Person
Davey, Geoffrey Innes (1906 - 1975)
CBE
- Born
- 19 November 1906
Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 12 February 1975
Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer and Minister of religion
Summary
Geoffrey Davey, CBE BE FIEAust, was a leading consulting civil engineer who worked in several Australian states and Papua New Guinea with organisations concerned with water and sewerage, and iron and steel. In 1935 he formed a consulting engineering partnership 'Haskins and Davey' in Sydney with Gerald Haskins, and in 1939 joined with Gordon Gutteridge to form 'Gutteridge Haskins and Davey'. Davey is also noted for pioneering the manufacture of concrete roofing tiles in Queensland.
His firm was a founding member of the Association of Consulting Engineers Australia in 1952, and he was President 1956-1957. He also served on the council of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, and was its representative of the National Capital Development Commission. Late in life he was ordained as a priest in the Roman Catholic church.
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Chronology
- 1927
- Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1929
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney
- 1929
- Award - Edward Noyes Prize [For his paper "Methods of Survey from the Air."]
- 1933
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1935
- Career position - Partner, Haskins and Davey
- 1939 -
- Career position - Partner, Gutteridge Haskins and Davey
- 1945
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1948 - 1964
- Career position - Governing Partner, Gutteridge Haskins and Davey
- 1952 -
- Career event - Founding member, Association of Consulting Engineers Australia
- 1956 - 1957
- Career position - President, Association of Consulting Engineers Australia
- 1960
- Award - Knight commander, Order of St Gregory the Great (
- 1962
- Career position - Member of Council, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- 1964 - 1965
- Career position - Member of Council, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- 1966
- Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - Engineering and the community
- 1968
- Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]
- 1971
- Career event - Ordained as priest in the Roman Catholic church
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Campton, Edmund, 'Davey, Geoffrey Innes (1916-1975), civil engineer and priest' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 573-574. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130636b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Bell, S. R.; and Davey, G. I., 'The air conditioning of the Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Building, Sydney', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 13 (1941), 73-. Details
- Davey, G. I., 'Developments in the treatment of water for public supplies in Australia', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 31 (1959), 187- ; Discussion p.294-. Details
- Davey, G. I., 'Rock fill dams at Mary Kathleen and Mount Isa', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 32 (1960), 291-. Details
Resources
- 'Davey, Geoffrey Innes (1916-19751231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772705. Details
See also
- Cowan, Henry J, 'Chapter 11: City buildings' in Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney, Don Fraser, ed. (Crows Nest, New South Wales: Engineers Australia, 1989), pp. 219-240. Details
Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes and Helen Cohn
Created: 6 April 2016, Last modified: 26 February 2025