Prominent WA Engineers Born Before 1900

From Engineering Heritage Australia

Title and Name Lived (Sources) Discipline and Post Nominals Engineers Australia Involvement Comments
REVELEY, Henry Willey (Mr) 1789-1875

(BAS) (ADB)

Engineer and Architect

BE (Pisa)

First Civil Engineer in WA

Appointed May 1829 Designed the Round House Fremantle Left Colony 1838

AUSTIN, James Gardner (Mr) 1800-1889 Engineer and Architect Chief Engineer, Architect and Surveyor for the Western Australian Land Company

Superintendent of Public Works 1851-1853

SHENTON, William Kernot (Mr) 1801-1842 Engineer, Architect, Editor and Mill Owner Built first mills in the Swan River Colony

Designed offices and a home for Lionel Sampson Newspaper publisher from 1831

COOK, Solomon (Mr) 1813-1871

(ADB) (BAS)

Whaler, Blacksmith, Shipwright, Machinist, Engineer and Contractor Whaler at Albany

Designed and built flour mills at Mount Barker, York and Claisebrook Constructed first Canning Bridge (1849) Publican “Dusty Miller” York Built first steam powered vessel on the Swan River (1854) Cut Canal above the Causeway Reconstructed the Causeway after the 1862 flood Built first WA made grain reaper (1862)

MANNING, James (Mr) 1814-1893

(BAS) (ADB)

Civil Engineer, Architect and Builder

JP

Designed Fremantle Commissariat Store

Chairman of the Fremantle Town Trust Involved in Perth Town Hall design and Government House Designed North Fremantle Bridge and Geraldton Town Jetty

BROWNE, Thomas Henry Johnson (Mr) 1818-1882

(DJT)

Engineer, Surveyor and Architect As a convict he worked on the Fremantle Lunatic Asylum

Inspector of Works Geraldton to Northampton Rail Known as “Satan Browne”

HENDERSON, Edmund Yeamans Walcott (Lt Colonel, Sir) 1821-1896

(BAS) (ADB)

Engineer and Surveyor

KCB RE

Comptroller General of the Convict Establishment

Designed Fremantle Prison Designed Fremantle Asylum London Police Commissioner

AUSTIN, Robert (Mr) 1825-1905

(ADB) (CP)

Surveyor, Explorer and Civil Engineer Surveyed the rail line from Warnbro to the Darling Scarp

Explored around Mount Magnet Assistant Government Surveyor WA Roads Engineer Queensland

WRAY, Henry (Lt General) 1826-1900

(BAS)

Engineer and Architect

CMG RE

Early Fremantle jetties

Constructed Fremantle Prison Acting Comptroller General of the Convict Establishment Chief Royal Engineer Malta Lt Governor Isle of Jersey

THOMAS, James Henry English (Mr) 1826-1884

(ADB) (BAS)

Civil Engineer

BE MICE

1876 WA Chief Engineer (1)

1884 WA Commissioner of Railways

GRAIN, Edward Metcalfe (Lt Colonel) 1827-1884

(S&M)

Civil Engineer

RE

Royal Engineers WA 1859-1863

Designed North Fremantle Bridge with James Manning Commanding Royal Engineer Hong Kong

COOPER, Charles (Mr) 1829-1911 Civil Engineer

CE

Managed Midland Railway contract

Inaugural Chief Engineer and Superintendent for Midland Railways Patented a locomotive spark arrestor

CROSSMAN, William (Major General, Sir) 1830-1901

(BAS)

Civil Engineer

AMICE KCMG RE

In charge of Public Works Albany and Bunbury

MP for Portsmouth UK

DU CANE, Edmund (Major General, Sir) 1830-1903

(BAS)

Engineer and Magistrate

KCB RE

In charge of Public Works Guildford, Avon Valley, York and Toodyay

Built Guildford Bridge 1859

VICTOR, Henry Eltze (Mr) 1830-1911

(BAS)

AMICE

Civil Engineer and Consulting Engineer

Divisional Engineer Great Indian Peninsula Railway

Superintendent Engineer Northampton Railway Consulting Engineer

FRASER, Malcolm (Sir) 1834-1900

(ADB) (CP)

Surveyor and Engineer

KCMG

Surveyor General

Commissioner of Works Administrator of Western Australia First Agent General for Western Australia

FLEMING James Coates (Mr) 1834-1885

(CP)

Merchant and Telegraph Superintendent

MLSE

Supervised early telegraph construction from Perth to Eucla

Colony’s first Superintendent of Telegraphs

MALEY, John Stephen (Mr) 1836-1910

ADB

Mechanical and Civil Engineer Worked with Solomon Cook on installing steam engines in boats

Designed Greenough River Bridge Built mill at Greenough

WRIGHT, John Arthur (Mr) 1841-1920

(CWA) (BAS) (ADB)

Civil Engineer

MICE MICEI RM

Commissioner of Railways

WA Chief Engineer (2) 1885-1890 WA Land Company Constructed Great Southern Rail

O’CONNOR, Charles Yelverton (Mr) 1843-1902

(ADB) (CWA)

Civil Engineer

MICE CMG

Rail and Harbour Works New Zealand

WA Chief Engineer (3) 1891-1902

KEANE, Edward Vivien Harvey (Mr) 1844-1904

(ADB)

Civil Engineer and Railway Contractor

JP

Built Perth to Guildford Railway

Built and financed Midland Railway MP and Mayor of Perth Built Perth Cathedral and Fremantle Town Hall

MASON, Clayton Turner (Mr) 1847-1911

(CWA) (BAS)

Railway Engineer

MICE ISO

WA General Manager Railways

1889 Acting Commissioner of Railways Collector of Customs

PRICE, Charles Danvers (Mr) 1847-1934 Surveyor, Project Manager, Resident Magistrate and Mining Warden Project Manager Albany to Eucla Telegraph Line

