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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-03-05 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007631b.htm person Candy Charles William Albert Augustus AACR2 31 March 1894 28 December 1981 Place of Birth Creswick, Victoria, Australia Place of Death late of Kiama, New South Wales, Australia Civil engineer Consulting engineer Charles Candy CE FIEAust was a notable Victorian consulting civil and hydraulic engineer who specialised in town water, sewerage and drainage schemes from the 1930s to the 1960s. He formed partnerships with A K T Sambell in the 1920s, consulted privately from 1936, partnered with Scott & Furphy from 1939 to 1950, before maintaining his own consulting engineering practice C. W. Candy and Partners in 1959. He was associated with the design and construction of many Victorian town water supplies, and later their sewerage schemes. Very active within the engineering profession, he served as Secretary of the Melbourne Division of the Institution of Engineers Australia, and as its national President in 1954-55.

Associated works:
* 1913 Concrete Arch Dam, for Orbost Water Supply;
* 1920 Lakes Entrance Water Supply;
* 1923 - 1926 Consulting engineer, Shire of Traralgon;
* 1925 Subdivisions in Ringwood CA 8-13, 21-26;
* 1927 Phillip Island Holidays Development Pty Ltd. [Sambell, Candy];
* 1929 Portland water supply (bored water supply);
* 1929 Consulting engineer, Shire of Tungamah;
* 1957 Pipeline Bridge, Traralgon Water Works Trust;
* 1968 Cobram Sewerage Authority;
* 1968 Beechworth Sewerage Authority;
* 1968 Mansfield Sewerage Authority.

c. 1912 1915 Career position - Served articles [under Munz and Munz, Land Surveyors, civil engineers, water supply engineers] LS, CE, WS c. 1915 c. 1918 Career position - Surveyor, rising to Chief Surveyor, Melbourne Harbour Trust 1916 1916 Military service - First World War. Applied to enlist, rejected on medical grounds c. 1918 c. 1918 Career event - Member (MIMEV), Institution of Municipal Engineers of Victoria c. 1918 1920 Career position - Engineer, surveyor, Sambell consulting engineers c. 1919 c. 1919 Career event - Granted Certificate of Qualification as Municipal Surveyor (CE), Local Government Act 1903 VIC 1921 c. 1935 Career position - Engineer, Sambell and Candy, Consulting engineers 1926 1926 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia (Admitted from Institution of Municipal Engineers of Victoria, following amalgamation) 1928 Career position - Consulting engineer, Shire of Phillip Island 1936 Career position - Candy, Consulting engineer [Carried on the Sambell and Candy practice in his own name] 1937 1948 Career position - Committee member, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 1939 1950 Career position - Engineer, Candy Scott & Furphy, consulting sewerage engineers 1941 1948 Career position - Honorary Secretary, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 1942 1942 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1942 1947 Career position - Member of Council, representative of Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 1944 1944 Career position - Honorary Secretary of Council, Institution of Engineers Australia 1954 1955 Career position - President of Council, Institution of Engineers Australia 1959 Career position - Senior Partner, C. W. Candy and Partners, Consulting engineers, Melbourne 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.] Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

President 1954 - 1955; Secretary 1944, Councillor 1942 - 1947.

 Sambell, Albert Keaston Trenavin (1879 - 1936)

Partnered in the consulting practice Sambell and Candy, c1921 - 1935

 Scott and Furphy (1933 - 1991)

Partnered with Scott and Furphy, trading as Candy, Scott and Furphy, 1939 - 1950.

 Furphy, Henry Gustavus (1897 - 1991)

Collaborated as consulting engineers for the design of water supply and sewerage systems, 1939 - 1950.

 'Candy, Charles William Albert Augustus', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Candy, Charles William Albert Augustus Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Past presidents - where are they now? Past presidents - where are they now? 1978 Engineers Australia 50 7 20-22 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 Newspaper Article: Death Notice: Candy, Charles William Death Notice: Candy, Charles William 1982 The Age 19 Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 1950 Alexander, Joseph A. Who's who in Australia 1950 Melbourne Colorgravure Publications 1950 Journal Article: Presidential address [1955] - The professional engineer in a planned economy Candy, C. W. Presidential address [1955] - The professional engineer in a planned economy 1955 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 27 4-5 95-98 Journal Article: The president of The Institution for 1954 [C. W. Candy] The president of The Institution for 1954 [C. W. Candy] 1954 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 26 3 55 Resource: MT1486/1 Applications to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force CA 2001, Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office MT1486/1 Applications to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 1944 Alexander, John A. Who's who in Australia 1944 12th Melbourne, Victoria The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd 1944