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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2023-06-28 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-04-01 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007237b.htm person Boyd Robert James AACR2 16 August 1876 26 December 1953 Place of Birth Broughton Vale, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Lane Cove, New South Wales, Australia Civil engineer Robert James Boyd, ME MInstCE MIEAust, was the Principal Design Engineer, for construction of Sydney's City, Eastern and Western Suburban Electric Railways, including Sydney's Underground Electric Railway, from 1920 until 1934. He was then the Inspecting Engineer for Steel Bridges, N.S.W. Railways, and from 1937 until 1941 was the Chief Designing Engineer, Department of Irrigation, Water Supply and Sewerage, Queensland. In 1941 he retired and returned to Sydney to become a Consulting Engineer. In recognition of his engineering achievements, he was awarded the Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal in 1941. He closely supported the Institution of Engineers Australia from its inception - as a foundation Associate Member in 1919, and Member in 1920, as a national councillor from 1921, as Vice-President in 1934 and 1935, and as President in 1936. He was also active within its Sydney Division as Vice-Chairman in 1920, 1921 and as Chairman in 1922. From 1929 until 1945, he was a representative of the Institution on the Council of the Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association / Standards Association of Australia. 1897 1897 Career event - Student Member (StudInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London [Under W H Warren] 1898 1898 Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney 1899 1902 Career position - Engineering Draftsman, Sewerage Construction Branch, Department of Public Works, N.S.W. [Under J Davis, and A E Cutler] 1902 1907 Career position - Assistant Engineer / Engineering Draftsman, N.S.W. Government Railways [Under J Fraser; W Shellshear; R Kendall] 1907 1907 Education - Master of Engineering (ME), University of Sydney 1907 1913 Career position - Engineer, Gummow, Forrest and Co. Ltd., Reinforced concrete specialists, maufacturers and contractors [Concrete seawalling for Sydney Harbour Trust, 6ft.'Monier' pipes, septic tanks, plates, portable lighthouse, large cylindrical reservoirs, large malt silos, concrete floors, etc.] 8 Jan 1907 8 Jan 1907 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1912 1913 Career position - Consulting engineer [designed steelwork for Grandstands for Canterbury and Randwick racecourses] 1913 1915 Career position - Engineer, in private practice, design and construction. [Large engine foundations at Guilford, Sydney Water Supply; reinforced concrete tanks and floors Sydney and Newcastle, inspected steel fabrication for Australian Meat Co. works, Townsville] 1915 1915 Career position - Engineering Draftsman, Naval Works Office, Melbourne [Design of workshops for Cockatoo Island Dockyard, etc. Inspection of timbers for wharf construction] 1915 1921 Career position - Senior / Chief Engineering Draftsman, Location and design of City, Eastern and Western Suburban Electric Railway, Department of Public Works / N.S.W. Railway Commissioners [Under J J C Bradfield] 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1920 1920 Career event - Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1920 1922 Career position - Vice-Chairman, Sydney Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 1920 1932 Career position - Principal Designing Engineer, Metropolitan Railway Construction Branch, N.S.W. Government Railways 1921 c. 1941 Career position - Councillor, Institution of Engineers Australia 1922 1922 Career position - Acting Chief Engineer, Metropolitan Railway Construction, Department of Public Works / N.S.W. Railway Commissioners [While J J C Bradfield was overseas] 1922 1923 Career position - Chairman, Sydney Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 19 Dec 1922 19 Dec 1922 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1929 1945 Career position - Representative of the Institution of Engineers Australia, on the Council of the Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association / Standards Association of Australia 1932 1932 Life event - Overseas tour, inspected railway systems in Great Britain, France, Germany, Canada and the United States of America 1932 1935 Career position - Principal Designing Engineer and Supervisor of Designs, Department of Railways N.S.W. 1934 1936 Career position - Vice-President, Institution of Engineers Australia c. 1935 1937 Career position - Inspecting Engineer for Steel and Bridges, Way and Works Branch, Department of Railways N.S.W. 1935 1937 Career position - Member, NSW Advisory Committee of Council, Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1936 1937 Career position - President, Institution of Engineers Australia 1937 1941 Career position - Chief Designing Engineer, Department of Irrigation, Water Supply and Sewerage, Queensland 11 May 1937 11 May 1937 Award - King George VI Coronation Medal 1941 Career position - Consulting engineer, Sydney 1941 1941 Life event - Retired 1941 1941 Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia Farnsworth, Samuel Thomas (1886 - 1948)

Robert Boyd MInstCE proposed Samuel Farnsworth nomination for MInstCE, 1936

 Waitt, Frank William Foster (1895 - 1989)

Robert Boyd MInstCE endorsed Frank Waitt's nomination for AssocMInstCE in 1926

 Queensland Irrigation and Water Supply Sub-Department, State of Queensland (1932 - 1947)

Chief Designing Engineer 1937 - 1941

 New South Wales Department of Railways, State of New South Wales (1932 - ?)

Inspecting Engineer for Steel and Bridges, Way and Works Branch 1935 - 1937, Principal Designing Engineer and Supervisor of Designs 1932 - 1935

 Arnot, Arthur James (1865 - 1946)

Arthur Arnot endorsed Robert Boyd's nomination for MInstCE in 1922

 Davis, Joseph (1854 - 1932)

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

 Wade, Leslie Augustus Burton (1864 - 1915)

L A B Wade MInstCE endorsed Robert Boyd's nomination for AssocMInstCE in 1907.

 Bradfield, John Job Crew (1867 - 1943)

John Bradfield MInstCE endorsed Robert Boyd's nomination for AssocMInstCE in 1907, and for MInstCE in 1922

 Fraser, James (1861 - 1936)

James Fraser endorsed Robert Boyd's nomination for AssocMInstCE in 1907, and for MInstCE in 1922

 Standards Association of Australia (1929 - 1988)

Representative of the Institution of Engineers Australia, on the Council 1929 - 1945.

 Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association (1922 - 1929)

Representative of the Institution of Engineers Australia, on the Council of the Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association 1929.

 Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

President 1936; Vice-President 1934 - 1935; Councillor 1921 - c1941; Chairman, Sydney Division 1922 - 1923; Vice-Chairman, Sydney Division 1920 - 1922.

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

Awarded the Medal 1941.

 'Boyd, Robert James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Boyd, Robert James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Tenth Annual Report [1929] Institution of Engineers Australia Tenth Annual Report [1929] 1930 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia MacLean, E. S. 2 4 123-127 Journal Article: Twenty-third Annual Report [1942] Institution of Engineers Australia Twenty-third Annual Report [1942] 1943 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia MacLean, E. S. 15 2 35-51 Journal Article: Twenty-second Annual Report [1941] Institution of Engineers Australia Twenty-second Annual Report [1941] 1942 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia MacLean, E. S. 14 2 35-41 Journal Article: P.N.R. Memorial Medal - 1941 Award [R. J. Boyd, M.E., M.I.E.Aust.] P.N.R. Memorial Medal - 1941 Award [R. J. Boyd, M.E., M.I.E.Aust.] 1941 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 13 12 295 Journal Article: Proposed Municipal Garages for the City of Sydney Boyd, R. J. Proposed Municipal Garages for the City of Sydney 1924 Quarterly Bulletin, Institution of Engineers, Australia 1 4 11- Journal Article: Presidential address [1937] Boyd, Robert James Presidential address [1937] 1937 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 9 4 140-144 Resource: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Journal Article: Obituary : Robert James Boyd Obituary : Robert James Boyd 1954 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 26 1-2 29 Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com