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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-06-28 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007044b.htm person McInnes Kenneth Graham AACR2 20 August 1945 Place of Birth East Malvern, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Computer scientist Conservationist Engineering historian Ken McInnes has had a diverse professional career as a civil, environmental and computer software engineer. Working in consulting engineering practices with Len T Frazer & Associates and the Scott & Furphy Consulting Group (1965-1977), in State Government with the Public Works Department (1977-1993), and in academia at Swinburne University of Technology (2000-2017). Since 1970, he has been researching engineering history and heritage and has served on related statutory, professional and community organisations. These include the Historic Buildings Council Victoria (1989-1995), Engineering Heritage Victoria (since 1974, chair 1980-1981, 1985-1996), and Engineering Heritage Australia (1980-1981, 1985-1996, chair 1989-1990). Between 1993 and 2006, he was chair of the Timber Bridges Study of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) which resulted in the publication "Wooden wonders: Victoria's timber bridges" Don Chambers, 2006. With Gary Vines, Ken was a consultant for the National Trust's Metal Road Bridges study (2001-2003). As a conservationist, he has actively and successfully campaigned for the protection of wilderness areas, the Alpine area of Victoria, and the Mullum Mullum valley. In particular, his role in the establishment and participation in the Premier's North-East Alpine Areas Working Group (1973-1981) and the book "The Alps at the Crossroads" Dick Johnson, Victorian National Park Association, 1974. After retiring in 2017, his focus is researching the biographies and works of Australian engineers, and contributing to the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation.

Other community roles include:
* Proposed the Hume and Hovell Walking Track in Victoria and NSW 1973;
* Proposed a Coastal Walking Track for Victoria 1973;
* Founded Maroondah Bushwalking Club 1981;
* Founded Bayside Bushwalking Club 1984;
* Awarded a Sesquicentenary of Victoria Medal 1985.

