 1906 Career position - Engineer for Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Victoria [under Dr. Thomas Cherry. Undertaking works of water supply, land drainage and setlement throughout Victoria.] 1906 1906 Career event - Certificate of competency as Hydraulic engineer (with merit) 1910 c. 1920 Career position - Engineer-in-charge, North-West Mallee, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission 1911 1911 Career event - Member, and Councillor, Historical Society of Victoria 1915 1915 Publication - "The Story of the Mallee", published 1919 1919 Career event - Member, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy [Formerly member of Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers] 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Formerly member of Melbourne University Engineering Society] 1921 1932 Career position - Senior engineer, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission 1922 1922 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1927 1928 Career position - Chairman, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 1928 1928 Career position - President, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1931 1935 Career position - President, (Royal) Historical Society of Victoria 1932 1935 Career position - Commissioner, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission 1935 1935 Life event - Retired 1937 1937 Career event - Member (Anthropology), Australian National Research Council 1937 1937 Career position - President, Section F (Anthropology), 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) Newbigin, William Johnstone (1874 - 1927)

Newbigin MIEAust proposed Kenyon's application for MIEAust 1922

 Kernot, Maurice Edwin (1852 - 1934)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE proposed Alfred Kenyon's application for MIEAust 1922

 Victoria Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Chairman, Melbourne Division 1927-1928

 Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (1893 - )

President 1928, Member from 1919.

 East, Lewis Ronald (1899 - 1994)

Ronald East was appointed a Commissioner, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria, when Commissioner Alfred Kenyon retired in 1935.

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

Member (Anthropology) 1937 -

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

President, Section F (Anthropology) 1937; Fellow 1937 -

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 Kenyon, A S (1867-1943)

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 'Kenyon, Alfred Stephen', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kenyon, Alfred Stephen Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 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 Section: Kenyon, Alfred Stephen (1867-1943), engineer, ethnologist and historian McNicoll, Ronald Kenyon, Alfred Stephen (1867-1943), engineer, ethnologist and historian Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 572-573 Journal Article: Obituary: Alfred Stephen Kenyon, MIE Aust Obituary: Alfred Stephen Kenyon, MIE Aust 1943 Australian Journal of Science 6 1 28-29 Journal Article: Presidential address: Black and white culture contacts on the Australian continent [Section F - Anthropology] Kenyon, A. S. Presidential address: Black and white culture contacts on the Australian continent [Section F - Anthropology] 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 175-184 Book: Stone implements of the Australian Aborigines: guide to the classified collection in the Australian Room, National Museum, Public Library Buildings, Melbourne, arranged for the Australian meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science Kenyon, A. S. and Mahony, D. J. Stone implements of the Australian Aborigines: guide to the classified collection in the Australian Room, National Museum, Public Library Buildings, Melbourne, arranged for the Australian meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science Melbourne Arnall & Jackson 1914 Journal Article: Extracts From the Diary of Dr Neumayer, in His 'The Story of the Mallee' Kenyon, A. S. Extracts From the Diary of Dr Neumayer, in His 'The Story of the Mallee' 1914 Victorian Historical Magazine 4 64-70 Journal Article: Profiles from the past: Alfred S. Kenyon East, L. R. Profiles from the past: Alfred S. Kenyon 1963 The Chartered Engineer Victoria 8 3 6 Journal Article: Australian museums, Aboriginal skeletal remains, and the imagining of human evolutionary history Turnbull, Paul Australian museums, Aboriginal skeletal remains, and the imagining of human evolutionary history 2015 Museum & society 13 1 72-87 Journal Article: Tribute to A. S. Kenyon East, L. R. Tribute to A. S. Kenyon 1957 Aqua: Official Journal of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 44 Journal Article: Pioneers of Irrigation in Victoria, Number 9 - A. S. Kenyon Churchyard, J. N. Pioneers of Irrigation in Victoria, Number 9 - A. S. Kenyon 1957 Aqua: Official Journal of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 259-, 44- Journal Article: Death of Mr. A. S. Kenyon Daley, C Death of Mr. A. S. Kenyon 1943 The Victorian naturalist 60 2 29-30 Records, ca. 1883-1980. [manuscript] State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Records, ca. 1883-1980. [manuscript] YMS 11170 c. 1883 - 1980 Records, photographs and press clippings. Records, ca. 1918-1980, comprise membership records and correspondence; records of branch and country groups; and records of the Victorian Institute of Engineers, 1883-1952. 416 Boxes Alfred Stephen Kenyon - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Alfred Stephen Kenyon - Records MS 12261 1905 - 1934 Bound volume of 28 technical papers, mainly agricultural, 1905-10; copy of "Tour through irrigation and water supply districts by H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, October-November 1934"; copies of printed guides to the Maffra-Sale, Wimmera-Mallee, Mildura-Red Cliffs and Goulburn Valley irrigation districts n.d. [MS 12261]. Alfred Stephen Kenyon - Records Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc Alfred Stephen Kenyon - Records 1907 - 1942 Correspondence concerning applications for engineering positions, the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a survey of northern water supplies in South Australia 1929, a tour of Queensland 1935, the publication of the Clyde Company papers, Aborigines, anthropology, and correspondents include F.D. Powers, E. Pitt, C.C. Towle, H.J. Ramsay, J.S. McDonald, J. Slater, P. Brown, Janet Biddlecombe and D.R. Raymond; lectures on ancient history and Australian exploration; journal of journey to the north-east corner of South Australia 1929; historical notes [30 cm]. 0.3 m