P006059 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.

 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-05-29 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006059b.htm person Phillips George AACR2 1843 2 June 1921 Place of Birth Burslem, Staffordshire, United Kingdom Place of Death Alderley, Queensland, Australia Surveyor Politician Member of Parliament George Phillips was a surveyor who accompanied William Landsdown on his expedition to Burketown in northern Queensland in 1866. As surveyor with the Queensland Lands Department Phillips did much work in the coastal areas north of Mackay. In 1884 he invented and patented a steel railway sleeper that could be used in terrain where termites and flooding made the usual sleepers untenable. These sleepers were used on a number of Queensland rail lines. From 1895 Phillips was involved in the surveying, engineering and construction of tramways, and in 1909 reported to the Government on railways and ports in the Gulf country. In later years he was concerned with water supply and flood mitigation issues for Brisbane and its River. Phillips served one term in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. 1852 1852 Life event - Migrated to New South Wales with his family 1862 1862 Career event - Joined the Queensland Roads Department 1863 1866 Career position - Surveyor with the Queensland Lands and Works Department 1866 1879 Career position - Surveyor with the Queensland Lands Department 1879 1886 Career position - Inspector of Surveys in the Southern Division, Queensland Rail 1886 Career position - In private surveying practice 1893 1896 Career position - Member for Carpentaria in Queensland Legislative Assembly 1896 Career position - Inspector of Artesian Bores, Queensland Government 1904 Career position - Member, Brisbane Board of Waterworks 1905 1905 Career position - President, Queensland Institute of Surveyors Queensland Railways (1865 - ?)

Inspector of Surveys in the Southern Division 1879 - 1886

 Queensland Lands and Works Department, Colony of Queensland (1862 - 1866)

Surveyor 1863 - 1866

 Queensland Lands Department, Colony and State of Queensland (1866 - 1996)

Surveyor 1866 - 1879

 Phillips, George (1843-19210602)

Trove

 'Phillips, George', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Phillips, George Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation