Person

Moncrieff, Alexander Bain (1845 - 1928)

Born
22 May 1845
Dublin, Ireland
Died
11 April 1928
Rose Park, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Engineer

Summary

Alexander Moncrieff was Engineer-in-Chief at Adelaide from 1888 and from 1909 Railways Commissioner.

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Chronology

1 May 1888
Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1898
Career position - President, Section H (Engineering and Architecture), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1902
Career event - Gave evidence to the "Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray"

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Private hands (Moncrieff, A.H.)

  • Alexander Bain Moncrieff - Records, 1845 - 1928; Private hands (Moncrieff, A.H.). Details

Published resources

Books

  • Cumming, D. A.; Moxham, G. C., They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work (Adelaide: D.A. Cumming and G.C Moxham, 1986), 241 pp. pp.141-2. Details

Book Sections

  • Stimson, A. J.; Moncrieff, Alex H., 'Moncrieff, Alexander Bain (1845-1928), engineer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 550-551. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100535b.htm. Details

Edited Books

  • Chrimes, M. M.; Cox, R. C.; Cross-Rudkin, P. S. M.; Elton, J. M. H.; Hurst, B. L.; McWilliam, R. C.; Rennison, R. W.; Sutherland, R. J. M.; Thomas, R. E. ed., Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 3: 1890-1920 (London, United Kingdom: Thomas Telford Publishing, 2014), 775 pp. 'Moncrieff, Alexander Bain, CMG', pp.435-6. Details

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See also

  • Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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