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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2020-03-05 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-01-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006827b.htm person Adams Walter Edward AACR2 4 September 1861 9 June 1939 Place of Birth Albury, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia Civil engineer Harbour engineer Walter Adams, MInstCE MIEAust, Civil engineer was Engineer-in-Chief of the Sydney Harbour Trust from 1919 to 1926. He commenced with the Sydney Harbour Trust when it was formed in 1901, as assistant engineer in charge of Designing Branch, having transferred from the Harbours and Rivers Branch, Public Works Department. He was responsible for the planning of all wharves and other works. After he retired, he was commisisoned to report on the outer harbour Mackay and the port facilities at Cairns, both in Queensland, and in May 1938 he reported on the harbour facilities at Devonport, Tasmania. 1885 Career position - Engineer, Lands Department, New South Wales 1881 1885 Career position - Engineer, Southern Pacific Railway Company, USA [under William Hood] 1887 1900 Career position - Engineer, Public Works Department, New South Wales [under W C Bennett MInstCE] 1901 1919 Career position - Designing engineer, Sydney Harbour Trust [under H D Walsh MInstCE] 1908 1908 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1911 1911 Career event - Member, Engineering Association of New South Wales 1916 1916 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1919 1926 Career position - Engineer-in-Chief, Sydney Harbour Trust 1920 1920 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1926 1926 Life event - Retired c. 1930 c. 1930 Career position - Consultant engineer, Port Mackay outer harbour and Cairns Harbour Board,Queensland Government 1936 1936 Career position - Consultant engineer, Marine Board of Mersey, Devonport, Tasmania Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners, State of New South Wales (1901 - 1936)

Engineer-in-chief 1919 - 1926; Design engineer 1901 - 1919.

 Walsh, Henry Deane (1853 - 1921)

Henry Walsh MInstCE proposed Walter Adams nomination for AssocMInstCE in 1908, and endorsed his nomination for MInstCE in 1916

 Bradfield, John Job Crew (1867 - 1943)

John Bradfield MInstCE endorsed Walter Adams nomination for MInstCE in 1916

 McKinney, Hugh Giffen (1846 - 1930)

Hugh McKinney MInstCE endorsed Walter Adams nomination for MInstCE in 1916

 Wade, Leslie Augustus Burton (1864 - 1915)

L A B Wade MInstCE endorsed Walter Adams nomination for AssocMInstCE in 1908

 Warren, William Henry (1852 - 1926)

William Warren MInstCE endorsed Walter Adams nomination for AssocMInstCE 1908, and MInstCE 1916

 'Adams, Walter Edward', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Adams, Walter Edward Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: A Biographical register 1788-1939 : notes from the name index of the Australian Dictionary of biography. Volume 1: A-K Gibbney, H. J.; and Smith, Ann G. A Biographical register 1788-1939 : notes from the name index of the Australian Dictionary of biography. Volume 1: A-K Canberra Australian Dictionary of Biography 1987 Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com Journal Article: Memoirs Memoirs 1940 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 12 12 332-335 Book Section: Chapter 7: Harbour works Rich, Norman Chapter 7: Harbour works Crows Nest, New South Wales Engineers Australia 1989 Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney Don Fraser 151-168