P006488 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-07-25 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006488b.htm person Watson Robert AACR2 21 November 1822 7 April 1891 Place of Birth Dartington, near Totnes, Devon, England Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Robert Watson, MInstCE MVIE CE, was the Engineer-in-Chief of the Victorian Railways (1882-1891). He arrived in Victoria in 1854, and joined the Victorian Railways as Resident Engineer in charge of Surveys. Prior to that he had worked in England on the extension of the Great Western Railway, and on the South Devon Line. In Victoria, he gave evidence to the Select Committee on the Railway Terminus at Spencer Street in 1861. He was the Resident Engineer on the Sandhurst to Echuca Railway in 1864, and, as Resident Engineer on the North-Eastern Line, gave evidence on the Coliban Water Supply Scheme in 1869, on the Silting of Hobson's Bay in 1871, and on the Petition by Mrs Laggett in 1882. He was the First President of the Victorian Institution of Engineers in 1883. 1 Dec 1868 1 Dec 1868 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1883 1883 Career event - Foundation Member, Victorian Engineers Association Garson, George (1862 - 1911)

Robert Watson MInstCE endorsed George Garson's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1891

 Zeal, William Austin (1830 - 1912)

Robert Watson MInstCE endorsed William Zeal's nomination for MInstCE in 1887

 Brady, Joseph (1828 - 1908)

Robert Watson MInstCE endorsed Joseph Brady's nomination for AssocMInstCE in 1875, and his nomination for MInstCE in 1878

 Kernot, William Charles (1845 - 1909)

Robert Watson MInstCE endorsed William Kernot's nomination for AssocInstCE in 1885

 Steel, William Heron (1830 - 1889)

Robert Watson endorsed William Steel's nomination for AssocMInstCE, 1871, and his nomination for MInstCE, 1885

 Duncan, George Smith (1852 - 1930)

Robert Watson endorsed George Duncan's nomination for MInstCE, 1887

 Higgins, George (1856 - 1943)

Robert Watson endorsed George Higgins nomination for AssocMInstCE, 1888

 Victorian Institute of Engineers (1883 - 1949)

Foundation Member 1883; Foundation President 1883-1884

 Henderson, John Baillie (1836 - 1921)

Robert Watson endorsed John Henderson's nomination for AssocMInstCE, 1880, and his nominations for MInstCE, 1884.

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 'Watson, Robert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Watson, Robert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Some Public Works Engineers in Victoria in the Nineteenth Century Cumming, D. A. Some Public Works Engineers in Victoria in the Nineteenth Century Melbourne University of Melbourne, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 1985 Journal Article: President's address 1884 (vol. I) Watson, Robert President's address 1884 (vol. I) 1885 Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Engineers Association vol. I 1883-1885 28-30 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 Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com