Person
Mann, Gother Kerr (1808 - 1899)
- Born
- February 1808
England - Died
- 1 Jan 1899
North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer
Summary
Captain Gother Mann was the first Chief Commissioner for Railways in New South Wales from 1855 to 1857, and as consulting engineer superintended the construction of Fitzroy Dock 1851 to 1857. From 1857 until his retirement in 1870, he was Engineer-in-Chief for Civil engineering, Dry Docks and Fitzroy Dock, within the Department of Lands and Public Works.
Details
Came to Sydney in 1836. When the Sydney Railway Company was taken over by the Government in 1855, he became Chief Commissioner for Railways, a position he held until July 1857. He was engaged subsequently in the construction of the Fitzroy Dry Dock at Cockatoo Island.
Chronology
- 1820s - 1830s
- Career position - Captain, Royal Bombay Horse Artillery, East India Company
- 1836
- Life event - Arrived in Sydney, Australia
- 1839
- Career position - Appointed Magistrate, Wyoming, New South Wales
- 1851 - 1857
- Career position - Consulting engineer, construction of Fitzroy Dry Dock, Cockatoo Island, Sydney
- 1853 -
- Career event - Member, New South Wales Steam Navigation Board
- 1854 -
- Career event - Captain and Commandant, Volunteer Artillery Force, New South Wales
- 1855 - 1857
- Career event - Chief Commissioner for Railways, New South Wales
- 1857 - 1870
- Career position - Engineer-in-Chief for Civil engineering, Dry Docks and Fitzroy Dock, Department of Lands and Public Works.
- 1859 -
- Career event - Superintendent, Penal Establishment, Cockatoo Island, Sydney
- 1870
- Life event - Retired
- 1872 - 1873
- Career position - Commissioner, International Exhibition of Selected Specimens of Art and Industry [for London May 1873]
- 1888 -
- Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
Related entries
Sibling
Published resources
Book Sections
- Evans, Vaughan, 'Chapter 6: Ship building and repair' in Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney, Don Fraser, ed. (Crows Nest, New South Wales: Engineers Australia, 1989), pp. 123-150. pp.132-133, includes portrait. Details
Resources
- 'Mann, Gother Kerr (1809-1899)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475466. Details
Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 2 October 2024