1965 1966 Career position - Assistant design engineer, Len T Frazer & Associates [Highway and siteworks including Northland, Eastland and Southland shopping centres, and traffic studies including Woden District Centre ACT.] 1966 1972 Military service - National Service. Acting Sergeant / Acting Warrant Officer Class One, Australian Regular Army [2 years full time]. Australian Regular Army Emergency Reserve [4 years part time] 1967 1967 Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1967 1970 Education - Post Diploma studies in Mathematics and Civil Engineering, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Swinburne Institute of Technology 1968 1969 Career position - Design Engineer, Scott & Furphy consulting engineers [Sewage, water and trade waste treatment plants; Highway bridges.] 1969 1977 Career position - Civil engineer and Computer Services Manager, Scott & Furphy Consulting Engineering Group [Developing pioneering computer applications in hydrology, networked road and drainage design, and management systems] 1970 1970 Education - Diploma of Civil Engineering (DipCE), Caulfield Institute of Technology [Completion disrupted by Military service. Awarded 1974] 1973 1973 Career event - Member (MACS), Australian Computer Society 1973 1975 Education - Post Graduate Diploma studies in Town & Regional Planning, University of Melbourne 1973 1981 Career position - Conservation representative on the Premier's North-East Alpine Areas Working Group, Premier's Department, Victoria 1974 1974 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Backdated to 1971 after consideration of National Service] 1974 1974 Career event - Book published "The Alps at the Crossroads" Dick Johnson, Victorian National Park Association 1976 Career position - Committee Member, Engineering Heritage Branch / Engineering Heritage Victoria, Victoria Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 1977 1980 Career position - Planning and Research Manager, Building Division, Public Works Department, Victoria [Developed computerised capital works management systems] 1980 1981 Career position - Chairman, Engineering Heritage Branch, Victoria Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 1980 1981 Career position - Committee Member, National Committee on Engineering Heritage, Institution of Engineers Australia 1980 1983 Career position - Capital Works Programming Manager, Building Division, Public Works Department, Victoria [Managing the delivery of 75 capital works programmes for 21 client departments - 50% of government non-housing building works] 1983 1985 Career position - Resources Manager, Building Division, Public Works Department, Victoria [Included consultant registration and selection, granting over 400 commissions per year] 1984 1985 Career position - Chairman, Second National Conference on Engineering Heritage, Melbourne 1985 1987 Career position - Programmes Manager, Health & General Group, Public Works Department 1985 1996 Career position - Chairman, Engineering Heritage Victoria, Institution of Engineers Australia 1985 1996 Career position - Committee Member, National Committee on Engineering Heritage / Engineering Heritage Australia, Institution of Engineers Australia 1987 1990 Career position - Business Manager, Health & General Group, Ministry of Housing and Construction, Victoria 1989 1990 Career position - Chairman, National Committee on Engineering Heritage, Institution of Engineers Australia 1989 1991 Career position - Deputy Member, Historic Buildings Council, Victoria 1990 1993 Career position - Initial Project Overview, and later Team Leader, PROBIS project, Information Services and Building Division, Department of Planning and Housing / Department of Planning and Development, Victoria 1991 1991 Career event - Founded Friends of Mullum Mullum Valley 1991 1992 Career position - Representative of the Historic Buildings Council, on the Steering Committee for the Docklands Heritage Study 1992 1992 Career event - Founded CRISP Community Indigenous Plant Nursery 1992 1994 Career position - Representative of Engineering Heritage Victoria, Institution of Engineers Australia on the Steering Committee for the City of Melbourne Central City Heritage Study 1993 1995 Career position - Project Officer, Printing & Publishing Services Victoria, Department of Finance [Electronic publishing systems] 1993 1995 Career position - Member of steering committee, National Mining Heritage Research Project, Australian Council of National Trusts 1993 1996 Career position - Chairman, Timber Bridges Study, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) 1994 1995 Career position - Deputy Member, Historic Buildings Council, Victoria 1995 1995 Life event - Retrenched [When many Victorian government agencies were abolished] 1995 2000 Career event - Consultant in heritage, environment and systems 1997 1998 Career position - Member of steering committee, 9th National Conference on Engineering Heritage, Ballarat 1998 2004 Career position - Member, YarraCare / Yarra Catchment Implementation Committee, Department of Conservation and Environment 1999 1999 Education - Graduate Diploma of Applied Science, Computer Science (Multimedia Software Development), Swinburne University of Technology 2000 2017 Career position - Adjunct Teaching Fellow, sessional lecturer, tutor, and examiner, Swinburne University of Technology [Teaching Internet and Web Technologies for more than 60 subject semesters] 2006 2006 Career event - Book published "Wooden wonders: Victoria's timber bridges" Don Chambers, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) 2011 2011 Education - Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Swinburne University of Technology 2017 2017 Life event - Retired 2017 2017 Career position - Member of steering committee, 19th Australasian engineering heritage conference, Mildura 2017 2020 Career position - Honorary Research Fellow, eScholarship Research Centre, University of Melbourne. Data curation Encyclopedia of Australian Science 2021 2025 Career position - Adjunct Research Fellow, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology. Data curation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 2025 Career position - Adjunct Research Fellow, Office of the Chief Scientist, Swinburne University of Technology. Data curation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 2025 2025 Award - John Monash Medal, Engineering Heritage Australia Cohn, Helen Margaret (1951 - ) McCarthy, Gavan John (1956 - ) McInnes, Daniel Ernest (Dan) (1906 - 1998) Frazer, Leonard Thomas (Len) (1908 - 1968)

Design engineer with Len T Frazer and Associates 1964-1966/68.

 Waitt, Frank William Foster (1895 - 1989)

Frank Waitt guided the successful development by Ken McInnes of 'CIRCE', a computer program system that modelled rainfall and stormwater flows in complex urban and rural drainage networks.

 Engineering Heritage Australia (EHA), Engineers Australia (1975 - )

Chairman 1989-1990; Committee member 1985-1996, 1980-1981; Chairman, second National Conference on Engineering Heritage 1985.

