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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-04-05 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-01-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006020b.htm person Blackbourn John AACR2 26 May 1842 7 January 1911 Place of Birth Dover, Kent, England Place of Death St Kilda, Victoria, Australia Railway engineer Fortifications engineer John Blackbourn CE AssocMInstCE, was the Defence Engineer, Public Works Department, Colony of Victoria, and after Federation, the Defence Engineer for the Commonwealth of Australia. He was responsible for the construction of all the colonial Port Phillip Heads Fortifications (Fort Queenscliffe, Fort Swan Island, Fort Nepean) as well as the design and construction of Princess Royal Fort, King George Sound, Albany, Western Australia, including the installation of the hydro-pneumatic "Disappearing" guns. 1863 Career position - Apprenticed to engineers Rowland Mason Ordish and William Henry Le Feurve, Westminster ENG 1863 1865 Career position - Assistant engineer, Ordish and Le Feuvre 1865 1866 Career position - Design engineer, Millwall Docks, London, under William Wilson MInstCE 1866 1869 Career position - Resident engineer, Limehouse Basin improvements, London, England, under Edwin Thomas MInstCE 1870 1871 Career position - Assistant contractor's manager, Devon and Somerset Railway, England Sep 1871 May 1872 Career position - Contractor's engineer, Cairo and St. Louis Railway, USA May 1872 Jun 1874 Career position - Engineer-in-charge fortifications, Fort Point, San Francisco, United States Army Corp of Engineers Jun 1874 Nov 1875 Career position - Assistant engineer, Roads and Bridges Department, Victoria, Australia 5 Nov 1874 5 Nov 1874 Career event - Granted Certificate of Competency as Engineer and Surveyor (CE), (1st Class Cert A02), Shires Statute and Boroughs Statute 1869 VIC 1875 1878 Career position - Resident engineer, Port Wakefield and Blyth Railway, Port Wakefield and Kadina Railway, South Australia, under Henry Coathupe Mais MInstCE 1879 1879 Career position - County engineer, Waipawa, New Zealand Sep 1879 Mar 1882 Career position - Private practice, Melbourne Mar 1882 1884 Career position - Military Surveyor, Public Works Department Victoria, assistant to Major Peter Scratchley RE 1884 1901 Career position - Engineer-in-charge, Defence Works Branch, Public Works Department, Victoria 15 Jun 1891 15 Jun 1891 Career event - Applied (unsuccessfully) Engineer-in-chief, Metropolitan Board of Works, Melbourne 1 Dec 1891 1 Dec 1891 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers [very briefly] 1896 1898 Career position - Engineer, Princess Royal Fort, King George Sound, Western Australia 1 Oct 1901 25 May 1907 Career position - Superintendent of Works, Public Works Branch, Department of Home Affairs, Commonwealth of Australia 1911 1911 Buried - Boroondara Cemetery, Victoria Wright, John Arthur (1841 - 1920)

Supported John Blackbourn for AssocMInstCE, July 1891

 Davidson, William (1844 - 1920)

William Davidson endorsed John Blackbourn's nomination for AssocMInstCE, 1891.

 Thwaites, William (1853 - 1907)

William Thwaites endorsed John Blackbourn's nomination for AssocMInstCE, 1891.

 Gordon, George (1829 - 1907)

George Gordon proposed John Blackbourn's nomination for AssocMInstCE, 1891

 Blackbourn, John (18420526-19110107)

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