Surveyor Great Southern Railway Project Manager Northampton to Roebourne Telegraph Line Resident Magistrate East Kimberley Warden Kimberley Goldfield

FARRAR, George Edward (Mr) 1848-1919

(CWA)

Civil Engineer and Surveyor

FSEL

Founding Councillor of the WAIE

Treasurer WAIE 1910-1919

Principal Engineer Roads and Bridges PWD
ROWLEY, Henry (Mr) 1849-1919

(CWA)

Consulting Electrical and Chemical Engineer

MRSI MIEE MSPA

Manager Electric Light Department

Victorian Rail Owner Rowley Forest Products Co Ltd City of Perth Analyst

MORGANS, Alfred Edward, Mr 1850-1933 Mechanical Engineer

MLA

Supervisor Gold and Silver Mines Central America

Associated with Bewick Moreing and Co Managing Director Westralia Mount Morgans Gold Mines Co Ltd Managing Director Millionaire Ltd MLA Coolgardie (May 1897-June 1904) and Member 1897 Royal Commission on Mining Mayor City of Kalgoorlie Founding President of the Coolgardie Chamber of Mines and Commerce Vice President WA Chamber of Mines Premier WA (21 November-23 December 1901) Managing Director British Exploration of Australasia Co Ltd Director Greenbushes Development Company State Consul Austria Hungary, Vice Consul for Spain and Consular Agent for USA Member Faculty of Engineering

ARROW, James Thomas (Mr) 1852-1913 Civil Engineer

AMICE

Founding Member WAIE

WAIE Auditor 1911-1913

Assistant Engineer Goldfields Pipeline

Assistant Engineer Goldfields Water Supply

DUDLEY, Uriah (Mr) 1852-1909 Mechanical Engineer

Mining Engineer MAusIME FGS JP

Manager Umberumberka Silver Mine Silverton

Instructor Silverton Technical School Mayor of Silverton Manager Chloridising Works Broken Hill Founding Secretary of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers Manager Gold Bar Gold Mining Company Coolgardie Manager White Rock Silver Mine Drake NSW Manager Emperor Gold Mines Day Dawn

FAULKNER, James (Mr) 1853-1930

(CWA)

Mechanical Engineer

MIME

Inaugural Auditor WAIE Engineer Perth Gas Company

Superintendent Perth Water Supply Co Ltd

GRAINGER, John Harry (Mr) 1854-1917 Civil Engineer and Architect

Bridge Designer

Railway Draughtsman PWD SA

Partner D’Ebro and Grainger Melbourne Designer Albert Bridge Adelaide (1878), Princess Bridge Melbourne (1879), Swing Bridge Sale (1879) Designer Fremantle Town Hall 1881 Chief Architect PWD WA (1897-1905) Partner Grainger, Kennedy and Little, Melbourne

PRICE, Matthew (Mr) 1854-1940 Pearler, Contractor, Project Supervisor Team Member Albany to Eucla Telegraph Line

Pioneer King Sound Pearling Industry Built major bridges and jetties at Dongara, Fremantle, Derby, Carnarvon, Fremantle, Mandurah, Onslow and Busselton Project Supervisor for Goldfields Water Supply

VENTRIS, Arthur Ventris Murphy (Mr) 1854-1940 Superintendent

ISO

Founding Member of the WAIE

WAIE Vice President 1918-1920

Superintendent of the Perth Mint

Deputy Master of the Perth Mint

WRIGHT, James William (Mr) 1854-1917

(ADB)

Contractor, Civil Engineer and Architect

FWAIA, MWAIE

Founding Member of the WAIE Contractor for Eastern Railway extension to Chidlow’s Wells

Member of the Legislative Council Pioneer Architect in private practice in WA

GLIDDON, Edgar Howard (Mr) 1855-1934 Surveyor, Municipal Engineer and Consulting Engineer WAIE Council 1919-1920 Town Surveyor Fremantle

City Engineer Perth Lands Department Inspector

SAUNDERS, Henry John (Mr) 1855-1919

(CP)

Civil Engineer, Consulting Engineer and Company Director

AMICE

Partner Barret and Saunders

Designer of Perth's first public water supply Mayor City of Perth Senator Mining Investor

BROWN,

William (Mr)

1855-1917

(CWA) (CP)

Patternmaker, Foundry Owner and Rail Superintendent Founding Member of the WAIE Major Shareholder Union Foundry

Locomotive Superintendent Midland Railway

LANE, Zebina Bartholomew (Mr) 1856-1912 Mining Engineer

Promoter Land Developer Politician MAusIME MAusIMM MLC

Manager Junction North Mine Broken Hill

Manager Consolidated North Broken Hill Manager Block 14 Mine Secretary Barrier Mine Managers Association Chairman Barrier Mine Managers Association Founding Member Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers Mayor Broken Hill Municipal Council Assisted launch Great Boulder Gold Mines Pty Ltd Superintending Engineer British Westralian Syndicate Ltd Managing Director Hannan’s Public Crushing, Condensing and Saw Mills Co Ltd Director Collie Proprietary Coalfields of WA Ltd Director Great Boulder Perseverance Land developer East Perth Member of the WA Legislative Council

POOLE, George Temple (Mr) 1856-1934

(CWA) (BAS) (ADB)

Civil Engineer and Architect

FWAIA AMICE JP ARIBA

Founding Member of the WAIE Superintendent of Works 1884

Government Architect First President WAIA Designed Albany Court House Floated Perth Tramways Company

McDONALD, John Alexander (Mr) 1856 1930 Civil Engineer

MICE

Founding Member of the WAIE Assistant Engineer Roads, Bridges and Sewerage PWD NSW

Executive Engineer/Resident Engineer Fremantle Harbour Assistant Chief Engineer PWD Assistant Engineer Johannesburg Municipality Engineer Gisbourne Harbour Board

