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EnglishAACR2Anglo-American Cataloguing RulesPersoncreated2025-07-23humanKen McInnesupdated2026-04-29humanhttps://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007785b.htmpersonKnightRupert GrenvilleMCAACR214 January 189318 April 1989Place of BirthEchuca, Victoria, AustraliaPlace of DeathVictoria, AustraliaCivil engineerGrenville Knight MC MCE FIEAust was Chief Designing Engineer, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria, and in that role was responsible in 1948 for the design of the enlarged Eildon Dam, constructed on the Goulburn River, Victoria.
Earlier, he was the resident engineer for the construction of the innovative Torrumbarry Weir and Lock of the River Murray Works in 1923. This weir used 14 removable steel trestles that could be winched out of the river to allow the passage of floods.19141918Military service - First World War. Captain, 2nd Field Company, Engineers [Served and wounded in Gallipoli and France]19181918Award - Military Cross1919Career position - Engineer, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria19191919Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia19241924Education - Master of Civil Engineering (MCE), University of Melbourne19271927Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia1936Career position - Chief Designing Engineer, Investigations and Designs Branch, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria19411944Military service - Second World War. Lt Colonel, 6th Australian CRE HQ CE Southern Command, RAE NT Force19461946Career event - Overseas visit to the U.S.A., Canada and
Mexico, to study the design of large dams for irrigation works19531953Award - Warren Memorial Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia13 Sep 196813 Sep 1968Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]19891989Buried - Cremated, Springvale Botanical Cemetery
State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (SRWSC), State of Victoria (1905 - 1984)
Chief Designing Engineer 1936 -
W. H. Warren Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1926 - )
Awarded the Warren Memorial Prize 1953, for the paper "Dams and
reservoirs - Some aspects of investigation and design," published in the Proceedings of the Engineering Conference, 1953.
'Knight, Rupert Grenville (Grenville)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of TechnologyKnight, Rupert Grenville (Grenville)Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative InnovationEncyclopedia of Australian Science and InnovationJournal Article: Warren Memorial Prize - 1953 AwardWarren Memorial Prize - 1953 Award1954Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia269212Report: Thirty-fifth Annual Report [1954]Institution of Engineers AustraliaThirty-fifth Annual Report [1954]1955Conference Paper: Dams and reservoirs - Some aspects of investigation and designKnight, R. G.Dams and reservoirs - Some aspects of investigation and designSydneyInstitution of Engineers Australia1953Proceedings of the Engineering Conference, 1953, Melbourne146-169Journal Article: Torrumbarry Weir and Lock of the River Murray WorksShaw, E. D.; Knight, R. G.Torrumbarry Weir and Lock of the River Murray WorksSydney, NSWInstitution of Engineers Australia1929Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia834-70Journal Article: Eildon Weir enlargement project , Victoria (Discussions and communications)Knight, R. G. (Rosenthal, C. C.)Eildon Weir enlargement project , Victoria (Discussions and communications)1948Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia2012201-202Journal Article: Eildon Weir enlargement project, VictoriaKnight, R. G.Eildon Weir enlargement project, Victoria1948Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia207-873-80