Person
Higgins, Patrick (1825 - 1882)
- Born
- 1825
Sligo, Connaught, Ireland - Died
- 28 January 1882
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Railway engineer
Summary
Patrick Higgins built the Lithgow section of the zigzag railway in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, completing it in 1869.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Nairn, Bede, 'Higgins, Patrick (1825-1882), contractor and pastoralist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1972), pp. 389-390. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040441b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21536997. Details
- 'Higgins, Patrick (1825-1882)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466459. 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_h.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 31 July 2006
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