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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2023-02-02 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007159b.htm corporateBody Institution of Municipal Engineers of Victoria AACR2 Shire Engineers' Association of Victoria 1878 1880 Municipal Engineers' Association of Victoria 1880 1895 Institute of Victorian Municipal Engineers 1912 1914 16 August 1878 1926 Start Place Bendigo, Victoria, Australia End Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Association, Society or Membership Organisation The Institution of Municipal Engineers of Victoria, appears to have been initially established in 1878 as the "Shire Engineers' Association of Victoria", renamed the "Municipal Engineers' Association of Victoria" in 29 December 1880. It was formed not long after the Shires Statute and Boroughs Statute of Victoria 1869, came into force, requiring that engineers employed by the shires or municipalities in Victoria obtain a 'Certificate of Competency' from the Board of Examiners under the Act. It continued after the Local Government Act 1890 came into force, but by the mid-1890s it appears to have either folded or gone into recess. On 28 May 1912, the "Institution of Victorian Municipal Engineers" was founded, and later renamed the "Institution of Municipal Engineers of Victoria" when it was incorporated. Membership was restricted to engineers qualified under the provisions of the Local Government Act of Victoria, and it started with 103 enrolled members. A separate "Institute of Local Government Engineers of Australasia - Victorian section" was formed in Melbourne by that Sydney based Institute in 1912, but in 1914 it merged with the Institution of Municipal Engineers of Victoria. In 1918, this Institution was invited to join with other organisations to form what became the "Institution of Engineers, Australia", but as a Victorian incorporated body, it argued for a federation of societies, and found that there were legal issues becoming part of a body that was to be incorporated in New South Wales. However, in 1925, the Institution of Municipal Engineers of Victoria agreed to amalgamate with the "Institution of Engineers, Australia" as one of the Institution's eleven 'Foundation Societies', and its members transferred to the Institution as Associate Members in 1926. Provisions for amalgamating included that a 'Municipal Engineering Branch' of the IEAust - Melbourne Division be established, that its nine 'Life members' became Life AMIEAust members, and that its three Honorary Life Members became HonMIEAust members of the Melbourne Division. Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - ) 'Institution of Municipal Engineers of Victoria', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Institution of Municipal Engineers of Victoria Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Seventh Annual General Meeting [March 1927] and Seventh Annual Report [1926] Institution of Engineers Australia Seventh Annual General Meeting [March 1927] and Seventh Annual Report [1926] 1927 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 7 xvi-xli Journal Article: Sixth Annual General Meeting [February 1926] and Sixth Annual Report [1925] Institution of Engineers Australia Sixth Annual General Meeting [February 1926] and Sixth Annual Report [1925] 1926 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 6 xv-xxxv Journal Article: Seventh Annual General Meeting [March 1927] and Seventh Annual Report [1926] Institution of Engineers Australia Seventh Annual General Meeting [March 1927] and Seventh Annual Report [1926] 1927 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 7 xvi-xli Journal Article: Historical account of the formation of the Institution of Engineers, Australia. Institution of Engineers Australia Historical account of the formation of the Institution of Engineers, Australia. Sydney, NSW Institution of Engineers, Australia 1921 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 1 28-46