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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2023-10-18 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007288b.htm person Garson George AACR2 23 February 1862 12 June 1911 Place of Birth Orkney Islands, Scotland Place of Death Eaglemont, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer George Garson, MInstCE, was a well respected irrigation engineer and was a Commissioner of the State Rivers and Waters Supply Commission, Victoria, from its foundation in 1906 until his sudden death in 1911. He was Deputy Chief Engineer of the Water Supply Department, under Chief Engineer, Stuart Murray, from 1902 to 1906, and was the Municipal Engineer and Water Supply Engineer, to the Shire of Waranga and the Echuca and Waranga Waterworks Trust from 1893 to 1902. 1878 1880 Career position - Pupillage, A & J Main and Co, Structural engineers, Glasgow, Scotland [in drawing office] 1880 1882 Education - Student, Glasgow University 1882 1884 Education - Student, Edinburgh University 1884 1884 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Edinburgh 1884 1885 Career position - Laboratory assistant, University of Edinburgh [Assistant to Professor Tait] 1885 1888 Award - Vans Dunlop Scholar in Engineering, University of Edinburgh 1886 1887 Career position - Assistant engineer, to John Thomson BE, Harbour Engineer, Gisborne, New Zealand [design and construction of wharves, concrete blocks.] 1887 1888 Career position - Engineer, A & J Main and Co, Structural engineers, Glasgow, Scotland [design of structural ironwork, principally bridges] 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1888 1888 Life event - Moved to Victoria, Australia, on account of health 1888 1889 Career position - Engineer, Victorian Railways [field surveys] 1889 1890 Career position - Assistant resident engineer, Victorian Railways [Construction of Ararat and Avoca railway lines] 1890 1890 Career position - Assistant engineer, Bairnsdale Irrigation Trust [under James Henderson AssocMInstCE, Mitchell River dam, irrigation channels, aqueducts, roads, bridges] 1891 1891 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1892 1893 Career position - Assistant engineer, Water Supply Department, Victoria [under Stuart Murray, Chief engineer] 1893 1902 Career position - Municipal and Water Supply Engineer, Shire of Waranga; Echuca and Waranga Waterworks Trust [Design and construction of roads and bridges works, irrigation channels, town water supply works] 1902 1902 Career event - Gave evidence to the "Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray" 1902 1906 Career position - Deputy Chief Engineer, Water Supply Department, Victoria [under Stuart Murray] 1906 1906 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1906 1911 Career position - Commissioner, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 1911 1911 Buried - Heidelberg Cemetery Burnell, John Gurner (1885 - 1967)

George Garson MInstCE proposed John Burnell's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1911

 Davidson, William (1844 - 1920)

William Davidson MInstCE endorsed George Garson's nomination for MInstCE 1906

 State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (SRWSC), State of Victoria (1905 - 1984)

Commissioner 1906 - 1911.

 Swinburne, George (1861 - 1928)

George Swinburne was a pall-bearer at George Garson's funeral

 Mead, Elwood (1858 - 1936)

Elwood Mead was a pall-bearer at George Garson's funeral

 Higgins, George (1856 - 1943)

George Higgins MInstCE endorsed George Garson's nomination for MInstCE 1906

 Fowler, Thomas Walker (1859 - 1928)

Thomas Fowler MInstCE endorsed George Garson's nomination for MInstCE 1906

 Oliver, Calder Edkins (1855 - 1930)

Calder Oliver MInstCE endorsed George Garson's nomination for MInstCE 1906

 Kernot, William Charles (1845 - 1909)

William Kernot MInstCE endorsed George Garson's nomination for MInstCE 1906

 Kernot, Maurice Edwin (1852 - 1934)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE endorsed George Garson's nomination for MInstCE 1906

 Murray, Stuart (1837 - 1919)

Stuart Murray MInstCE endorsed George Garson's nomination for MInstCE 1906

 Watson, Robert (1822 - 1891)

Robert Watson MInstCE endorsed George Garson's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1891

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 -

 'Garson, George', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Garson, George 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: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com 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