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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-06-28 human Ken McInnes updated 2019-12-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006085b.htm person Behrendt Peter AACR2 c. 1851 5 March 1908 Place of Birth Heilsberg, East Prussia Place of Death German New Guinea Civil engineer Architect Peter Behrendt, together with the Melbourne firm Palmer Scott and Company, introduced German waterproofing methods, Westphalian iron, and Traegerwellbach fireproofing construction to Australia, and designed the first wrought iron framed city building in Melbourne. He also advocated for the adoption of many European systems, including Siemens and Halski elevated electric railways, Liernur's hydro-pneumatic sanitation system, wire bricks, and disinfection systems. 1882 1882 Lecture - Presented paper "On Electric Railways", to the Royal Society of Victoria 1883 1883 Lecture - Presented paper "Modern Fireproof and Watertight Building Materials", to the Royal Society of Victoria 1883 1883 Life event - Naturalisation, Melbourne, Victoria 1889 1889 Career event - Submission to Victorian "Royal Commission to Inquire into and Report Upon the Sanitary Condition of Melbourne" (VPARL1889No112), advocating Liernur's hydro-pneumatic system 1890 1890 Life event - Memorial of Naturalisation, Adelaide, South Australia 1895 1895 Patent - Victorian Patent application: insulating buildings, cars, etc, by means of plates, slabs, tiles, bricks, cement made from infusorial earth (diatomaceous earth) found in Australia. 1896 1896 Life event - Naturalisation, Sydney, New South Wales 1900 1901 Career position - Manager, Eskbank Ironworks, Lithgow 1901 1901 Career position - Teaching Mechanical Drawing, Architectural Drawing, and Iron and Steel construction, Sydney School of Arts 1901 1902 Career position - Gold Prospecting in German New Guinea 1902 1906 Career position - Surveyor for the German New Guinea Government Surveying lands for selection. Behrendt, Peter (-1908)

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 'Behrendt, Peter', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Behrendt, Peter Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Conference Paper: German Engineering and Early Fire Proofing of Melbourne Buildings Lewis, Miles German Engineering and Early Fire Proofing of Melbourne Buildings 2018 Engineering Heritage Victoria, Speakers Programme