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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2023-04-05 human Ken McInnes updated 2023-04-12 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007186b.htm person Wilson Charles Anthony Corbett AACR2 13 February 1827 7 October 1923 Place of Birth Brompton Square, London, England Place of Death Geelong, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Charles Wilson was a notable civil engineer and surveyor in the Western district of Victoria. From 1863 until his retirement in 1917, he was the secretary, treasurer, and engineer to the Shelford District Road Board, that later became the Shire of Leigh, holding those offices for a period of 54 years. He arrived in the colony of Victoria on 10 August 1851, and headed to the first discoveries of gold at Clunes and Ballarat. But soon after practised as a surveyor in Geelong. Among other works, he surveyed the Geelong-Melbourne railway; was an engineer for the Central Roads Board in the Western district - including responsibility for the Geelong to Ballarat main road, the masonry foundations of the Barwon Iron Bridge, and the first bridge at Cressy. From 1860 until 1863, he undertook large Government land survey contracts in the Western District. He had a large family, and four of his sons became engineers - Charles Corbett Powell Wilson, Frederick Anthony Wilson, William Spencer Wilson, Percy Benn Wilson. 1846 1850 Career position - Articled to Griffin and Downing, engineers, of Westminster, London 1851 1851 Life event - Migrated to Melbourne, Victoria c. 1852 c. 1854 Career position - Surveyor, Geelong [Geelong-Melbourne railway] 1854 1860 Career position - Assistant engineer, Central Roads Board [Main road Geelong to Ballararat] 1860 1863 Career position - Land Surveyor, Government contracts in the Western District 1863 1917 Career position - Secretary, Treasurer and Engineer to the Shelford District Road Board, later the Shire of Leigh 1867 1867 Career position - Engineer, Mining District of Ballarat, within Leigh Shire 1872 1872 Career event - Granted Certificate of Competency as Engineer and Surveyor (CE), (2nd Class Cert B23), Shires Statute and Boroughs Statute 1869 VIC 1887 1887 Career event - Member (MVIE), Victorian Institute of Engineers 1888 1888 Career position - Engineer, Winchelsea Waterworks Trust 1917 1917 Life event - Retired 'Wilson, Charles Anthony Corbett', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wilson, Charles Anthony Corbett Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Shelford Iron Bridge Alsop, Peter F. B. The Shelford Iron Bridge 1971 Roadlines : the staff magazine of the Country Roads Board June 5-8 Journal Article: The Shelford Bridge Alsop, Peter F. B. The Shelford Bridge 1974 Investigator : magazine of the Geelong Historical Society 9 4 117-134 Newspaper Article: Veteran Engineer's Death Veteran Engineer's Death 1923 The Argus 4 Book: Directory for cities, towns, boroughs, shires and districts in the colony of Victoria for 1875 Directory for cities, towns, boroughs, shires and districts in the colony of Victoria for 1875 Melbourne Evans Brothers 1875