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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-11-12 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002715b.htm person Walsh Henry Deane AACR2 16 September 1853 29 August 1921 Place of Birth Dublin, Ireland Place of Death Roseville, New South Wales, Australia Engineer Henry Walsh was engineer-in-chief for the Sydney Harbour Trust on its establishment in 1901 until his retirement in 1919, being commissioner of the trust from 1913. Previously he had been district engineer for public works programmes from Lake Macquarie to the Queensland border. He is commemorated by Walsh Island in Newcastle Harbour and Walsh Bay on Sydney's waterfront. 1874 1874 Education - Educated at Trinity College, Dublin (BA, BAI [Engineering] 1875 1876 Career position - Engineering works in England 1876 1877 Career position - Engineer, Great Southern and Western Railway Co., Ireland 1878 1901 Career position - Engineer, Department of Public Works, New South Wales 1879 1891 Career position - Resident Engineer, Newcastle, New South Wales 6 Feb 1883 6 Feb 1883 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 5 Nov 1889 5 Nov 1889 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1891 1896 Career position - Supervising Engineer (to 1895), then District Engineer in Newcastle 1896 1901 Career position - President, Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board 1901 1913 Career position - Engineer-in-Chief, Sydney Harbour Trust 1909 1909 Career position - President, Royal Society of New South Wales 1913 1919 Career position - Commissioner, Sydney Harbour Trust Bennett, William Christopher (1824 - 1889)

William Bennett MInstCE endorsed Henry Walsh's nomination for AssocMInstCE in 1883, and his nomination for MInstCE in 1889

 Warren, William Henry (1852 - 1926)

William Warren AssocMInstCE endorsed Henry Walsh's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1883

 Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners, State of New South Wales (1901 - 1936)

Engineer-in-chief 1901 - 1919.

 Adams, Walter Edward (1861 - 1939)

Henry Walsh MInstCE proposed Walter Adams nomination for AssocMInstCE in 1908, and endorsed his nomination for MInstCE in 1916

 Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

President 1909

 New South Wales Department of Public Works, Colony and State of New South Wales (1859 - 1936)

Engineer 1878 - 1901

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 Walsh, Henry Deane (1853-1921)

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 'Walsh, Henry Deane', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Walsh, Henry Deane Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Walsh, Henry Deane (1853-1921), engineer Troy, P.N.; Lloyd, C.J. Walsh, Henry Deane (1853-1921), engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 370-371 Journal Article: Notes on harbour engineering Walsh, H. D. Notes on harbour engineering 1911 Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society 16 71-115 Journal Article: Presidential address Andrews, E. C. Presidential address 1922 Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 56 1-38 Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com Book: Henry Deane Walsh: the Australian years 1879 to 1928 [sic]: his family, homes, his work Rowe, Susan Henry Deane Walsh: the Australian years 1879 to 1928 [sic]: his family, homes, his work Epping, N.S.W. Susan Rowe 2016 Book Section: Chapter 7: Harbour works Rich, Norman Chapter 7: Harbour works Crows Nest, New South Wales Engineers Australia 1989 Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney Don Fraser 151-168 Journal Article: History and Development of Port Kembla Spooner, E. S. (Hon.) History and Development of Port Kembla 1938 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 10 8 279-293