Person
Corin, William (1867 - 1929)
- Born
- 13 October 1867
Forest Hill, Kent, England - Died
- 2 March 1929
Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Electrical engineer
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.
Details
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)' 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. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080128b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Memoirs', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1 (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
See also
- Engineers Australia ed., Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2019), 236 pp. p.29. Details
McCarthy, G.J.; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 15 March 2023
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