Person

Garson, George (1862 - 1911)

Born
23 February 1862
Orkney Islands, Scotland
Died
12 June 1911
Eaglemont, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Civil engineer

Summary

George Garson, MInstCE, was a well respected irrigation engineer and was a Commissioner of the State Rivers and Waters Supply Commission, Victoria, from its foundation in 1906 until his sudden death in 1911.

He was Deputy Chief Engineer of the Water Supply Department, under Chief Engineer, Stuart Murray, from 1902 to 1906, and was the Municipal Engineer and Water Supply Engineer, to the Shire of Waranga and the Echuca and Waranga Waterworks Trust from 1893 to 1902.

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Chronology

1878 - 1880
Career position - Pupillage, A & J Main and Co, Structural engineers, Glasgow, Scotland [in drawing office]
1880 - 1882
Education - Student, Glasgow University
1882 - 1884
Education - Student, Edinburgh University
1884
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Edinburgh
1884 - 1885
Career position - Laboratory assistant, University of Edinburgh [Assistant to Professor Tait]
1885 - 1888
Award - Vans Dunlop Scholar in Engineering, University of Edinburgh
1886 - 1887
Career position - Assistant engineer, to John Thomson BE, Harbour Engineer, Gisborne, New Zealand [design and construction of wharves, concrete blocks.]
1887 - 1888
Career position - Engineer, A & J Main and Co, Structural engineers, Glasgow, Scotland [design of structural ironwork, principally bridges]
1888 -
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1888
Life event - Moved to Victoria, Australia, on account of health
1888 - 1889
Career position - Engineer, Victorian Railways [field surveys]
1889 - 1890
Career position - Assistant resident engineer, Victorian Railways [Construction of Ararat and Avoca railway lines]
1890
Career position - Assistant engineer, Bairnsdale Irrigation Trust [under James Henderson AssocMInstCE, Mitchell River dam, irrigation channels, aqueducts, roads, bridges]
1891
Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1892 - 1893
Career position - Assistant engineer, Water Supply Department, Victoria [under Stuart Murray, Chief engineer]
1893 - 1902
Career position - Municipal and Water Supply Engineer, Shire of Waranga; Echuca and Waranga Waterworks Trust [Design and construction of roads and bridges works, irrigation channels, town water supply works]
1902
Career event - Gave evidence to the "Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray"
1902 - 1906
Career position - Deputy Chief Engineer, Water Supply Department, Victoria [under Stuart Murray]
1906
Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1906 - 1911
Career position - Commissioner, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria
1911
Life event - Buried Heidelberg Cemetery

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