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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2025-07-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002667b.htm person Thompson James AACR2 22 August 1863 2 January 1945 Place of Birth Drogheda, Louth, Ireland Place of Death Perth, Western Australia, Australia Civil engineer James Thompson MInstCE was engineer-in-chief of the Public Works Department of Western Australia from 1904-1925. Of 6590 km of government railways built in Western Australia before World War II, 4690 km of main track were constructed while he controlled the department.

For a detailed list of Associated Works, see entry for James Thompson in Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 3: 1890-1920, pp.596-7.

1882 1882 Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Ireland 1882 1889 Career position - Assistant Engineer, Dublin Docks and Harbours Board 1889 1889 Life event - Migrated to Victoria, Australia 1889 1891 Career position - Assistant Engineer, Survey Branch, Victorian Railways 1891 1891 Life event - Moved to Western Australia 1891 1904 Career position - Engineer, Public Works Department, Western Australia [under C. Y. O'Connor MInstCE] 3 Mar 1891 3 Mar 1891 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1894 1896 Career position - Resident Engineer, Northam-Southern Cross-Kalgoorlie railway, Public Works Department, Western Australia 1896 1904 Career position - Engineer in charge, Harbours and Rivers Branch, Public Works Department, Western Australia 12 Dec 1899 12 Dec 1899 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1904 1925 Career position - Engineer-in-Chief, Public Works Department of Western Australia 1910 1910 Career position - Founding President, Western Australian Institution of Engineers 1925 1925 Life event - Retired 1945 1945 Buried - Karrakatta cemetery, Perth, Western Australia O'Connor, Charles Yelverton (1843 - 1902)

C. Y. O'Connor endorsed James Thompson's nomination for MInstCE, 1897

 Western Australian Public Works Department, State of Western Australia (1901 - 1985)

Engineer-in-chief 1904 - 1925; Engineer-in-charge, Harbours and Rivers Branch 1896 - 1904; Engineer 1891 - 1904

 Western Australian Institution of Engineers (1909 - 1919)

Founding President 1910

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 Thompson, James (1863-1945)

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 'Thompson, James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Thompson, James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Engineering Heritage : Biographies Engineering Heritage : Biographies Engineering Heritage Australia 2024 Engineering Heritage Australia : wiki website Book Section: Thompson, James (1863-1945), engineer Strickland, R. M. Thompson, James (1863-1945), engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 210 Edited Book: The Cyclopedia of Western Australia : an historical and commercial review, descriptive and biographical facts figures and illustrations : an epitome of progress [Volume 1] Battye, J.S. The Cyclopedia of Western Australia : an historical and commercial review, descriptive and biographical facts figures and illustrations : an epitome of progress [Volume 1] Perth Cyclopedia Co 1912 Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com Edited Book: Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 3: 1890-1920 Chrimes, M. M.; Cox, R. C.; Cross-Rudkin, P. S. M.; Elton, J. M. H.; Hurst, B. L.; McWilliam, R. C.; Rennison, R. W.; Sutherland, R. J. M.; Thomas, R. E. Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 3: 1890-1920 London, United Kingdom Thomas Telford Publishing 2014