Person
Barney, George (1792 - 1862)
- Born
- 19 May 1792
Wolverhampton, England - Died
- 16 April 1862
St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Engineer
Summary
George Barney was the civil engineer for New South Wales 1836-1844. Major projects for which he was responsible include a circular quay at Sydney Cove, military barracks in Paddington and Fort Denison (completed 1857).
Details
Born Woverhampton, England, 19 May 1792. Died Sydney, 16 April 1862. Second lieutenant, Royal Engineers 1808-13, captain 1813-25, several years experience of civil engineering, Jamaica, captain 1825; arrived Sydney 1835 with the Royal Engineers and given the duties of civil engineer, responsible for a circular quay at Sydney Cove, a breakwater at Newcastle, pier harbours at Wollongong and the defences of Sydney; major 1839; supervised the building of the Victoria Barracks from 1841; lieutenent colonel ca 1842; returned to England 1844-46; superintendent of a new convict colony in North Australia at Port Curtis 1846-47; chief commissioner of crown lands 1849-55; surveyor-general 1855-62. Chairman of Directors, Gaslight Co. and a trustee of the Savings Bank of New South Wales from 1841.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- 'Barney, George (1792-1862), soldier and engineer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 60-61. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010058b.htm. Details
Conference Papers
- Sutton, R., 'George Barney re (1792-1862), first colonial engineer', in Engineering Conference 1984: Conference Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1984), pp. 13-17., https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.610769572085703. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5536730. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/11797136. Details
- 'Barney, George (1792-1862)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-564544. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_b.html. Details
- Fraser, Don, 'Chapter 1: The seventy years 1790-1960' in Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney, Don Fraser, ed. (Crows Nest, New South Wales: Engineers Australia, 1989), pp. 1-16. Details
- Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 21 August 2019
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