HUME, Edward Shotton (Mr) 1857-1946

(CWA)

Mechanical Engineer

AMIE Aust MIME ARMMA ABBA

Founding Councillor of the WAIE

WAIE President 1914-1915

Workshop Manager WAGR Fremantle

Chief Mechanical Engineer WAGR

QUIRK William Montague Harley (Mr) 1857-1923 Mechanical Engineer and Inventor

MIME

Partner Conroy and Quirk

WA Manager J Barre Johnston and Co Partner Quirk and Moffatt Engineers Managing Director Quirk’s Lighting and Engineering Limited

ROLLAND, Robert Anthony (Mr) 1857-1931

(CWA)

Civil Engineer and Licensed Surveyor

RSIE

Founding Member of the WAIE

WAIE Council 1918-1919 WAIE Vice President 1919-1920

Assistant Engineer in Chief PWD
CHINN, Henry (Mr) 1858-1940

(CWA) (ADB)

Civil Engineer and Consulting Engineer Consulting Engineer Victoria and WA

Tendered to construct Port Hedland – Nullagine rail line Supervising Engineer Transcontinental Railway Inventor of Kalipsite Welding for continuous rail

HODGSON,

Thomas Cowley (Mr)

1858-1939

(CWA)

Hydraulic Engineer

MSc (Civil Engineering)

Designed and supervised construction of the Goldfields Scheme

President Cunderdin Farmers and Settlers Association

MUIR, John Andrew (Mr) 1858-1915

(CWA) (BAS)

Civil Engineer and Surveyor

AMICE

Founding Councillor of the WAIE Inspector of Engineering Surveys PWD

First Transcontinental Railway Survey

PALMER, Charles Stuart Russell (Mr) 1858-1937

(CP) (BAS)

Civil Engineer and Architect

MICE

Engineer Roads and Bridges PWD

Engineer Water Supply PWD WA Chief Engineer (4) 1902-1904

STODDART, James (Mr) 1858-1944 Civil Engineer and Surveyor Founding Councillor of the WAIE Chief Engineering Surveyor PWD

First Class Assistant Engineer PWD

HARGRAVE, Henry William (Mr) 1858-1925 Civil Engineer Surveyor and Architect

MICE

Founding Councillor of the WAIE Resident Engineer Mullewa Cue Railway

Engineer for Perth Roads Board Member Metropolitan Water Board

PIDGEON, John (Major) 1859-1920

(CWA)

Civil Engineer

MICE

Founding Councillor of the WAIE Assistant Engineer WA Land Company

Construction Engineer Resident Engineer Railways Perth

LIGHT, Ernest Edward (Mr) 1859-1920

(CWA)

Civil Engineer

MICE

Founding Vice president of the WAIE

WAIE President 1912-1913

Chief Engineer of Existing Lines WAGR
JAMES,

John Henry (Jack Harry) (Mr)

1860-1932

(CWA)

Electrical Engineer 23 years with Mephan Ferguson being Foreman Engineer in WA

Splatt Wall and Co Manager Cottesloe Electric Light Works

LESLIE, William (Mr) 1860-1940

(CWA)

Mechanical and Civil Engineer

MICE MIME, AMIEAust

Founding Trustee of the WAIE

WAIE President 1911-1912

Principal Leslie and Co Engineers

Resident Engineer Mundaring Weir Engineer in Charge Fremantle Harbour Works

DOWSON,

Harold (Mr)

1861-1945

(CWA)

Electrical Engineer

MIEE MIEA

Founding Member of WAIE

WAIE Council Member 1914-1920

Electrical Engineer WAGR

Chief Electrical and Signals Engineer WAGR

DAVIS, Mathias John (Mr) 1861-1939

(CWA)

Contractor

MIEAust

WAIE Foundation Member

WAIE Treasurer 1919-1920

Partner Davis, Hankinson & Co. Contractors
MORRIS,

William Henry (Mr)

1862

(CWA)

Civil Engineer

MICEI

Engineer and General Manager Midland Railway Co
ANKETELL, Richard John (Mr) 1862-1928

(WITW) (TVL)

Civil Engineer

Surveyor AMIEAust

WAIE Council 1910-1911 Surveyed the Trans Australia Line, constructed the Rabbit Proof Fence and developed Peel Drainage Scheme

Inaugural MRD Board Member

MONTGOMERY,

Alexander Barr (Mr)

1862-1933

(CWA)

Mining Engineer

AIME, MA (Chem and Elec), FGS

First State Mining Engineer 1902-1930
McQUEEN,

Neil (Mr)

1862-1931

(CP)

Civil Engineer

MICE

Founding Member WAIE

WAIE Council 1918-1920

Assisted design of the Coolgardie Scheme

District Engineer Kalgoorlie PWD

THOMPSON, James (Mr) 1863-1945

(ADB) (BAS) (CWA)

Civil Engineer

BE MICE JP

Founding President WAIE 1910-1911 Wrote to all other Engineering bodies proposing a national engineering organisation

WA Chief Engineer (5) 1904-1925

WALKEDEN,

Albert Ernest (Mr)

1863-1917

(CP)

Civil Engineer Resident Engineer Collie PWD

Resident Engineer Bunbury Harbour Managing Director Collie Boulder Coal Co Manager Millar’s Karri and Jarrah Co Qld Town Clerk and Engineer Ithaca Qld Brisbane MW&S Board Member Naval Civil Engineer

AKROYD-STUART, Herbert (Mr) 1864-1927

(ADB) (CP)

Mechanical Engineer and Inventor

MIME

Invented fuel injection system adopted by Hornsby

Partner Saunders and Stuart

BROCKWAY, Walter St Clair (Mr) 1864-1941

(CWA) (CP)

Municipal Engineer and Consulting Engineer

JP

Inaugural Auditor WAIE

WAIE Council 1912-1914

Municipal Engineer Claremont

Municipal Engineer Cottesloe Mayor Claremont Town Clerk Claremont

EDMISTON, Hugh (Mr) 1864-1951

(CP)