 Engineering Heritage Victoria, Victoria Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia (c. 1975 - )

Chairman 1980-1981, 1985-1996; Committee member 1975 -

 John Monash Medal, Engineering Heritage Australia (1976 - )

Awarded the Medal 2025

 Scott and Furphy (1933 - 1991)

Design Engineer, Computer Services Manager 1968 - 1977

 'McInnes, Kenneth Graham', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McInnes, Kenneth Graham Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: National Trust Study of Victoria's Rail and Masonry Bridges. Part 1 - Thematic History, Analysis and Recommendations Vines, Gary National Trust Study of Victoria's Rail and Masonry Bridges. Part 1 - Thematic History, Analysis and Recommendations National Trust of Australia (Victoria) 2011 Book: The alps at the crossroads : the quest for an alpine national park in Victoria Johnson, Dick The alps at the crossroads : the quest for an alpine national park in Victoria Melbourne Victorian National Parks Association 1974 Book: Wooden wonders : Victoria's timber bridges Chambers, Don (Donald) Wooden wonders : Victoria's timber bridges Flemington, Vic. Hyland House 2006 Book: Metal Road Bridges in Victoria: Part 3 - Assessment of Significant Bridges Vines, Gary Metal Road Bridges in Victoria: Part 3 - Assessment of Significant Bridges Melbourne National Trust of Australia (Victoria) 2005 Book: Docklands heritage study Ward, Andrew Charles; Milner, Peter; Vines, Gary; Greenaway, Ron Docklands heritage study Melbourne, Vic. 1991 Edited Book: A mining history of Australia Donovan & Associates [Donovan, Peter] A mining history of Australia Blackwood, South Australia 1995 Book: Melbourne : the city's history and development Lewis, Miles; Goad, Philip; Mayne, Alan Melbourne : the city's history and development Melbourne, Vic. City of Melbourne 1995 Book: Metal Road Bridges in Victoria: Part 2 - Survey and analysis of historic metal road bridges Vines, Gary; McInnes, Ken Metal Road Bridges in Victoria: Part 2 - Survey and analysis of historic metal road bridges Melbourne National Trust of Australia (Victoria) 2003 Newspaper Article: Obituary: Dan McInnes: Naturalist and Microbiologist McInnes, K. G. Obituary: Dan McInnes: Naturalist and Microbiologist 1998 The Age Conference Paper: Francis Bell - a pioneer in metal truss bridges, overlooked by history McInnes, Ken Francis Bell - a pioneer in metal truss bridges, overlooked by history Barton, Australian Capital Territory Engineers Australia 2013 17th Engineering Heritage Conference: Canberra 100 - Building the Capital, Building the Nation 90-109 Conference Paper: William Thomas Doyne, a pioneer in metal truss bridges - a career shaped by changing, challenging circumstances McInnes, Ken William Thomas Doyne, a pioneer in metal truss bridges - a career shaped by changing, challenging circumstances Barton, Australian Capital Territory Engineers Australia 2015 From the Past to the Future: 18th Australian Engineering Heritage Conference 2015 [Newcastle] 123-146 Journal Article: Vale Brian Lloyd - Some Memories of His Contribution to Engineering Heritage McInnes, Ken Vale Brian Lloyd - Some Memories of His Contribution to Engineering Heritage 2014 Engineering Heritage Australia magazine 1 3 4 Conference Paper: Benjamin Hawkins Dods (1829-1892) and the audacious "Grand Victorian North-Western Canal, Irrigation, Traffic, and Motive Power Company" scheme of 1871 McInnes, Ken G. Benjamin Hawkins Dods (1829-1892) and the audacious "Grand Victorian North-Western Canal, Irrigation, Traffic, and Motive Power Company" scheme of 1871 Barton, Australian Capital Territory Engineering Heritage Australia 2017 19th Australasian engineering heritage conference: putting water to work: steam power, river navigation and water supply Engineers Australia and Engineering Heritage Australia 278-298 Conference Paper: Engineer David John McClelland (1873-1962) and the reinforced concrete Campaspe River syphon McInnes, Ken G. Engineer David John McClelland (1873-1962) and the reinforced concrete Campaspe River syphon Barton, Australian Capital Territory Engineering Heritage Australia 2017 19th Australasian engineering heritage conference: putting water to work: steam power, river navigation and water supply Engineers Australia and Engineering Heritage Australia 263-277 Journal Article: Historic Metal Road Bridges in Victoria Vines, Gary; McInnes, Ken; Deutsch, George Historic Metal