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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003361b.htm person Barney George AACR2 19 May 1792 16 April 1862 Place of Birth Wolverhampton, England Place of Death St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia Engineer George Barney was the civil engineer for New South Wales 1836-1844. Major projects for which he was responsible include a circular quay at Sydney Cove, military barracks in Paddington and Fort Denison (completed 1857).

Born Woverhampton, England, 19 May 1792. Died Sydney, 16 April 1862. Second lieutenant, Royal Engineers 1808-13, captain 1813-25, several years experience of civil engineering, Jamaica, captain 1825; arrived Sydney 1835 with the Royal Engineers and given the duties of civil engineer, responsible for a circular quay at Sydney Cove, a breakwater at Newcastle, pier harbours at Wollongong and the defences of Sydney; major 1839; supervised the building of the Victoria Barracks from 1841; lieutenent colonel ca 1842; returned to England 1844-46; superintendent of a new convict colony in North Australia at Port Curtis 1846-47; chief commissioner of crown lands 1849-55; surveyor-general 1855-62. Chairman of Directors, Gaslight Co. and a trustee of the Savings Bank of New South Wales from 1841.

 New South Wales Colonial Engineer, Colony of New South Wales (1836 - 1843) 1836 1844

George Barney was a Civil Engineer with the colony of New South Wales from 1836 until 1844.

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 'Barney, George', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Barney, George Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Barney, George (1792-1862), soldier and engineer Barney, George (1792-1862), soldier and engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 60-61 Conference Paper: George Barney re (1792-1862), first colonial engineer Sutton, R. George Barney re (1792-1862), first colonial engineer Barton, Australian Capital Territory Institution of Engineers, Australia 1984 Engineering Conference 1984: Conference Papers 13-17 Book Section: Chapter 1: The seventy years 1790-1960 Fraser, Don Chapter 1: The seventy years 1790-1960 Crows Nest, New South Wales Engineers Australia 1989 Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney Don Fraser 1-16 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000