Electrical Engineer and Consulting Engineer

AMIEAust

Founding Member of WAIE

WAIE Council 1913-1919

Electrified BHP Mine Broken Hill

Partner in Palmer, Strothers and Edmiston Managed pipelaying and jointing plant on the Coolgardie Pipeline Perth City Electrical Engineer

HANCOCK, William John (Dr) 1864-1931

(ADB)

Electrical Engineer and Radiologist

MIEE MICE MIEAust (Honorary Doctorate of Science UWA 1924)

Founding member WAIE

WAIE Council 1912-1917 WAIE President 1917-1918

Constructed a telephone system in Dublin

Pioneered telephony and radiology in WA UWA Senate 1915-1927

ILES
John Maguire
(Mr)
1864-1934 Mining Engineer

MAusIME MIMM

Manager of the West Cumberland Tin Mine Tasmania

Manager of the South Good Intent & Ontario Silver Mining Company Tasmania
Manager Cue One Syndicate and the Kangaroo Gold Mining Company Cue
General Manager of South Kalgurli Gold Mines
Mining Engineer for the Central Chile Copper Company
General Manager of Rayfield (Nigeria) Tin Mines, Ltd
Consulting Mining Engineer and Joint Managing Director of Geevor Tin Mines, Ltd

MAITLAND, Andrew Gibb (Mr) 1864-1951

(CWA) (ADB)

Civil Engineer and Geologist

FGS

WAIE Councillor

WAIE Vice President 1915-1917

Government Geologist 1896-1926
OLDHAM, Frederick Hugh (Mr) 1864-1939

(CWA)

Civil Engineer

MICE MRSI AMIEAust

Founding Councillor of WAIE

WAIE Vice President 1911-1912 WAIE President 1913-1914

District Engineer Goldfields Water Supply

Engineer for Water Supply and Sewerage PWD

SHAW, Walter Bernard (Mr) 1864-1941 Engineer and Surveyor Founding Secretary WAIE

WAIE Secretary 1910-1919

Secretary WA Institution of Engineers

Secretary WA Institution of Surveyors Member WA Town Planning Association Council Secretary Builders and Contractors Association Member Executive Council WA Mining Association

O’BRIEN, Percy Vincent (Mr) 1865-1950

(BAS) (CWA)

Civil Engineer

MICE MIE Aust

WAIE Council, 1910-1911, 1913-1918

Vice President 1918-1919

Chief Engineer of Mines

PWD Engineer Goldfields and Northern Areas Chief Engineer Water Supply Gold Medal Winner ICE

CARLIN, Ernest Herbert (Mr) 1865-1941

(CP)

Civil Engineer and Engineering Surveyor Founding Member WAIE

WAIE Auditor 1913-1914 WAIE Council 1914-1919

Resident Engineer Fremantle Harbour

Engineer Fremantle Harbour Trust Engineer Harbours and Rivers PWD

EVANS, Ernest Alfred (Mr) 1865-1941

(CWA) (CP)

Mechanical Engineer

MIME

Founding Councillor of the WAIE

WAIE President 1916-1917

Workshop Manager Fremantle WAGR

Workshop Manager Midland WAGR Railways Commissioner 1929-1932

FENTON, Ernest Alexander (Mr) 1865-1954 Civil Engineer and Licensed Surveyor, MWAIE MISWA Founding Member WAIE Resident Engineer Mundaring Weir

Consulting Engineer and Land Surveyor Prospector

ARNEY, Arthur Edward (Mr) 1865-1940

(CP)

Civil Engineer and Surveyor

MICE

Founding Member WAIE

WAIE Council 1917-1918

Undertook survey from Port Hedland to Esperance

Engineer for Irrigation and Drainage PWD

BABINGTON, Charles Henry (Mr) 1866-1947

(CP)

Civil Engineer and Surveyor

AMIEAust

Founding Associate Member WAIE

WAIE Council 1919-1920

Member of 1901 Transcontinental Rail Survey

Surveyed Southern Cross Menzies railway Member Wiluna Railways Advisory Board

BREGENZER, Henry (Mr) 1866-1928 Civil Engineer

MWAIE AMIEAust MBAS

Foundation Member WAIE

WAIE Auditor 1914-1917

Engineer Port Hedland to Marble Bar Railway

Worked for Millars Karri and Jarrah Company Vice President Australian Association of Civil Engineers

BRIMAGE, Thomas Frederick Outridge (Mr) 1866-1915 Consulting Engineer

MLC JP

Apprentice South Australian Railways

Draughtsman South Australian Railways Consulting Engineer Coolgardie Vice President WA Mine Managers Assn. Mayor Kalgoorlie Member of the WA Legislative Council

CORBOULD, William Henry (Mr) 1866-1949

(ADB)

Mining Engineer

AACI

Manager Hannan’s Reward Mine

Foundation Member Chamber of Mines WA Floated Mt Isa Mines

HELFFENSTEIN,

Louis (Mr)

1866-1957

(CP)

Civil Engineer and Surveyor Founding Member of WAIE

WAIE Auditor 1913-1919

Engineering surveyor

Resident Engineer East Perth Powerhouse District Engineer Northam WAGR

ALLEN, Francis Bowen (Mr) 1867-1952

(CWA) (CP)

Education Director

MA, BSc, ASM (Otago) MAustIMM

Director Coolgardie School of Mines

Founded Kalgoorlie School of Mines 1904 Director of Technical Schools 1906-1928

DARKER, John William (Mr) 1867-1925

(CWA) (CP)

Rail Engineer Founding Councillor of the WAIE

WAIE Council 1914-1919

Chief Draughtsman Railways Construction Branch

Locomotive Engineer Engineer Rail Construction

MACARTNEY

Edward Hussey Burgh (Mr)

