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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/P003810b.htm person Murray Stuart AACR2 9 October 1837 12 April 1919 Place of Birth Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland Place of Death Kyneton, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Administrator Public servant Stuart Murray was engineer-in-chief, Water Supply Department, Victoria 1886-1906. He was responsible for a number of major water conservance works, his greatest being the Goulburn Weir, of which he was co-designer, with the Waranga storage and its channels (Stuart Murray Canal).

Educated St Andrews (land and mining surveyor, architect and civil engineer). Arrived Victoria 1855; practised his professions at Kyneton; government mining surveyor, Daylesford for six years; engineer, United Echuca and Waranga Waterworks Trust 1882-84; secretary, royal commission on water supply 1884-86; engineer-in-chief, Water Supply Department 1886-1906; chairman, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission 1906-08.

1849 1852 Education - Madras College, St.Andrews, Scotland 1853 1854 Career position - Working in a foundry, chiefly learning mechanical work and pattern making 1855 1855 Life event - Arrived Melbourne, Victoria 1864 1864 Education - Diploma as Surveyor, Melbourne 1867 1867 Career event - Granted Certificate of competency as a Mining Surveyor 1870 1870 Career event - Granted Certificate of Competency as Engineer and Surveyor (CE), (2nd Class Cert B2), Shires Statute and Boroughs Statute 1869 VIC 1883 1884 Career position - Engineer, Echuca and Waranga United Waterworks Trust 1883 1886 Career position - Engineer, Kyneton Shire Waterworks Trust 1884 1886 Career position - Secretary, Royal Commission on Water Supply 1886 1906 Career position - Engineer-in-chief, Victorian Water Supply Department 1902 1902 Career position - Commissioner of the "Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray" 6 Dec 1904 6 Dec 1904 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1906 1908 Career position - Chairman, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission Garson, George (1862 - 1911)

Stuart Murray MInstCE endorsed George Garson's nomination for MInstCE 1906

 Anderson, Joshua Thomas Noble (1865 - 1949)

J T Noble Anderson was an engineer working under Stuart Murray, 1889 - 1980

 Kernot, William Charles (1845 - 1909)

William Kernot MInstCE proposed Stuart Murray's nomination for MInstCE in 1904

 State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (SRWSC), State of Victoria (1905 - 1984)

Inaugural Chairman and Commissioner 1906 - 1908

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 Murray, Stuart (1837-1919)

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 'Murray, Stuart', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Murray, Stuart Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Some Public Works Engineers in Victoria in the Nineteenth Century Cumming, D. A. Some Public Works Engineers in Victoria in the Nineteenth Century Melbourne University of Melbourne, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 1985 Parliamentary paper: Royal Commission on Water Supply : further [i.e. second] progress report Royal Commission on Water Supply (1884-1887) Royal Commission on Water Supply : further [i.e. second] progress report Melbourne John Ferres, Government Printer 1885 Parliamentary paper: Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray, representing the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia : Report of the Commissioners, with minutes of evidence, appendices and plans Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray, representing the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia : Report of the Commissioners, with minutes of evidence, appendices and plans Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide 1902 Book Section: Murray, Stuart (1837-1919), civil engineer and administrator Yule, Valerie Murray, Stuart (1837-1919), civil engineer and administrator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1974 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q Douglas Pike 322-323 Journal Article: The ranging of straight lines in forest country Murray, S. The ranging of straight lines in forest country Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 1 1874-1880 68-71 Journal Article: Adjustment of the vertical limb of the theodolite Murray, S. Adjustment of the vertical limb of the theodolite Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 1 1874-1880 9-11 Journal Article: Reduction of errors by repetition of observations Murray, S. Reduction of errors by repetition of observations Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 1 1874-1880 101-106 Journal Article: Supplementary notes to a paper on Laplace's theory of the Cosmogony Murray, Stuart Supplementary notes to a paper on Laplace's theory of the Cosmogony Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 6 1910-1919 95-100 Journal Article: Some remarks on the Surveyor's Star Catalogue Murray, Stuart Some remarks on the Surveyor's Star Catalogue Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 2 1880-1884 23-25 Journal Article: Adjustment and use of the Level, and limits of practical error in levelling Murray, Stuart Adjustment and use of the Level, and limits of practical error in levelling Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 2 1880-1884 61-65 Journal Article: The limit of practical error in levelling Murray, Stuart The limit of practical error in levelling Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 3 1885-1891 183-185 Journal Article: River gauging Murray, Stuart River gauging Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 4 1891-1899 21-28 Journal Article: Amsler's electrically recording current meter Murray, Stuart Amsler's electrically recording current meter Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 5 1900-1909 113-120 Journal Article: The Coliban system of works of Water Supply and the Upper Coliban Reservoir Murray, Stuart The Coliban system of works of Water Supply and the Upper Coliban Reservoir Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 6 1910-1919 9-20 Journal Article: The sewerage of Geelong Murray, Stuart The sewerage of Geelong Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 6 1910-1919 31-44 Journal Article: The surface of Mean Sea as datum for levels Murray, Stuart The surface of Mean Sea as datum for levels Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 6 1910-1919 45-64 Journal Article: Laplace's theory of the Cosmogony Murray, Stuart Laplace's theory of the Cosmogony Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 6 1910-1919 65-94 Journal Article: Astronomical checks on bearings Murray, S. Astronomical checks on bearings Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 1 1874-1880 12-25 Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com Journal Article: Pioneers of Irrigation in Australia, Number 3. Stuart Murray. Engineer and Administrator Churchyard, J. N. Pioneers of Irrigation in Australia, Number 3. Stuart Murray. Engineer and Administrator 1956 Aqua: Official Journal of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 68-70 Book: Directory for cities, towns, boroughs, shires and districts in the colony of Victoria for 1875 Directory for cities, towns, boroughs, shires and districts in the colony of Victoria for 1875 Melbourne Evans Brothers 1875 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