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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/P006945b.htm person Little Donald James AO FTSE HonFIEAust AACR2 18 June 1926 5 February 2026 Place of Birth Camperdown, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Don Little, AO FTSE BCE EWS HonFIEAust, was Director-General of the Public Works Department, Victoria between 1976 and 1986, and Chairman of the Environment Protection Authority, Victoria 1974 to 1976. Before then he was a Commissioner and senior engineer of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria. He was active within the engineering profession as a Councillor and President of the Institution of Engineers Australia in 1983, and its engineering education enterprises. His distinguished contribution to engineering was recognised when he was awarded the Warren Memorial Prize in 1965; was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1985 for public service, particularly in the field of engineering education; awarded Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) in 1987; was awarded Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia in 1989; and was awarded the Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal in 1990. 1947 1947 Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1948 1948 Education - Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE), University of Melbourne 1948 1948 Career position - Assistant Engineer, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 1950 1950 Career event - Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1955 1956 Career position - Resident Engineer, Cairn Curran Dam, Loddon River, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 1956 1958 Career position - Resident Engineer, Glenmaggie Dam, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 1958 1958 Career event - Granted Certificate as Engineer of Water Supply (after examination), Water Acts Victoria 1958 1959 Career position - Resident Engineer, Tullaroop Dam, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 1959 1959 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1960 1960 Career position - Resident Engineer, Eppalock Dam, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 1960 c. 1965 Career position - Senior Executive Engineer (Dams), State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 1963 1963 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1965 1965 Award - Warren Memorial Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.] 1971 1971 Career event - Overseas study for Victorian Government into multi-objective management of natural resources, water resources management and environment protection. 1971 1974 Career position - Deputy Commissioner, representing Victoria, on the River Murray Commission 1971 1974 Career position - Commissioner, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (SRWSC), Victoria 1971 1974 Career position - Deputy Member, representing Victoria, on the Snowy Mountains Council 1972 1972 Career position - Project Manager, SRWSC, for Awash Valley UNDP/FAO project, Ethiopia 1972 1974 Career position - Member, representing SRWSC, Environmental Protection Council, Victoria 1972 1974 Career position - Member, representing SRWSC, Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD) 1974 1976 Career position - Member and Chairman, Environment Protection Authority, Victoria 1976 1986 Career position - Director-General, Public Works Department, Victoria 1979 1980 Career position - Chairman, National Public Works Conference (NPWC) 1979 1985 Career position - Member, Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne 1980 1980 Career position - Chairman, Victoria Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 1983 1983 Career position - President, Institution of Engineers Australia 1985 1989 Career position - Inaugural Chairman, Australian Council for Tertiary Awards (ACTA) 10 Jun 1985 10 Jun 1985 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for public service, particularly in the field of engineering education 1987 1987 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) 1987 1988 Career position - President, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) 1987 1989 Career position - Director, Strarch lnternational Ltd [A company with worldwide intellectual property rights to an innovative structural engineering building system] 1989 1989 Award - Honorary Fellow (Hon.FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1990 1990 Career position - Director, Australian Engineering Foundation Ltd [Institution of Engineers Australia] 1990 1990 Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia 1990 1997 Career position - Chairman, Engineering Education Australia 1995 2002 Career position - Director, Goulburn-Murray Water 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in civil engineering Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Elected Honorary Fellow 1989, President 1983, Chairman Victoria Division 1980

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Member, Faculty of Engineering 1979 - 1985.

 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) (1960 - 1992)

President 1987 - 1988

 State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (SRWSC), State of Victoria (1905 - 1984)

Commissioner 1971 - 1974; Senior Executive Engineer (Dams) 1965 - 1971; Resident engineer 1955 - 1965.

 River Murray Commission, Commonwealth of Australia (1917 - 1988)

Deputy Commissioner, representing Victoria, on the River Murray Commission 1971 - 1974.

 Australian National Committee on Large Dams Incorporated (ANCOLD) (1937 - )

Member representing State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 1971 - 1974.

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

Awarded Warren Memorial Prize 1965, with co-authors M. Heitlinger, and T. S. Moffat, 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.

 Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1922 - )

Awarded the Medal 1990.

 Victoria Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

President, Victoria Division 1980

 'Little, Donald James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Little, Donald James 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 Journal Article: Bellfield Dam, Victoria (Discussion) Currey, D. T.; Michels, V. ; Little, D. J. (Wilkins, J. K.; Colebatch, G. T.; Boyle, E. F.; Mitchell, W. R.) Bellfield Dam, Victoria (Discussion) Institution of Engineers, Australia 1968 Civil Engineering Transactions CE10 1 90-93 Resource: Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Fellows of the Academy 2024 Report: Annual Report 1989 [Seventieth Annual Report] Institution of Engineers Australia Annual Report 1989 [Seventieth Annual Report] 1990 Journal Article: Leading engineer to chair new education body Leading engineer to chair new education body 1985 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 57 11 13 Journal Article: Warren Memorial Medal - 1965 Award Warren Memorial Medal - 1965 Award 1967 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 39 1-2 N20 Report: Forty-seventh Annual Report [1966] Institution of Engineers Australia Forty-seventh Annual Report [1966] 1967 Journal Article: Great Public Works career [Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal] Institution of Engineers Australia Great Public Works career [Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal] 1990 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 62 24 34 Conference Paper: Computer methods for inter-professional construction co-ordination Little, D. J.; Marquet, J. W. Computer methods for inter-professional construction co-ordination Institution of Engineers Australia 1979 Engineering Management Conference 1979, Melbourne March 21-22 64-67 Journal Article: Loddon Weir - Vertical steel lift gates Little, D. J. Loddon Weir - Vertical steel lift gates 1955 Aqua: Official Journal of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 7- Journal Article: Torrumbarry System - National Channel headworks regulator Little, D. J. Torrumbarry System - National Channel headworks regulator 1955 Aqua: Official Journal of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 3- Journal Article: Rubber seals on dam construction Little, D. J. Rubber seals on dam construction 1950 Aqua: Official Journal of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 3- Journal Article: Bellfield Dam, Victoria Currey, D. T.; Michels, V.; Little, D. J. Bellfield Dam, Victoria Institution of Engineers, Australia 1968 Civil Engineering Transactions CE10 1 73-89 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 Journal Article: Don Little: New IEAust President - 'At the heart of economic recovery' Paine, Justin Don Little: New IEAust President - 'At the heart of economic recovery' 1983 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 55 8 16-20 Journal Article: Four new Honorary Fellows elected [Leung Sun Leung, Albert H Tognolini, Alan C H Frost, Don Little] Four new Honorary Fellows elected [Leung Sun Leung, Albert H Tognolini, Alan C H Frost, Don Little] 1990 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 62 1 23 Conference Paper: 20th Century Victorian Engineers - Case studies of engineers as leaders in Victoria from 1890 to 1990 Lay, M. G. 20th Century Victorian Engineers - Case studies of engineers as leaders in Victoria from 1890 to 1990 Barton, ACT Institution of Engineers Australia 1994 Fourth International Conference on Engineering Management, 1994: Preprints 7-12