1867-1930 Mining Surveyor

Land Surveyor Consulting Engineer BA BCE FISWA MIMS MAustIMM

Mining Surveyor Kalgoorlie/Bulong

Mayor of Bulong Consulting Engineer to Woodline Companies Consulting Engineer White Hope Mine Surveyor Hampton Estate Surveyor Kendenup Estate Fellow of Institute of Surveyors WA

ROBERTSON, Horace Patrick (Mr) 1867 Civil Engineer

Mine Manager MCE AMICE MIMM JP

Assistant Shire Engineer Dundas (Victoria)

Irrigation Engineer Western Wimmera Irrigation Trust (Victoria) Shire Engineer Tambo (Victoria) Principal Assistant Engineer Sewerage and Town Water Supply Branch PWD Consulting Engineer Mine Manager Lake View and Boulder Junction Gold Mine Manager Mount Elliott Copper Mine Cloncurry (Queensland) Manager Gwalia Consolidated Mines

BREGENZER, Herman (Mr) 1868-1949

(CP)

Civil Engineer

AMIEAust

Assistant Engineer Water Supply PWD

District Engineer PWD Kalgoorlie

BROADBENT, Herbert (Mr) 1868-1945

(CWA) (CP)

Electrical and Mechanical Engineer

MICE MIME MIEE

Founding Member WAIE Manager Electric Light Dept at Perth Gas and Electric Light Co

Inspector of Munitions UK

HAWKE,

George William Richard (Mr)

1868-1923

(CP)

Mechanical Engineer

MIME

Founding Member WAIE Supervising Engineer for J. Simpson and Co on Goldfields Water Supply project

Machinery Superintendent Goldfields PWD

MATHEWS,

Charles James (Mr)

1868-1950

(CWA)

Mechanical Engineer and Civil Engineer

MICE MIME

Founding Member WAIE

WAIE Council 1912-1914

State Inspector of Machinery

Member State Committee of Engineering Standards

LAWSON, Frederick Washington (Major) 1869-1924

(CWA) (BAS)

Civil and Mechanical Engineer

DSO MICE MIME MIEAust

Founding Councillor of the WAIE and WAIE Vice President 1914-1918

Inaugural IEAust Vice President WA Division Chairman 1920

Engineer Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage
CRESSWELL,

Herbert Augustine (Mr)

1869-1963 Civil Engineer Foundation Member WAIE

1929 WA Division Chairman IEAust Councillor

District Engineer Railways Geraldton

District Engineer Railways Coolgardie Chief Civil Engineer WAGR

ALLEN,

Joseph Francis (Mr)

1869-1933

(CWA) (ADB)

Civil Engineer and Architect

JP FWAIA

Works Manager Henry Simon Ltd

Assistant Engineer Fremantle Harbor Works Designed and built ship “Westaustralian” Partner Allen & Nicholas Architects Member East Fremantle Tramways Board Chair Rottnest Island Board

ANDREW, James (Mr) 1870-1946

(CP)

Gas Engineer

MIEAust

Founding Member of WAIE

WA Division Treasurer 1921-1925 WA Division Chairman 1926 IE Aust Councillor

Engineer and Manager for Perth Gas Co

Gas Engineer Perth City Council Director Yellow Cabs (WA) Ltd

GLEESON, Edmond (or Edmund) Francis Gerald (Mr) 1870-1916 Civil Engineer; BCE MILGEA JP Assistant Resident Engineer Mundaring Weir; District Engineer, Coolgardie; Consulting Engineer; Shire Engineer Minhamite (Vic)
SHIELDS, William Herbert (Mr) 1870-1955

(BAS)

Civil Engineer,

Consulting Engineer and Grazier BSc MICE MIEAust

Founding Member of WAIE

WA Division Chairman 1922 IEAust Councillor

Assistant Engineer PWD

Recognised the value of Rock Catchments east of Northam Invented the multiple arched dam Rabbit Proof Fence Inspector Designed a Graving Dock for Fremantle Managing Director Glenvar Pastoral Co

HICKSON,

George Foster (Mr)

1870-1960

(CP)

Civil Engineer

MICE MIEAust

Founding Member WAIE District Engineer North West PWD

District Engineer South West PWD Resident Engineer Sewerage and Drainage Works MWSS&DD

REYNOLDSON, William Coates (Mr) 1870-1942

(CWA)

Civil Engineer

MICE AWWA

Founding WAIE Trustee

Vice President 1910-1914

Chief Engineer Goldfields Water Supply
HUDSON,

Charles George (Mr)

1871-1950 Company Director and Property Developer Founding Member WAIE

WAIE Council 1916-1919

Manager Westralia Iron Works

Commissioner Fremantle Harbour Trust Director Clyde Engineering Company Director Chippendale Estates Ltd

TOMLINSON,

Ernest William (Mr)

1871-1947

(ADB)

Mechanical Engineer

AMIME OBE

Foundation Associate Member WAIE Founder Tomlinson Bros with his brother Edward then Managing Director

Built William Street Horseshoe Bridge Member WA Munitions Board

AKROYD-STUART, Charles Henry (Mr) 1873-1941

(CP)

Mechanical Engineer and inventor

MIME MIEAust

WAIE Member Involved in electrifying Yallingup Caves

Invented a type of pipe joint Pioneered steel framed construction in WA

DAVIDSON
Allan Arthur (Mr)
1873-1930 Metallurgist Mining

Engineer Explorer
Company Director
GASM MAMMA AMIMM

Manager Central Australian Exploration Company

Manager Richmond Gold Mine Day Dawn
Manager of West Africa Mines Limited
General Manager Associated Nigerian Tin Mines
Director and Consultant Keffi Consolidated Tin Company Nigeria
Mining Engineering Consultant

PARR, John (Jack) (Mr) 1873-1959

(BAS)

