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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-10-17 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-04-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007510b.htm person Smeaton Stirling AACR2 30 October 1860 12 March 1909 Place of Birth Norwood, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Civil engineer Naturalist Stirling Smeaton, having graduated in Arts from the University of Adelaide, worked for the South Australian Railways for seven years. In his subsequent career he was employed on railway contracts in South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia. He later became a surveyor and draughtsman for the South Australian public service. In the late 1890s Smeaton was Chairman of the Field Naturalists' Section of the Royal Society of South Australia. His engineer, polymath father, Thomas Drury Smeaton, was the founder of the Adelaide Philosophical Society, the forerunner of the Royal Society of South Australia. 1880 1880 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Adelaide [One of four students awarded the BA in 1880, the second cohort of BA graduates at the University] 1880 1882 Career position - Draftsman, Engineer-in-Chief's Office, South Australian Railways 1882 1882 Career position - Assistant Surveyor, South Australian Railways [Mt Barker to Strathalbyn line] 1882 1883 Career position - Draftsman, Engineer-in-Chief's Office, South Australian Railways [Hills Railway] 1883 1887 Career position - Assistant engineer construction, South Australian Railways [Nairne to Victorian border, Adelaide to Melbourne line] 1887 1888 Career position - Resident engineer construction, Silverton Co. Railway, New South Wales 1889 1891 Career position - Contractor's engineer, Ararat to Avoca railway line, Victoria [A Baxter contractor] 1892 1892 Career position - Draftsman, Engineer-in-Chief's Office, South Australian Railways 5 Dec 1893 5 Dec 1893 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1894 1896 Career position - Contractor, Eastern railway deviation, Western Australia [Contract under Stirling Smeaton and Hedges] 1897 c. 1899 Career position - Superintending engineer, English Ore-reduction and Tramway Company, Norseman, Western Australia c. 1900 c. 1908 Career position - Engineer, Engineer-in-Chief's Office, South Australian Railways c. 1900 1909 Career event - Member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science South Australian Railways, Colony and State of South Australia (1856 - 1974)

Draftsman, Engineer-in-Chief's Office 1880 - 1887, 1892.

 Moncrieff, Alexander Bain (1845 - 1928)

Alexander Moncrieff MInstCE endorsed Stirling Smeaton's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1893.

 Mais, Henry Coathupe (1827 - 1916)

Henry Mais MInstCE proposed Stirling Smeaton's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1893.

 'Smeaton, Stirling', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Smeaton, Stirling Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Parabolagraph: An instrument for drawing parabolic curves Smeaton, S. Parabolagraph: An instrument for drawing parabolic curves Adelaide Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1907 Report of the eleventh meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Walter Howchin 11 650 Newspaper Article: Obituaries of the week [Mr Stirling Smeaton BA AMICE] Anon Obituaries of the week [Mr Stirling Smeaton BA AMICE] Adelaide 1909 Observer (Adelaide, SA) 38 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: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com