Person
Cox, William (1764 - 1837)
- Born
- 1764
Wimborne, Dorset, England - Died
- 15 March 1837
New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Construction engineer
Summary
William Cox was Australia's first road construction engineer, who, with a small convict team, built a road across the Blue Mountains in six months.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Hickson, Edna, 'Cox, William (1764-1837), military officer, roadmaker and builder' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 258-259. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010248b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2578346. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/91766886. Details
- 'Cox, William (1764-1837)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-485484. 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_c.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 26 July 2006
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