Person
Kernot, Charles Home (1885 - 1958)
- Born
- 6 August 1885
Melbouirne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 29 December 1958
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer
Summary
Charles Kernot, MIEAust MASCE CE, was a notable civil engineer at the State Electricity Commission, Victoria from 1921 to 1950, rising to the position of Chief Engineer. He was associated with the construction and commissioning of the Yallourn Power Station 1921 - 1927; the Sugarloaf - Rubicon hydro-electric power station 1927 - 1929; the rehabilitation of Yallourn Open Cut after the Latrobe River flood of 1934; and the Kiewa Hydro-electric scheme from 1938 - 1947. Earlier, working for the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, he had responsibility for the design and construction of the Sugarloaf Reservoir, on the Goulburn River, and preliminary works in Victoria for the Hume Dam on the Murray River.
His distinguished engineer career was recognised when he was awarded the Kernot Memorial Medal in 1951, presented in 1954.
He was son of distinguished civil engineer Maurice Edwin Kernot, and nephew of Professors William Charles Kernot and Wilfred Noyce Kernot.
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Chronology
- c. 1903 - c. 1908
- Career position - Articled to the engineering firm of J. M. and H. E. Coane
- 1909
- Career position - Resident engineer, Pacific Phosphate Company, Nauru
- c. 1910 - c. 1911
- Career event - Studied in Great Britain, Europe and U.S.A.
- c. 1911
- Career event - Licensed Surveyor, Victoria
- c. 1911
- Career event - Granted Certificate of Qualification as Municipal Surveyor (CE), Local Government Act 1903 VIC
- c. 1911
- Career event - Granted Certificate as Engineer of Water Supply, Water Act 1890 VIC
- 1912 - 1920
- Career position - Executive engineer, Sugarloaf Reservoir works, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission [Responsible for the design and construction of the Sugarloaf Reservoir, Goulburn River - the £1 million headworks of the main irrigation scheme of Victoria.]
- 1919 - 1920
- Career position - Executive engineer, Victorian section, Hume Dam on Murray River [Carried out preliminary works - railway connections, construction plant and surveys]
- 1920 - 1927
- Career position - Construction engineer, Acting General Superintendent, Yallourn Power Station, State Electricity Commission of Victoria
- 1921
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1927
- Career event - Member (MAmSocCE), American Society of Civil Engineers
- 1927 - 1929
- Career position - Supervising Engineer, construction of the Sugarloaf - Rubicon hydro-electric power station, State Electricity Commission of Victoria
- 1929 - 1939
- Career position - Construction engineer, State Electricity Commission of Victoria [Oversight of construction of Yallourn B]
- 1934
- Career position - Chief Supervising Engineer, Rehabilitation of Yallourn Open Cut, after the Latrobe River flooding, State Electricity Commission of Victoria
- 1937
- Career event - Overseas tour to California [to study the Boulder Dam hydro-electric undertaking, and other large U.S. hydro-electric and water supply projects]
- 1937
- Career position - Chairman, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1938 - 1947
- Career position - Chief Construction Engineer, State Electricity Commission of Victoria [Kiewa Hydro-electric scheme]
- 1942 - 1948
- Career position - Acting Chief Engineer, State Electricity Commission of Victoria [vice Ernest Bate overseas]
- 1947 - 1949
- Career position - Deputy Chief Engineer, State Electricity Commission of Victoria
- 1950
- Career position - Chief Engineer, State Electricity Commission of Victoria [Jan 1950-Dec 1950]
- 1951 -
- Career position - Consultant to the State Electricity Commission of Victoria
- 1951
- Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne [presented in 1954]
- 1951
- Life event - Retired
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Published resources
Conference Papers
- Ferguson, Jim, 'The Kernot engineers', in Engineering Heritage Victoria, Speakers Programme (2003).. Details
Edited Books
- Alexander, Joseph A. ed., Who's who in Australia 1950 (Melbourne: Colorgravure Publications, 1950). Details
Journal Articles
- Kernot, C. H., 'Irrigation schemes in Victoria', Commonwealth Engineer, 8 (1) (1920), 9-14. Details
Newspaper Articles
- 'S.E.C. Chief Engineer to Retire', The Age (1950), 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206408763. Details
- 'New Chief Engineer - Mr. C. H. Kernot Appointed', Live Wire (Yallourn) (1950), 1, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article267595715. Details
- 'Trio to get Kernot medal', The Argus (1954), 8, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23443726. Details
- 'Death of Mr. C. H. Kernot', The Age (1958), 3. Details
- Gerrand, R. K., 'A man too big for walls', The Herald (Melbourne) (1949), 13, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243675744. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 19 June 2024