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Wade, Leslie Augustus Burton (1864 - 1915)

Born
20 June 1864
Singleton, New South Wales, Australia
Died
12 January 1915
Double bay, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Civil engineer

Summary

Leslie Wade was an engineer with the Department of Works in New South Wales. From 1911 he was executive officer and secretary of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Trust and directed the settlement and development of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.

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Chronology

1880 - 1890
Career position - Cadet working on Sydney's ocean outfall sewerage scheme, Department of Public Works [under W C Bennett]
24 Apr 1883
Career event - Student Member (StudInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
3 Dec 1889
Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1890 - 1892
Career position - Assistant Engineer, Water Conservation Branch of the Department of Mines and Agriculture
1892 - 1901
Career position - Assistant Engineer, Water Conservation Branch of the Works Department
1901 - 1904
Career position - Principal Engineer, Water Supply and Sewerage branch
1902
Career event - Gave evidence to the "Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray"
1904 - 1906
Career position - Principal Engineer, Rivers, water supply and drainage
1906 - 1909
Career position - Chief Engineer, Rivers, water supply and drainage
1909 - 1911
Career position - Chief Engineer, Irrigation and drainage
1911 - 1913
Career position - Chief Engineer, Irrigation
1913 - 1915
Career position - Commissioner for Water Conservation and Irrigation

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See also

  • Institution of Engineers Australia. Sydney Division. Engineering Heritage Committee, The Historic Engineering Plaques of Australia (Milsons Point, New South Wales: The Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1994), 38 pp. p.20. Medlow Bath Dam, N.S.W. Details

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