Person
Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey (1885 - 1977)
MC
- Born
- 2 November 1885
Guildford, Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 27 December 1977
Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Army officer and Civil engineer
Summary
Geoffrey Drake-Brockman was Assistant director of the Public Works Department, Western Australia, and Chairman of the Western Australian Transport Board. Earlier in his career he surveyed the route of the railway line from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta, and was Commissioner and later Engineer for the North West, for the Western Australian government.
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Chronology
- 1903 - 1908
- Career position - Cadet, Engineering branch, Public Works Department Western Australia
- 1908 - c. 1914
- Career position - Seconded to the Commonwealth, to map a rail route from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta
- 1914 - 1920
- Military service - First World War. Major, Australian Imperial Forces
- 1917
- Award - Military Cross - Engineers
- 1919
- Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1920 - 1921
- Career position - Officer, Forests Department, Western Australia [sent to China to investigate marketing sandalwood]
- 1921 - 1926
- Career position - Commissioner for the Department of the North-West, Western Australia
- 1926 - 1941
- Career position - Engineer for the North-West, Public Works Department Western Australia
- 1935
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1940
- Career position - President, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1941 - 1944
- Military service - Second World War. Brigadier, Australian Army Headquarters, Melbourne
- 1946 - 1949
- Career position - Assistant director, Public Works Department, Western Australia
- 1949 - 1952
- Career position - Chairman, Western Australian transport Board
Related entries
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Published resources
Books
- Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey, The turning wheel (Perth: Paterson Brokensha, 1960), 317 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Cowan, Peter, 'Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey (1885-1977), civil engineer and army officer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 34-35. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/drake-brockman-geoffrey-10047. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Pioneer president dies at 92. [Obituary: Drake Brockman, Geoffrey]', Engineers Australia, 50 (2) (1978), 14. Details
- Chapman, W. D.; Telford, W. M.; Tregoning, A. C.; Drake-Brockman, G., 'The future of the engineering profession (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 7 (9) (1935), 321-322. Details
- Drake-Brockman, G., 'Chairman's address [Perth Division]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 9 (11) (1937), 446-452. Details
- Drake-Brockman, G., 'Presidential address [1941] - The North of Australia', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 13 (4) (1941), 81-87. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12789723. Details
- 'Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey (1885-19771231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468273. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Engineering Heritage : Biographies', in Engineering Heritage Australia : wiki website, Engineering Heritage Australia, 2024, https://heritage.engineersaustralia.org.au/wiki/Person:Drake-Brockman,_Geoffrey. Biography: Geoffrey Drake-Brockman. Details
See also
- Birman, Wendy, 'Drake-Brockman, Frederick Slade (1857-1917), surveyor and explorer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 340-341. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/drake-brockman-frederick-slade-6015. Details
Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes
Created: 6 April 2016, Last modified: 24 October 2024