Corporate Body

Melbourne University Engineering Society (1889 - 1919)

The University of Melbourne

From
1889
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
To
1919
Australia
Functions
Association and Society or Membership Organisation
Location
Melbourne, Victoria

Summary

From the early 1900s, the Melbourne University Engineering Society formed out of the Melbourne University Engineering Students' Club, becoming an Alumni organization and a professional engineers' association. A member of the Melbourne University Students' Club was usually nominated to be an Assistant Honorary Secretary of the Society.

In 1919, the Melbourne University Engineering Society amalgamated with other existing engineering associations, to form the "Institution of Engineers, Australia" as one of the Institution's eleven 'Foundation Societies', and its members transferred to the Institution as foundation Associate Members.

Its proceedings were published as "The Varsity Engineer" in ten volumes between 1910 and 1916, with a War memorial edition published in 1919, to honour University students and graduates who had served in the war.

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 1889 - 1919 Melbourne University Engineering Society
       1919 - Institution of Engineers, Australia

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Ken McInnes

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