Corin, William (1867 - 1929)

Summary

William Corin became Chief Electrical Engineer in the Department of Public Works, New South Wales in 1908, and consultant to the Department of Mines, New South Wales where he reported on the Snowy River hydroelectric scheme. After 1923 he became a private consultant to various governments.

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Chronology

5 Dec 1893

Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London

23 Apr 1907

Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London

Archival resources

Private hands (Shedden, K.R.)

• William Corin - Records, 1867 - 1929; Private hands (Shedden, K.R.). Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Corbett, Arthur, 'Corin, William (1867-1929), electrical engineer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 115-116. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/corin-william-5782. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Memoirs', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1 (8) (1929), 308-9. William Corin MIEAust, pp.308-309. Details
• Corin, W., 'Hydro-electric scheme, New South Wales', Commonwealth Engineer, 6 (7) (1919), 206. Details
• Corin, William, 'Power requiements and resources of New South Wales', Proceedings of the Electrical Association of Australia, New South Wales Section, 1 (1914-15), 61-112 [Discussion: pp.265-292], http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-43615629. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q587882. Details
• Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 'Application: 8592, 1893', Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/3585/. Details
• 'Corin, William (1867-1929)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466584. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Engineering Heritage : Biographies', in Engineering Heritage Australia : wiki website, Engineering Heritage Australia, 2024, https://heritage.engineersaustralia.org.au/wiki/Person:Corin,_William. Biography: William Corin. Details

See also

• 'Notes and personals', Commonwealth Engineer, 1 (11) (1914), 349-350. Details
• Engineers Australia ed., Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2019), 236 pp, https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sites/default/files/2025-08/EA1_Wonders%20never%20cease.pdf. "A city ahead of its time", pp.28-9. Details
• Spooner, E. S. (Hon.), 'History and Development of Port Kembla', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 10 (8) (1938), 279-293. Details