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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-02-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003984b.htm person Swinburne George AACR2 3 February 1861 4 September 1928 Place of Birth Paradise, England Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Business executive Politician Philanthropist Engineer Member of Parliament George Swinburne MInstCE was manager of the Melbourne Hydraulic Power Co. 1887-1897 and managing director 1898-1911. He was Minister of Water Supply for Victoria 1904-1908 and Agriculture 1905-1908. In 1919-1925 he was a foundation member of the State Electricity Commission. He founded the Swinburne Technical College in 1908.

Educated at Royal Grammar School, Newcastle and night school, engineering; apprenticed to J. Williamson and Co., chemical merchants 1874, clerk 1880-82; joined gas and mechanical engineering firm of uncle John Coates at London, partner from 1885; followed uncle to Melbourne 1886; manager Melbourne Hydraulic Power Co. 1887-97, managing director 1898-1911, chairman Australasian board 1911-13; director of a number of companies. Member Inter-State Commission 1913-17, CSIR 1916-20; chairman of committee controlling capital issue 1915-17, Board of Business Administration, Defence Department 1917-19; member Military Board 1919-20, Note Issue Board 1920-22; Victorian SEC commissioner 1919-25. Founder of Eastern Suburbs (later Swinburne) Technical College, president 1908-28. MLA for Hawthorn October 1902-July 1913 (resigned), Minister of Water Supply April 1904-October 1908 (resigned over land tax bill), Minister of Agriculture November 1904-October 1908. ); MLC for East Yarra Province June-September 1928 (deceased).

1871 1875 Education - Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1875 1881 Career position - Engineer-in-training, J. C. Williamson & Co. 1881 1886 Career position - Engineer-in-training, John Abbot & Co, John Coates, R. Dempster & Co. 1884 Career position - Partnership, John Coates & Co. 1886 1886 Life event - Emigrated to Australia 1886 1896 Career position - Engineer, in partnership with John Coates, Australia 1887 1887 Career event - Member (MVIE), Victorian Institute of Engineers 1896 1913 Career position - Engineer, Colonial Gas Association 1896 1913 Career position - Engineer, Sydney Hydraulic Company 1896 1913 Career position - Chairman / Adviser, Broken Hill Water Supply 1896 1913 Career position - Director, Metropolitan Gas Company 1896 1913 Career position - Chairman, Johns & Waygood Ltd 1896 1913 Career position - Engineer, Melbourne Hydraulic Company 1 Dec 1896 1 Dec 1896 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers 1897 1897 Career event - Member (MIMechE), Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1902 1913 Career position - Politician, Member for Hawthorn, Victorian State Parliament 1904 1908 Career position - Minister of Water Supply & Agriculture, Victorian State Parliament 1908 1908 Life event - Resigned from Cabinet, due to ill-health 1913 Career position - Inter-State Commissioner of Australia 10 Mar 1914 10 Mar 1914 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers Piddington, Albert Bathurst (1862 - 1945) Garson, George (1862 - 1911)

George Swinburne was a pall-bearer at George Garson's funeral

 Mead, Elwood (1858 - 1936)

George Swinburne MInstCE endorsed Elwood Mead's nomination for MInstCE in 1908

 Clements, Francis William (1864 - 1939)

George Swinburne endorsed Francis Clements nomination for MInstCE, 1913.

 Coates, John (1844 - 1914)

John Coates was an Uncle of George Swinburne, and a partner in John Coates and Company Ltd.

 Swinburne Technical College (1908 - 1992)

Founder of the College 1908

 Conference convened by the Prime Minister, W.M Hughes, to consider the question of the establishment of a National Laboratory, 5 January 1916 State Committee Victoria, Advisory Council of Science and Industry (1916 - 1920)

1916 - 1920

 Fowler, Thomas Walker (1859 - 1928)

George Swinburne MIMechE proposed Thomas Walker's nomination of MIMechE 1906

 Green, Frederick William (1885 - 1968)

George Swinburne, as Swinburne Technical College President, appointed Fred Green as Head of Engineering Department 1912; Proposed Fred Green nomination for AssocMInstCE 1920.

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 'Swinburne, George', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Swinburne, George Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Currie, George; Graham, John The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Melbourne CSIRO 1966 Edited Book: Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders Engineers Australia Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders Barton, A.C.T. Institution of Engineers, Australia 2019 Book Section: Swinburne, George (1861-1928), businessman, politician and philanthropist Patrick, Alison Swinburne, George (1861-1928), businessman, politician and philanthropist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 150-152 Journal Article: Note on mechanical filtration and gravitation filtration (Paper & Discussion) Swinburne, George; Whitehead, C. A.; and Anderson, Joshua Thomas Noble Note on mechanical filtration and gravitation filtration (Paper & Discussion) 1903 Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers 3 69-103 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 Victoria, Number 6. George Swinburne. Engineer and Legislator Churchyard, J. N. Pioneers of Irrigation in Victoria, Number 6. George Swinburne. Engineer and Legislator 1957 Aqua: Official Journal of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 8 6 123-126 Book: George Swinburne: a biography Sugden, E.H.; and Eggleston, P.W. George Swinburne: a biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1931 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Edited Book: Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Engineers Australia Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Barton, Australian Capital Territory Institution of Engineers, Australia 2019 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