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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-01-17 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-04-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006199b.htm person Roberts James Waller AACR2 1871 29 August 1948 Place of Birth Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Roseville, New South Wales, Australia Civil engineer James Roberts was the Principal Designing Engineer in the New South Wales Railway Department, and one of the leading bridge design engineers in New South Wales. The highlights of his career include the design of the steel trussed arch roof over the main concourse, Sydney Central Station, all the North Coast Railway bridges and the 1932 double-deck bascule bridge over the Clarence River at Grafton. 1892 1892 Education - Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) (BE), University of Sydney 1895 1895 Career event - Member, Sydney University Engineering Society 1900 1901 Career event - Vice-President, Sydney University Engineering Society 1900? 1917 Career position - Engineer, Railway Construction Branch, Public Works Department, New South Wales 1902 1903 Career event - Member of Council, Sydney University Engineering Society 1903 1905 Career event - Vice-President, Sydney University Engineering Society 1905 1906 Career event - President, Sydney University Engineering Society 1909 1909 Award - Life Member, Sydney University Engineering Society 1917 1920 Career position - Engineer, Railways Department, New South Wales 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1920 1933 Career position - Principal Designing Engineer, Railways Department, New South Wales 1933 1933 Life event - Retired 1936 1936 Award - Warren Memorial Prize 1932, Institution of Engineers Australia Sydney University Engineering Society (1895 - 1919)

Member 1895-1919. President 1905-06, Vice-President 1900-01, 1903-05, 1906-07, and Councillor 1901-1902

 W. H. Warren Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1926 - )

Awarded Warren Memorial Prize 1932, for the paper "The Clarence River Bridge Part I - Design; Part II - Construction", Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, vol.4, 1932, pp.369-381, and pp.405-414.

 'Roberts, James Waller', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Roberts, James Waller Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: American Bridges of the NSW North Coast Railway Fraser, Don American Bridges of the NSW North Coast Railway 2009 Australian Journal of Multi-disciplinary Engineering 7 2 109-115 Journal Article: The Clarence River Bridge - Part II - Construction Roberts, James Waller The Clarence River Bridge - Part II - Construction 1932 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 4 12 405-414 Journal Article: The Clarence River Bridge - Part I - Design Roberts, James Waller The Clarence River Bridge - Part I - Design 1932 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 4 11 369-381