Road Bridges in Victoria 2005 Australian Journal of Multi-disciplinary Engineering 3 1 75-82 Conference Paper: A cradle for all the developments of electric welding in the world McInnes, Ken A cradle for all the developments of electric welding in the world 2019 Engineering Heritage Victoria, Speakers Programme Conference Paper: Historic Metal Road Bridges in Victoria Vines, Gary; Mclnnes, Ken; Deutsch, George Historic Metal Road Bridges in Victoria Barton, Australian Capital Territory Engineers Australia 2003 Engineering Heritage Matters: Conference Papers of the 12th National Conference on Engineering Heritage, Toowoomba, 29 September to 1 Oct 2003 Sheridan, Norman 176-183 Book: Technical Services Manual McInnes, Ken Technical Services Manual Melbourne Ministry of Housing and Construction, Victoria 1990 Conference Paper: Researching engineers and engineering online ... a guide to digitised resources McInnes, Ken G. Researching engineers and engineering online ... a guide to digitised resources Adelaide Engineers Australia, South Australia Division 2016 Transactions of the 5th South Australian Engineering Heritage Conference, Adelaide, 13 May 2016 27-43 Conference Paper: Victoria's Timber Bridges Chambers, Don; Churchward, Matthew; McInnes, Ken; Moloney, David Victoria's Timber Bridges Melbourne, Victoria Institution of Engineers, Australia 1998 9th National Conference on Engineering Heritage: Proceedings 37-47 Conference Paper: Engineering a new way of researching Engineering History McInnes, Ken G. Engineering a new way of researching Engineering History 2019 14th International Digital Curation Conference, Melbourne, 4-7 February 2019 1 Conference Paper: Programming and control of capital works - the experiences of Public Works Department, Victoria McInnes, K. G. Programming and control of capital works - the experiences of Public Works Department, Victoria Highett, Vic. CSIRO Division of Building Research 1980 CSIRO-NCRB National Conference on Programming Capital Works for Australian Public Authorities 91-124 Seminar Paper: Engineering Heritage and Science Heritage: Can the lessons learnt from one, apply to the other? McInnes, Ken G. Engineering Heritage and Science Heritage: Can the lessons learnt from one, apply to the other? Hobart, Tasmania Australia ICOMOS 2018 Under the Microscope - Exploring Science Heritage. Symposium, 12th November 2018, Hobart, Tasmania Resource: Institution of Engineers Australia - Foundation Societies' Publications Index McInnes, Ken Institution of Engineers Australia - Foundation Societies' Publications Index Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre, University of Melbourne 2018 Seminar Paper: Institution of Engineers Australia heritage programmes McInnes, Ken Institution of Engineers Australia heritage programmes Parkville, Victoria Institution of Engineers, Australia. Victoria Division 1989 Historic Buildings Seminar 6 Conference Paper: Three New Zealand Engineers in Colonial Victoria - Brees, Holmes, and Richardson McInnes, Ken; Frost, Leonore Three New Zealand Engineers in Colonial Victoria - Brees, Holmes, and Richardson Wellington, NZ Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand 2014 Fourth Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage, Christchurch, 2014 113-134 Conference Paper: Hume and Hovell Walking Track McInnes, Ken G. Hume and Hovell Walking Track Australia ICOMOS 2001 Making Tracks. From Point to Pathway: the Heritage of Routes & Journeys Book: Metal Road Bridges in Victoria: Part 1 - History of Metal Road Bridges in Victoria Vines, Gary; McInnes, Ken Metal Road Bridges in Victoria: Part 1 - History of Metal Road Bridges in Victoria Melbourne National Trust of Australia (Victoria) 2003 Resource: Experts Search Swiburne University of Technology Experts Search Swinburne University of Technology 2022 Book: The Scroggin Eaters. A History of Bushwalking in Victoria, to 1989 Wheeler, Graeme The Scroggin Eaters. A History of Bushwalking in Victoria, to 1989 Melbourne Federation of Victorian Walking Clubs (VicWalk) Inc 1991 Book: Rescuing the wilderness. The history of wilderness conservation in Australia Mosley, Geoff Rescuing the wilderness. The history of wilderness conservation in Australia Sydney, NSW Colong Foundation for Wilderness Ltd 2018 Journal Article: Alpine Retrospective - Part 1 Johnson, Dick Alpine Retrospective - Part 1 Victorian National Parks Association 1989 Park watch 159 8-10