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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2025-05-01 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002439b.htm person Mann Gother Kerr AACR2 February 1808 1 Jan 1899 Place of Birth England Place of Death North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Civil engineer Captain Gother Mann was the first Chief Commissioner for Railways in New South Wales from 1855 to 1857, and as consulting engineer superintended the construction of Fitzroy Dock 1851 to 1857. From 1857 until his retirement in 1870, he was Engineer-in-Chief for Civil engineering, Dry Docks and Fitzroy Dock, within the Department of Lands and Public Works.

Came to Sydney in 1836. When the Sydney Railway Company was taken over by the Government in 1855, he became Chief Commissioner for Railways, a position he held until July 1857. He was engaged subsequently in the construction of the Fitzroy Dry Dock at Cockatoo Island.

1820s 1830s Career position - Captain, Royal Bombay Horse Artillery, East India Company 1836 1836 Life event - Arrived in Sydney, Australia 1839 1839 Career position - Appointed Magistrate, Wyoming, New South Wales 1851 1857 Career position - Consulting engineer, construction of Fitzroy Dry Dock, Cockatoo Island, Sydney 1853 Career event - Member, New South Wales Steam Navigation Board 1854 Career event - Captain and Commandant, Volunteer Artillery Force, New South Wales 1855 1857 Career event - Chief Commissioner for Railways, New South Wales June 1856 June 1856 Career event - Joined Philosophical Society of New South Wales 1857 1870 Career position - Engineer-in-Chief for Civil engineering, Dry Docks and Fitzroy Dock, Department of Lands and Public Works. 1859 Career event - Superintendent, Penal Establishment, Cockatoo Island, Sydney 1870 1870 Life event - Retired 1872 1873 Career position - Commissioner, International Exhibition of Selected Specimens of Art and Industry [for London May 1873] 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 -

 Philosophical Society of New South Wales (1856 - 1866)

Member 1856 -

 Mann, John Frederick (1819 - 1907)

John and Gother were brothers

 Mann, Gother Kerr (1809-1899)

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 'Mann, Gother Kerr', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Mann, Gother Kerr Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Chapter 6: Ship building and repair Evans, Vaughan Chapter 6: Ship building and repair Crows Nest, New South Wales Engineers Australia 1989 Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney Don Fraser 123-150