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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn; Ken McInnes updated 2026-04-08 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005731b.htm person Kernot Maurice Edwin AACR2 10 June 1852 13 January 1934 Place of Birth Geelong, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Engineer Maurice Kernot was a railway engineer who joined the Victorian Railways in 1874 and served as Chief Engineer from 1907 to 1923. He was noted for applying the principles of technical analysis to the location and building of railways in Victoria. In his management of the labour force and the letting of contracts he effected considerable savings in the departmental budget. Over 1,600 kilometres of railway tracks were built while he was Chief Engineer. In retirement Kernot was active in the Institution of Engineers of Australia. 1874 1907 Career position - Engineer, Victorian Railways 5 Feb 1895 5 Feb 1895 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1907 1923 Career position - Chief Engineer, Victorian Railways 1916 1916 Career position - Vice-President, Victorian Institute of Engineers 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1920 1920 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1920 1921 Career position - President, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia. 1921 1921 Career position - President, Section H (Engineering and Architecture) Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1928 1928 Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne 1932 1932 Award - Life Member, Institution of Engineers Australia 1933 1933 Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering, Institution of Engineers Australia Kernot, Charles Home (1885 - 1958) Calder, William (1860 - 1928)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE endorsed William Calder's nomination for MInstCE, 1913.

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

Chairman, Melbourne Division 1920

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

President, Section H (Engineering and Architecture) 1921

 Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1922 - )

Awarded the Medal 1933.

 Green, Frederick William (1885 - 1968)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE endorsed Fred Green's nomination for AssocMInstCE, 1920.

 Kernot Memorial Medal, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Melbourne (1926 - )

Awarded the Medal 1928 "... for having directed the reconnaissance, survey and construction of 1,100 miles of railways in Victoria."

 Victorian Institute of Engineers (1883 - 1949)

Vice-President 1916

 Moore, Malcolm Stewart (1888 - 1969)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE endorsed Malcolm Moore's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1914

 Shannon, William Montgomery (1868 - 1933)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE endorsed William Montgomery Shannon's nomination for MInstCE, 1914.

 Upton, Thomas Haynes (1889 - 1956)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE endorsed Thomas Upton nomination for MInstCE 1925

 Kenyon, Alfred Stephen (1867 - 1943)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE proposed Alfred Kenyon's application for MIEAust 1922

 Clements, Francis William (1864 - 1939)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE endorsed Francis Clements nomination for MInstCE 1913.

 Ritchie, Edgar Gowar (1871 - 1956)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE endorsed Edgar Ritchie's nomination for AssocMInstCE in 1899, and his nomination for MInstCE in 1913

 Nimmo, William Hogarth Robertson (1885 - 1970)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE endorsed William Nimmo's application for AssocMInstCE, 1912.

 Mead, Elwood (1858 - 1936)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE endorsed Elwood Mead's nomination for MInstCE in 1908

 Burnell, John Gurner (1885 - 1967)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE endorsed John Burnell nomination for MInstCE 1923

 Garson, George (1862 - 1911)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE endorsed George Garson's nomination for MInstCE 1906

 Oliver, Calder Edkins (1855 - 1930)

Maurice Kernot was the brother-in-law of Calder Oliver.

 Kernot, William Charles (1845 - 1909) Kernot, Wilfred Noyce (1868 - 1945)

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 Kernot, Maurice E (18520610-19340113)

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 'Kernot, Maurice Edwin', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kernot, Maurice Edwin Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Award of Prizes [Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal 1933; Warren Memorial Prize -second; Edward Noyes Prize 1931] Award of Prizes [Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal 1933; Warren Memorial Prize -second; Edward Noyes Prize 1931] 1933 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 5 12 430 Journal Article: Stress in cohesive material and earth pressure (Discussions and communications) Hawken, R. W. H. (Chapman, R. W.; Burn, A.; Feld, Jacob; Backstrom, S. I.; Ross, C. N.; Kernot, M. E.) Stress in cohesive material and earth pressure (Discussions and communications) Sydney, NSW Institution of Engineers Australia 1926 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 6 311-325 Journal Article: Kernot Memorial Medal [1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, and 1930] Kernot Memorial Medal [1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, and 1930] 1931 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 3 8 302 Book Section: Kernot, Wilfred Noyce (1868-1945), engineer Murray-Smith, S. Kernot, Wilfred Noyce (1868-1945), engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 573-574 Journal Article: 51st Council Meeting [25th July 1932, Sydney] Institution of Engineers Australia 51st Council Meeting [25th July 1932, Sydney] 1932 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 4 9 323 Journal Article: Fourteenth Annual Report [1933] Institution of Engineers Australia Fourteenth Annual Report [1933] 1934 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia MacLean, E. S. 6 4 121-126 Journal Article: Notes on pile tests in very soft ground (Paper & Discussion) Kernot, Maurice Edwin Notes on pile tests in very soft ground (Paper & Discussion) 1914 Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. XIV 97-100, 133 Journal Article: Bairnsdale to Orbost railway (Paper & Discussion) Kernot, Maurice Edwin Bairnsdale to Orbost railway (Paper & Discussion) 1917 Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. XVI 163-193, 201-202, 278-280 Journal Article: Impressions on railway construction abroad Kernot, Maurice E. Impressions on railway construction abroad 1915 Commonwealth Engineer 2 10 355-356 Journal Article: Abstracts of papers read before Divisions, 1920 Abstracts of papers read before Divisions, 1920 1920 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 1 471-480 Journal Article: Catching a train from Orbost: building the Bairnsdale to Orbost railway in Eastern Victoria - 1912 to 1916 Doring, Margret and Martin, Helen Catching a train from Orbost: building the Bairnsdale to Orbost railway in Eastern Victoria - 1912 to 1916 2014 Engineering Heritage Australia magazine 1 5 15-9 Resource: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Journal Article: Memoirs Memoirs 1936 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 8 7 277-280 Conference Paper: The Kernot engineers Ferguson, Jim The Kernot engineers 2003 Engineering Heritage Victoria, Speakers Programme Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com Conference Paper: Bairnsdale to Orbost Railway Line Martin, Helen Bairnsdale to Orbost Railway Line 2015 Engineering Heritage Victoria, Speakers Programme Journal Article: P.N.R. Memorial Medal - 1941 Award [R. J. Boyd, M.E., M.I.E.Aust.] P.N.R. Memorial Medal - 1941 Award [R. J. Boyd, M.E., M.I.E.Aust.] 1941 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 13 12 295