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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-08-10 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-06 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007073b.htm person Davis Joseph AACR2 3 November 1854 20 January 1932 Place of Birth Oldbury, Worcestershire, England Place of Death Dulwich, Middlesex, England Civil engineer Joseph Davis was Director-general of the Department of Public Works, New South Wales 1912 until 1917. From 1883 when he arrived in Australia, he was a leading engineer in the design and construction of the sewerage systems for Sydney. Davis served on many key State and Commonwealth enquiries and boards, including the Sydney Harbour Bridge Advisory Board; the royal commission on Sydney water-supply; the interstate royal commission on the River Murray, the royal commissions on the Working of the Government Dockyard and Workshops; and the royal commission on the Boundaries of Local Government Areas. He also served on the River Murray commission 1916 to 1917; reported to the Commonwealth government on a sewerage system for Canberra, and on the small arms factory at Lithgow, and to the Western Australian government on a sewerage system for Perth. After he retired to London in 1917, as a consulting engineer for New South Wales, he was responsible for approving all the steel manufactured in Great Britain for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, as well as electrical equipment and rolling stock for Sydney's suburban railways. 1872 1873 Career position - Engineering pupillage [Under Colliery owner Elijah Davis - his father] 1874 1875 Career position - Engineering pupillage, Dudley [Under William North and Sons, consulting engineers] 1876 1879 Career position - Resident engineer, Park Lane Ironworks, Oldbury [mining works including railways, bridges, buildings, mining machinery, hydraulic works. Under Jacob Forrest MInstCE] 1880 1883 Career position - Resident engineer, Dudley sewerage works, Worcestershire [Under H. J. Marten, MInstCE, and G. J. C. Broom, MInstCE, FRS] 1883 1883 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1885 1888 Career position - Resident engineer, Bondi main sewer, Department of Public Works, New South Wales [Under D. C. McMordie, MInstCE, Divisional Engineer] 1889 1889 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1889 1895 Career position - Supervising engineer, Sewerage Construction, Department of Public Works, New South Wales [Under 1891 1891 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1895 1896 Career position - Principal Assistant Engineer, Water Supply and Sewerage, Department of Public Works, New South Wales 1896 1901 Career position - Principal Assistant Engineer, Metropolitan Sewerage Construction, Department of Public Works, New South Wales 1897 1899 Career position - Acting Government Architect, Department of Public Works, New South Wales 1900 1900 Career event - Member (MIMechE), Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London 1901 1901 Career position - Chairman, Sydney Harbour Bridge Advisory Board 1901 1907 Career position - Under-secretary, Department of Public Works, New South Wales 1902 1902 Career position - President of the "Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray" 1902 1902 Award - Telford Premium, Institution of Civil Engineers, London - for 'The Sewerage Systems of Sydney, N.S.W., and its Suburbs' 1902 1903 Career position - President, Inter-State Royal Commission on the River Murray 1902 1904 Career position - Chairman, Royal Commission on Sydney Water Supply 1905 1905 Career position - Prepared a report on the sewerage system for Perth 1906 1908 Career position - Member of Council in Australia, Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1907 1912 Career position - Consulting and inspecting engineer, Agent-General's Office, London 1908 1908 Career position - Arranged the New South Wales court, Franco-British Exhibition, London 1912 1917 Career position - Director-general, Department of Public Works Department, New South Wales 1914 1916 Career position - Member of Council in Australia, Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1916 1916 Career position - Prepared a report on the sewerage system for Canberra 1916 1917 Career position - New South Wales Representative, River Murray Commission 1917 1917 Life event - Retired 1917 1917 Career position - Consulting engineer to the New South Wales government, in London. Boyd, Robert James (1876 - 1953)

Joseph Davis proposed Robert Boyd's nomination for AssocMInstCE in 1907.

 Cutler, Arthur Edward (1863 - 1935)

Joseph Davis, MInstCE nominated Arthur Cutler for AssocMInstCE in 1900, and endorsed his nominations for MInstCE 1913

 'Davis, Joseph', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Davis, Joseph Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Parliamentary paper: Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray, representing the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia : Report of the Commissioners, with minutes of evidence, appendices and plans Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray, representing the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia : Report of the Commissioners, with minutes of evidence, appendices and plans Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide 1902 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: 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