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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003454b.htm person Coode John AACR2 11 November 1816 2 March 1892 Place of Birth Bodmin, Cornwall, England Place of Death Brighton, Sussex, England Civil engineer (Sir) John Coode was a British engineer who visited Australia on a number of occasions to make recommendations on developing ports from Fremantle round the southern and eastern coasts to the Gulf of Carpentaria. His first visit was to report to the Melbourne Harbor Trust. His proposed river improvement and the dock site locations were the basis on which the modern Port of Melbourne has been developed. 6 Mar 1849 6 Mar 1849 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London Brady, Joseph (1828 - 1908)

John Coode MInstCE endorsed Joseph Brady's nomination for MInstCE in 1878

 Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners, Colony and State of Victoria (1877 - 1978)

Recommended the construction of the Coode Canal to permit the docks to be situated nearer Melbourne City 1878

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 Coode, John (1816-1892)

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