Person
Worner, Neil Murray (1914 - 2011)
HonFIEAust
- Born
- 5 September 1914
Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 9 June 2011
Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer
Summary
Neil Worner, BCE HonFIEAust, was a civil engineer who headed up the construction of the Rocklands Dam (1938-1953) for the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria; was Chief engineer with the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority (1958-1974); and later returned to the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission.
Details
Chronology
- 1931
- Award - Senior Technical Scholarship, Education, Department of Victoria
- 1933
- Award - University Senior Scholarship, Education Department of Victoria
- 1933
- Award - Gold medal, Bendigo Schoool of Mines
- 1933
- Education - Diploma in Civil Engineering (DipCE), Bendigo School of Mines
- 1935
- Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1936
- Award - "Argus" Scholarship, Civil Engineering. University of Melbourne
- 1936
- Education - Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE), University of Melbourne
- 1937 - 1939
- Career position - Senior demonstrator in civil engineering, University of Melbourne
- 1939 - 1941
- Career position - Assistant Engineer, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria
- 1941
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1943 - 1945
- Military service - Flying Officer, 6 Airfield Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
- 1945 - c. 1947
- Career position - Resident Engineer, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria
- c. 1947 - 1958
- Career position - Executive Engineer, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria
- 1958 - 1972
- Career position - Chief engineer - civil design and scientific services, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority
- 1962
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1968
- Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]
- 1972 - 1974
- Career position - Chief engineer, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority
- 1974 - 1979
- Career position - Engineer, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria
- 1979 - 1990?
- Career position - Senior resident consultant, Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners. [Monasavu hydroelectric scheme, Fiji]
- 1983
- Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 2011
- Life event - Buried, Lake Boga Lawn Cemetery, Victoria
Related entries
Sibling
Published resources
Journal Articles
- 'Three new Honorary Fellows [Murray Gosper; Bob Hillman; Neil Worner]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 55 (19) (1983), 13. Details
Reports
- Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1983 [Sixty-fourth Annual Report] (1984), 16 pp. 'Institution Honours - Council elected Mr N M Worner, as Honorary Fellow', p.12. Details
Resources
- CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office, 'NAA: A9300, WORNER N M', A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=5242201. Details
See also
- 'The Australian Geomechanics Society', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 42 (1-2) (1970), N8-N10. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 3 May 2023, Last modified: 6 June 2023