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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-05-21 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-04-08 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007718b.htm person Farrer Arthur AACR2 1868 14 September 1948 Place of Birth Lake Modewarre, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Sanitary engineer Arthur Farrer, CE MIEAust, was the Engineer-in-Chief of the Ballarat Water Commission and the Ballarat Sewerage Authority from 1919 until he retired in 1937. He designed the Ballarat sewerage system, and oversaw its construction and operation. Earlier in his career he was the City Surveyor and City Engineer for the City Of Ballarat. He many years he was active on the committee of the Municipal Engineers Branch, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia and was Chairman 1932 to 1933. 1891 1891 Career event - Licensed to practise as a Surveyor under the Transfer of Land Act 1890 VIC 1891 1898 Career position - Assistant engineer, Ballarat City Council c. 1898 1920 Career position - City engineer, Ballarat City Council 1919 1937 Career position - Engineer-in-Chief, Ballarat Water Commission 1919 1937 Career position - Engineer-in-Chief, Ballarat Sewerage Authority 1926 1926 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia (Admitted from Institution of Municipal Engineers of Victoria, following amalgamation) 1932 1933 Career position - Chairman, Municipal Engineers Branch, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 1934 1934 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1936 Career position - Representative of sewerage authorities, Plumbers and Gas Fitters Board 1937 1937 Life event - Retired 'Farrer, Arthur', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Farrer, Arthur Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The establishment of direct road communication between Sydney and Newcastle (Discussions and communications) Upton, T. H. (McCormack, W. T. B.; Sherrard, H. M.; Tregonong, A. C.; Farrer, A.) The establishment of direct road communication between Sydney and Newcastle (Discussions and communications) 1932 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 4 12 427 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 Conference Paper: Ballarat Sewerage System Farrer, Arthur Ballarat Sewerage System 1928 Proceedings of the First Commonwealth Conference on Public Health Engineering, Melbourne, 19th - 27th September, 1927 25-32 Journal Article: Ballarat Water supply, sewerage and drainage Farrer, A. Ballarat Water supply, sewerage and drainage 1932 Commonwealth Engineer 20 4 109-111