Person
Speedie, Milton George (1908 - 2002)
HonFIEAust
- Born
- 2 October 1908
Victoria, Australia - Died
- 30 September 2002
Canterbury, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer
Summary
Milton Speedie, MCE HonFIEAust FASCE, was a civil engineer specialising in the design, construction and safety of large dams. He joined the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria in 1935 and rose to be Chief Designing Engineer from 1963 until he retired in 1973. He was associated with the Murray River Commission, the Australian Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD) and the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD). His major projects included the new Eildon Dam and investigations for many dams including sites in the Upper Murray. His expertise was recognised nationally and internationally and for many years he represented Australia on ICOLD and was its Vice-President 1972 to 1975.
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Chronology
- 1929
- Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1930 - 1935
- Career position - Senior Demonstrator in Civil Engineering, University of Melbourne
- 1931
- Education - Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE(Hons)), University of Melbourne
- 1934
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1935 - c. 1955
- Career position - Engineer, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria
- 1940
- Education - Master of Civil Engineering (MCE), University of Melbourne [Thesis: Report on the application of soil mechanics to earth dam design and construction]
- 1941
- Career event - Visited the United States af America and Canada, on behalf of the River Murray Commission [to investigate dam design and construction]
- 1946
- Career event - Visited the United States af America and Canada, on behalf of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria [to investigate dam design and construction]
- 1947 - 1961
- Career position - Representive for Victoria, Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD)
- 1948
- Award - Warren Memorial Prize 1949, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1948
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1948
- Award - R W Chapman Medal, Institution of Engineers Australia
- c. 1955 - 1963
- Career position - Senior Executive Engineer, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria
- 1956
- Career position - President, Australian Corrosion Association
- 1961 - 1965
- Career position - Chairman, National Committee, Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
- 1961 - 1973
- Career position - SR&WSC representive, Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD)
- 1962 - 1963
- Career position - Chairman, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1963 - 1973
- Career position - Chief Designing Engineer, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria
- 1966 - 1969
- Career position - Vice-Chairman, Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD)
- 1969
- Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]
- 1970
- Career event - Visited the United States af America, Canada, and USSR on behalf of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria [to investigate dam design and construction]
- 1970 - 1973
- Career position - Chairman, Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD)
- 1970 - 1979
- Career position - Member of Council, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- 1972 - 1975
- Career position - Vice-Chairman, International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD)
- 1973
- Life event - Retired
- 1974
- Career position - Consulting engineer, in private practice
- 1979
- Career position - General Reporter Q.48 at 13th ICOLD Congress, New Delhi
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Wickham, Alan; Fitzpatrick, Mike, The ANCOLD story : 1937-1995 (Australian National Committee on Large Dams, 1998), 55 pp. Details
Conference Papers
- Lee, F. M.; Speedie, M. G., 'Earth dams in Victoria : A historical review', in Fourth ANZ Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (Adelaide: 1963), pp. 25-33.. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Warren Memorial Prize: 1949 Award [M. G. Speedie MCE MIEAust]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 23 (1951), 61. Details
- Ferris, I. J.; Speedie, M. G.; Bonwick, J. E., 'Welded penstocks: Materials, construction and inspection', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 28 (1956), 133-. Details
- Speedie, M. G., 'Earth Dams. Their design and the causes of some failures', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 15 (1943), 205-. Details
- Speedie, M. G., 'Investigation and designs for Eildon Dam enlargement [Discussion]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 20 (1948), 202-. Details
- Speedie, M. G., 'Investigation and designs for Eildon Dam enlargement', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 20 (1948), 81-91. Details
- Speedie, Milton G., 'Pore pressure in earthern embankments', Commonwealth Engineer (1942). Details
Reports
- Institution of Engineers Australia, Thirty-second Annual Report [1951] (1952), 14 pp. 'Prizes - R. W. Chapman Medal (1948 Award), to Mr M G Speedie, MCE MIEAust, Melbourne Division, for his paper "Investigations and Designs for Eildon Dam Enlargement"', p.2. Details
See also
- Draper, W.J. ed., Who's who in Australia 1983 (Melbourne, Victoria: Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1983), 960 pp. p.299. Details
- 'The subsidence of a rockfill dam and the remedial measures employed at Eildon Reservoir, Australia', Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, https://doi.org/10.1680/ijoti.1938.14641. Details
- 'Warragamba Dam [Discussion]', Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, https://doi.org/10.1680/iicep.1965.9362. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 5 June 2024