Civil Engineer

BSc MICE MIEAust

WAIE Council 1915-1919

Vice President 1919-1920 IEAust Councillor

District Engineer Goldfields Water Supply

Chief Engineer Water Supply Sewerage and Drainage Dept Gold Medal Winner ICE

HOOVER, Herbert Clark (President) 1874-1964

(ADB)

Mining Engineer

BA (Geology)

Inspecting Engineer Australia for Bewick Moreing & Co 1897-1898

1901 Partner Bewick Moreing & Co President USA 1929-1933

TINDALE, Edward (Mr) 1874-1943

(TVL) (BAS)

Civil Engineer

BCE MICE JP

Engineer for the North West PWD

Chairman MRD Board 1926-1930 Director of Works and Commissioner of MRD 1930-1941

GARDAM, Joseph Robert Woodruffe (Mr) 1874-1948 Electrical Engineer

MIEE MIEAust

WAIE Council 1911-1918

WAIE President 1918-1919 IEAust Councillor

President NSW Electrical Association

Manager Noyes Bros WA Principal Gardam and Co Electrical Engineers and Contractors Vice President RACWA

CROCKER, Claude Edward (Mr) 1875-1929 Mechanical Engineer

Electrical Engineer MIME MIEE MIEAust

Founding Member WAIE

WAIE President 1920-1921 WA WA Division Chairman 1924 IEAust National President 1926

Early power engineer at Kalgoorlie and Perth

Perth City Electrical Engineer General Manager Electricity and Gas Department Perth City Council

WHITFELD, Hubert Edwin (Professor) 1875-1939

(ADB)

Metallurgist

Mining Engineer BA (Hons) BE MIMM CBE MIEAust

WA Institution of Engineers Council 1914-1920

WA Division Chairman 1921

UWA Foundation Professor of Mining and Engineering

First appointed Vice Chancellor UWA in 1927 UWA Senate 1922-1925

KLUG, George Charles (Mr) 1875-1935 Metallurgist and

Mining Engineer ASASM MIMM MIMMAmer MAusIMM

Nominated by the WA Division of the Institution of Engineers in 1937 as one of the nine most outstanding engineers in Western Australia Chief Chemist, Assayer and Assistant Metallurgist BHP

Metallurgist Golden Horse shoe Estates Co Manager Fremantle Smelting Works Manager Phillips River Gold and Cooper Co Consultant Engineer to the Mt Cattlin Copper Mining Co General Manager Bewick Moreing Australia Director Zinc Corporation Director Electrolytic Zinc of Australia Director Gold Mines of Australia

STILEMAN, Francis William Harold (Mr) 1876-1938

(BAS)

Civil Engineer

MICE MIWE MIEAust

WA Division Chairman 1930

IEAust Councillor

Resident Engineer Barrow Shipyard

Resident Engineer West Wemymss Dock Extension Consulting Engineer Middlesbrough Engineer in Chief PWD 1925-1930 UWA Senate Member 1928-1930 Resident Engineer Humber Bridge Chief Engineer Dredging and Construction Co UK

GALBRAITH,

Augustus William De Rohan (Mr)

1876-1957 Civil Engineer and Architect

ME MICEI FLSE LRIBA FRSI AMIEAust

Member WA Division Committee

Deputised as IEAust Councillor

Director of Public Works Zanzibar

Royal Australian Navy Civil Engineer Engineer Perth City Council Christchurch City Engineer and Surveyor

RAMSBOTHAM or RAMSBOTTOM,

Joshua Fielden (Mr)

1878-1951

(BAS) (ADB)

Civil Engineer

MICE

WAIE Council 1913-1914 Reviewed design of Fremantle Graving Dock and extensions to WA ports

Advised on Cockburn Sound Naval Base Director of Commonwealth Lighthouses Member Barrier Reef Committee

WILLIAMS, Leslie Ballesat (Mr) 1878-1942 BA, BE, MAIM, MIMM

Mining Engineer and Mine Manager

Field Engineer Bewick Moreing

Superintendent Queen of the Hills Gold Mine Meekatharra
General Manager Yuanmi Gold Mines
General Manager Mill Close Lead Mine Darley Dale UK

WELLER,

Walter Kirkwood (Mr)

1879-1961 Civil Engineer

MIEAust

Foundation Associate Member WAIE

Committee Member WA Division

Engineer in Charge Goldfields Water Supply PWD
WILSON,

Richard Cunliffe (Mr)

1879-1950 Mining Engineer

BSc BE MInstMM

Manager North End Mine

Manager Hampton Goldmining State Mining Engineer 1934-1945

SANDERSON,

George Dalgleish (Mr)

1879-1950 Mechanical Engineer

AMIME AMIEAust

WAIE Auditor 1919-1920 Engineer in Charge Pumps Stations Perth Water Supply
PARKER,

Horace Hill (Mr)

1879-1944 Municipal Engineer

JP

33 years Town Clerk and Engineer at Town of East Fremantle
HEWITT,

Arthur Cecil (Mr)

1880-1968

(CP)

Quantity Surveyor, Engineering Assistant and Civil Engineer

AMICE AMIEAust

WA Division Chairman 1927 Engineering Assistant WAGR

Assistant Engineer WAGR Construction Engineer PWD

FRAENKEL,

Poul Herman (Professor)

1880-1948 Electrical Engineer

BE BEE MIEAust

WA Division Chairman 1935 Consul for Denmark

Associate Professor UWA Head of Electrical Engineering UWA

MOORE,
Bertie Harcourt
(Dr)
1880-1947 BSc BE ME DSc FSASM FACI MAIMME

Metallurgist and Mining Engineer

Registrar Port Pirie School of Mines

Principal Kalgoorlie School of Mines
Director WA School of Mines
Supervisor of Professional Training Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme

ATWELL
Harold George
(Mr)
1882-1955 AMWAIE MLGHE
Civil Engineer and Municipal Engineer
Assistant Engineer PWD

