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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2013-05-02 human Tom Hyde updated 2026-04-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005386b.htm person Borrie Edwin Fullarton MC AACR2 17 April 1894 27 August 1968 Place of Birth Brunswick, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Kew, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Town Planner Edwin Borrie MC MCE MIEAust, graduated from the University of Melbourne with first-class honours in civil engineering. He served with the British Army's Royal Engineers as an officer during World War I and was posted in France and then Egypt. Upon his return to Australia, he joined the Tasmanian Hydro-Electric Department and assisted with the design and construction of the Great Lake Dam. He was then employed by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria in Yallourn. In 1924 Borrie became the first engineer of main drains for the Metropolitan Board of Works and as Chief Engineer of sewerage (1929-1950), was in charge of managing Melbourne's sewerage infrastructure. He was seconded to the Allied Works Council from 1941 to 1944 as director of engineering. In 1950 Borrie became Chief Planner in the Board of Works with an interest in town planning. He travelled to Los Angeles and worked on a city development plan for Melbourne upon his return. This plan was published in 1954 and met critical acclaim. Borrie was awarded the Sir James Barrett medal by the Town and Country Planning Association of Victoria. 1915 1915 Career position - Lieutenant, Melbourne University Rifles 1915 1915 Career event - Student Member, Victorian Institute of Engineers 1915 1915 Education - Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE), University of Melbourne 1916 1916 Award - The "Argus" Civil engineering Scholarship, University of Melbourne 1916 1917 Military service - First World War. Second Lieutenant, Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army 1917 1919 Military service - First World War. Lieutenant, Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army 1918 1918 Award - Military Cross (MC) 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1924 1929 Career position - Engineer, Main Drains, Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works 1927 1927 Education - Master of Civil Engineering (MCE), University of Melbourne 1929 1950 Career position - Chief engineer, Sewerage, Engineer, Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works 1935 1935 Career position - Consulting Engineer, Auckland Drainage Board, New Zealand 1937 1937 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1941 1944 Military service - Director of Engineering, Allied Works Council 1947 1948 Career position - Chairman, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 1950 1959 Career position - Chief Planner, Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Allied Works Council (1942 - 1945)

Director of Engineering, Allied Works Council c1942 - 1944

 Frazer, Leonard Thomas (Len) (1908 - 1968)

Borrie, then Chief Planner, MMBW, supported Len Frazer's application for MIEAust 1958

 Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, State of Victoria (1891 - 1990s)

Engineer, Main Drains 1924-1929; Chief Engineer Sewerage 1929-1950; Chief Planner 1950-1959.

 Victoria Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Chairman, Melbourne Division 1947 - 1948

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 Borrie, Edwin Fullarton (18940417-19680827)

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 'Borrie, Edwin Fullarton', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Borrie, Edwin Fullarton Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Future Population of Melbourne (Discussion) Borrie, E. F.; Ritchie, E. G.; Sutherland, I. M. The Future Population of Melbourne (Discussion) 1945 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 17 10-12 227-228 Journal Article: Glenelg Sewage Treatment Works (Discussions and communications) Hodgson, H. J. N. (Borrie, E. F.; Davis, J. A.; Clark, E. V.) Glenelg Sewage Treatment Works (Discussions and communications) 1936 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 8 4 141-143 Book Section: Borrie, Edwin Fullarton (1894-1968), civil engineer and town planner Rasmussen, Carolyn; Dingle, Tony Borrie, Edwin Fullarton (1894-1968), civil engineer and town planner Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 223-224 Journal Article: The sewerage and main drainage systems of Melbourne Borrie, E. F. The sewerage and main drainage systems of Melbourne 1934 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 6 10 383-384 Journal Article: Problems in the Planning of the Future Melbourne Sewerage System Borrie, E. F. Problems in the Planning of the Future Melbourne Sewerage System 1948 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 20 6 63-67 Journal Article: Design, construction and operation of the Melbourne Sewerage System Borrie, Edwin Fullarton Design, construction and operation of the Melbourne Sewerage System 1938 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 10 10 351-365 Journal Article: The Future Population of Melbourne Borrie, E. F. The Future Population of Melbourne 1945 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 17 7-8 150-159 Report: The future urban boundaries of Melbourne and the distribution of population therein : a study in connection with the investigation of proposals for the amplification of the Melbourne Sewerage system : report / presented to the Chairman and Commissioners of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Borrie, E. F. The future urban boundaries of Melbourne and the distribution of population therein : a study in connection with the investigation of proposals for the amplification of the Melbourne Sewerage system : report / presented to the Chairman and Commissioners of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Melbourne Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works 1947 Report: The Future Population of Melbourne : report presented to the Chairman and Commissioners of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Borrie, E. F. The Future Population of Melbourne : report presented to the Chairman and Commissioners of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Melbourne Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works 1944 Resource Section: From the Significant to the Indispensible: The Working Lives of Seventeen Figures in the History of the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works Rasmussen, Carolyn From the Significant to the Indispensible: The Working Lives of Seventeen Figures in the History of the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works Australian National University 2019 Australian dictionary of biography