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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-04-26 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-06 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006944b.htm person Heitlinger Max AACR2 28 May 1899 22 January 1992 Place of Birth Mahrisch-Ostrau, Czechoslovakia Place of Death Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Max Heitlinger BCE MIEAust, civil engineer, specialised in dam design with the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria between 1943 and 1964, retiring as Second-in-Charge of the Dam Design Section. He was associated with the design of almost all the large dam structures in Victoria in that period. Max was educated and worked as a civil engineer in Vienna, and fortunately was able to escape the Holocaust to Australia in 1939. He represented Australia at the meeting of the International Commission on large dams in Moscow in 1962, and was awarded the Warren memorial prize in 1965. 1923 1923 Education - Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE), Vienna University, Austria c. 1924 c. 1938 Career position - Building Surveyor, Engineering Branch of the Vienna City Council, Austria c. 1936 c. 1939 Career position - Organising Secretary, Air Raids Precautions Commission, Austrian Government. 1939 1939 Life event - Emigrated to Victoria, Australia [as a Stateless refugee] 1939 1943 Career event - Engineer, Scott & Furphy, consulting engineers 1943 1964 Career position - Engineer, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 1944 1944 Life event - Granted Certificate of Naturalization, as an Australian Citizen 1961 1961 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1964 1964 Life event - Retired 1964 c. 1970 Career position - Engineer, Scott & Furphy, consulting engineers 1965 1965 Award - Warren Memorial Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.] 1985 1985 Publication - Autobiography: "In the nick of time" W. H. Warren Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1926 - )

Awarded Warren Memorial Prize 1965, with co-authors T. S. Moffat, and D. J. Little, for the paper "Design and construction of Eppalock earth and rockfill dam, and turbine-pumping station, on the Campaspe River, Victoria", Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, vol.37, no.10-11, Oct-Nov 1965, pp.325-356.

 Scott and Furphy (1933 - 1991)

Engineer, 1939 - 1943

 East, Lewis Ronald (1899 - 1994)

Max Heitlinger worked under Sir Ronald East, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, 1943-1964. Sir Ronald East launched Max's autobiography in 1985.

 Heitlinger, Max (1899-)

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 'Heitlinger, Max', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Heitlinger, Max Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Design and Construction of Eppalock Earth and Rockfill Dam, and Turbine-Pumping Station, on the Campaspe River, Victoria (Discussion) Heitlinger, M.; Moffat, T. S.; Little, D. J. (Straubergs, J.; Bacon, G. A.; Thomas, H. H.; Alexander, G. N.) Design and Construction of Eppalock Earth and Rockfill Dam, and Turbine-Pumping Station, on the Campaspe River, Victoria (Discussion) 1965 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 37 10-11 355-356 Report: Forty-seventh Annual Report [1966] Institution of Engineers Australia Forty-seventh Annual Report [1966] 1967 Journal Article: Warren Memorial Medal - 1965 Award Warren Memorial Medal - 1965 Award 1967 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 39 1-2 N20 Book: In the nick of time : escape from wars, sickness, boredom : an autobiography Heitlinger, Max In the nick of time : escape from wars, sickness, boredom : an autobiography Hawthorn, Victoria Rainbow Books 1985 Journal Article: Design and Construction of Eppalock Earth and Rockfill Dam, and Turbine-Pumping Station, on the Campaspe River, Victoria Heitlinger, M.; Moffat, T. S.; Little, D. J. Design and Construction of Eppalock Earth and Rockfill Dam, and Turbine-Pumping Station, on the Campaspe River, Victoria 1965 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 37 10-11 325-354