Assistant Engineer MWSS&D
Assistant Engineer City of Perth
City Engineer City of Perth

HUTCHINSON,

Archibald Muir (Mr)

1883-1969

(BAS) (CP)

Civil Engineer

MIEAust

Founding Associate Member WAIE

WA Division Chairman 1928

Resident Engineer Herdsman Lake Drainage
TAYLOR,
William Henry (Mr)
1883-1963 Electrical Engineer

MIEE MIEAust

WAIE Council 1917-1920 Deputy Engineer and Tramways Engineer Walthamstow Council

Electrical Superintendent Tramways Perth
Chairman South West Power Scheme Committee
General Manager Tramways, Electricity Supply and State Ferries WAGR
Member WA Town Planning Institute Committee
Member 1939 Royal Commission on the Collie Power Scheme
Chairman WA Naval Welfare and Comforts Fund
General Manager Metropolitan System SEC
Member State Electricity Commission

YOUNG,

John Stevenson (Mr)

1883-1955 Civil Engineer

BSc BE MIEAust MICE

Worked on Alexandra Dock Bombay

Engineer Harbours and Rivers PWD 1925-1948 Designed Bunbury and Geraldton Harbours Designed Fremantle Slipway Involved with Grain Bulk Handling facilities at Fremantle and Bunbury Marine Defence Works Cockburn Sound and Fremantle

HAMILTON,

Joseph (Mr)

1884-1963 Mechanical Engineer

AMIEAust

Founding Member WAIE

WAIE Council 1919-1920

Manager Steel Branch Elders Smith

General Manager Structural Engineering Co. 1929-1949

HILLMAN, Arthur James (Captain) 1884-1922 Civil Engineer

AMICE MIEAust MC

Founding Associate Member WAIE

Perth Division IEAust Councillor

Early Cadet Engineer PWD 1902

Engineer No 3 Australian Tunnelling Company Assistant Engineer PWD

TOMLINSON,

Alfred (Professor)

1884-1925 Civil Engineer and Lecturer

MSc(Eng)Hons MStructE AMICE MIEAust MCI

WAIE Council 1917-1920

WAIE Secretary 1920 Foundation WA Division Secretary 1920-1922 WA Division Chairman 1923 IEAust National Councillor 1924-1925

Assistant Engineer Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail Company

Engineering Assistant WAGR Associate Lecturer Kalgoorlie School of Mines Associate Professor UWA Dean of Engineering UWA

DRAKE BROCKMAN, Geoffrey (Brigadier) 1885-1977

(BAS)

Civil Engineer

MC MIEAust

WA Division Chairman 1937

IEAust National President 1940

Engineer for the North West PWD

Chairman WA Transport Board

CAREY, Theophilus Mattingly (Mr) 1885-1963 Civil and Electrical Engineer

MICE MIEE MIEAust

WAIE Council 1919-1920

WA Representative at First IE Aust Council Meeting 1919 WA Division Chairman 1925 SA Division Deputy Chairman 1927 IEAust Councillor

Electrical Engineer Mt Lyell Mining and Railway Co.

Perth City Council (Electrical Engineer) Manager SA Branch Hume Pipe Chief Engineer Zinc Corporation Chief Engineer Australian Newsprint Mills

DUMAS, Russell John (Sir) 1887-1975

(ADB) (BAS)

Civil Engineer

Electrical Engineer BSc DipElecE BE ME CMG KB KBE(C) Hon FIEAust

WA Division Chairman 1932

Sir Peter Nicol Russell Medal 1952 Warren Memorial Prize 1942 Honorary Fellow 1966

Pre eminent Dam Engineer

Developed Kwinana Industrial Area Champion for the Ord River Scheme Director of Engineering and Works 1941-1952 Coordinator of Industrial Development UWA Senate 1943-1945

FOXALL, John Stuart (Mr) 1887-1967

(CP)

Mine Surveyor and Mining Engineer

BE MIEAust

WA Division Chairman 1941 Head Surveyor Sons of Gwalia

State Mining Engineer

ELLIS, Joseph Arthur (Mr) 1887-1973

(CP)

Civil Engineer

CBE MICE FIEAust

WA Division Chairman 1931 Engineer Rail Construction

Commissioner of Railways Director and Chairman Western Collieries Director Tomlinson Steel Member UWA Senate

BRISBANE, David William (Mr) 1888–1960

(ADB)

Civil Engineer

MICE MIStructE FRGS CBE

President Engineering Association of Malaya Divisional Engineer for Construction Federated Malay States Railways

Managing Director Fogden and Brisbane & Co Civil Contractors Singapore General Manager Midland Railway Chairman Midland Railway (WA Board) Chairman WA Newspapers Chairman BP Refinery Kwinana Board Member Commonwealth Bank Board

CRIMP,

Bernard Santo (Mr)

1888-1978

(BAS) (CP)

Civil Engineer

MICE

Resident Engineer Cardiff Water Works

Hydraulic Engineer PWD Proponent of the Comprehensive Agricultural Water Supply Scheme Assistant Director of Works PWD

JOHNSON,

Stanley (Lieutenant)

1888-1967

(CP)

Mechanical Engineer

MIEAust

WA Division Chairman 1947 Partner Flower Davies Johnson
BENNETT,
Harold Bruce
(Colonel)
1889 Mechanical Engineer

MIME ISO MBE

Founding Student Member WAIE Chief Engineer Tasmanian Railways

General Manager Tasmanian Railways Director of Industrial Development Tasmania

CAVANAGH
Righton John Vaughan
(Mr)
1892-1957 Civil Engineer

BE MIEAust MC

Resident Engineer Bickley Brook Reservoir

Resident Engineer Churchman’s Brook Reservoir
Chief Engineer Goldfields Water Supply PWD
Engineer for Metropolitan Water Supply
Member Canning River Irrigation Advisory Committee
Member Swan River Reference Committee

