Sayer, George Edwin John

Summary

George E. J. Sayer, BE MIEAust, helped to plan a major Australia Post project involving the reconstruction of over 1500 km of aerial trunk route between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie, in the 1960s. The project employed a number of construction techniques not previously used in Australia.

In 1969 he received an MBA from the University of Melbourne, for his thesis "Organisation of the Australian Post Office in Western Australia".

Details

Chronology

1955

Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1956

Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE(Hons)), University of Western Australia

1961

Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

c. 1965

Career position - Group Engineer, Planning Section, Western Australia, Postmaster-General's Department

13 Sep 1968

Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Taylor, F. L. C.; Huston, J. A.; and Sayer, G. E. J., 'Telecommunication facilities between Western Australia and the eastern states', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 37 (9) (1965), 219-231. Details

Resources

• 'Sayer, George E. J.', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477088. Details

Theses

• Sayer, George E. J., 'Organisation of the Australian Post Office in Western Australia', MBA, University of Melbourne, 1969, 178 pp. 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_s.html. Details