GODFREY,
Ernest William Clifford
(Mr and Captain)
1892-1972

(TVL)

Civil Engineer

BCE MIE Aust

WA Division Chairman 1946 Bridge Design Engineer MRD 1928-1957

Fremantle Traffic Bridge 1939 Causeway Bridges 1952 Eyre Highway and Stirling Highway

OLDHAM,
Edward Hugh
(Lieutenant)
1893-1963

(CP)

Civil Engineer

MIEAust

WA Division Chairman 1941

WA Division Secretary and Treasurer

Senior Engineer Water Supply MWS

President Perth Legacy Club

ROSENBERG, Julius Meyer (Mr) 1894-1979 Electrical Engineer

MM MIEAust

WA Division Chairman 1951 Chief Engineer Atkins (WA) Ltd

Associate Director Atkins (WA) Ltd

McCULLOUGH,

William Alexander (Lieutenant)

1895-1976

(CP)

Civil Engineer

ME MIEAust

WA Division Chairman 1939 Member Standard Gauge Railway Advisory Board

Chief Civil Engineer WAGR

EDMONDSON,
Francis Charles (Frank)
(Mr)
1895-1980 Electrical Engineer

AWASM FIEAust MIEE MIGasE FAIEE

WA Division Chairman 1934 General Manager Electricity and Gas Department Perth City Council

Inaugural Deputy Chair SECWA
General Manager and Chief Engineer SECWA 1948-1955

FIELD,
Charles Thomas Ross
(Mr and Lt Col)
1895-1942 Civil Engineer

AMIEAust MLC

Resident Engineer Broome

Director of Public Works Australia Mandated Territory of New Guinea
Member Executive Council and Legislative Council, Australia Mandated Territory of New Guinea
Officer in Charge New Guinea Volunteer Defence Rifles (Lieutenant Colonel)

McRAE,

George Malcolm Prescott (Lieutenant)

1895-1991 Electrical Engineer

FIEAust

WA Division Chairman 1957 Electrical Engineer William Adams and Co
CULLITY, Thomas (Mr) 1896-1977 BE, CBE

Civil Engineer and Company Director

Founder and Managing Director Cullity Timber

Founder and Managing Director Westralian Plywoods
Founder Fiji Forest Industries

NORTON,

George Sidney James (Mr)

1896-1963

(CP)

Civil Engineer

BE AMIEAust

WA Division Chairman 1933 Engineer at City of Perth

WA Manager Vacuum Oil Co. Member UWA Senate UWA Warden of Convocation

STICHT,
Robert Carl
(Mr) and (Lieutenant)
1896-1958 BSc

Chemical and Mechanical Engineer

Chief Engineer Mount Lyell

Chief Engineer CBH Chief Engineer Commonwealth Fertilisers Chemicals Ltd Designed elevators and bulk storage for CBH Designed CBH H Bin Construction Engineer Picton Superphosphate Works Design and Construction Engineer Albany Superphosphate Works

BLAKEY,
Othman Frank (Professor)
1897-1952

(CP)

Civil Engineer

Structural Engineer MIEAust BE (Hons), ME

National President 1945

WA Division Chairman 1936 and 1942 IEAust Councillor 1938-1952

Foundation Professor of Civil Engineering UWA
HAYMAN,

William George Inglis (Mr)

1897-1968

(ADB) (CP)

Electrical Engineer

BE BSc MIEAust AMIEE MIRE

WA Division Chairman 1956 Head Engineering Perth Technical College

Director of Technical Education Proponent of WAIT (later Curtin)

LEACH, John Digby (Mr) 1897-1966

(TVL)

Civil Engineer

B Sc (Eng) CBE(C) MIEAust

National President 1964

WA Division Chairman 1949

Commissioner of Main Roads 1952-1964

UWA Senate 1961-1966

MILLS, Frederick (Mr) 1897-1949

(CP)

Mechanical Engineer

MIEAust MILocE MASME

WA Division Chair 1945 Locomotive Design Draughtsman WAGR

Chief Mechanical Engineer WAGR

FERNIE, Norman (Mr) 1898-1977

(ADB)

Civil Engineer

BSc BE ME MIEAust

WA Division Chairman 1943

R W Chapman Medal 1935

District Engineer Northam PWD

Director Industrial Development UWA Senate 1943-1945 Director Griffin Coal

KENWORTHY,

Frank Morrison (Major)

1899-1976

(CP)

Civil Engineer

BE LLB FIEAust AMICE

WA Division Chairman 1948 Chief Engineer MWSS&DD

Member Metropolitan Region Planning Authority Member MWSS&DD Board

YOUNG, James White (Mr) 1899-1966 Civil Engineer

BCE MIEAust

WA Division Chairman 1938 District Engineer Metropolitan Area MRD

Commissioner MRD 1941-1953 Director PWD 1953-1962

Sources

(Abbreviation) Description
(ADB) Australian Dictionary of Biography available at http://adb.anu.edu.au
(BAS) Building a State – The story of the Public Works Department of Western Australia 1829 1985, JSH Le Page, Water Authority of Western Australia WA, 1986
(BLOHE) Battye Library Oral Histories of Engineers, refer Oral History Program Interviewees
(CP) Cumming Papers
(CWA) Cyclopedia of Western Australia, Volume 1 and 2, JS Battye, WA 1912
(DJT) Dr John Taylor
(S&M) Sappers and Miners https://sappers-minerswa.com/officers/
(TLV) The Vital Link – a history of Main Roads in Western Australia 1926 1996, Leigh Edmonds, WA UWA Press 1997
(WITW) Walker in the Wilderness – the life of RJ Anketell, J Anketell, Hesperian Press, WA 1988

Other sources include the National Library of Australia Digital Newspapers at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/?q= and the National Archives Australia at http://www.naa.gov.au.

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