Person
Mackenzie, Arthur Cecil (1873 - 1956)
- Born
- 16 October 1873
Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 18 September 1956
Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer
Summary
Arthur Mackenzie, MInstCE MIStructE MVIE MIEAust and registered Architect in Victoria, was Engineer-in-Chief for the Melbourne Harbor Trust from 1913 to 1920 and later was a Member of the Court of Marine Inquiry. In 1920 he became a partner in the firm D'Ebro, Mackenzie and Meldrum, Civil engineers and Architects, and was associated with many of its large commissions including freezing works.
When he commenced work with the Melbourne Harbor Trust he was given the task of developing a future long term plan for the Port of Melbourne, that was partly approved by the Commissioners, and then he was charged with progressively implementing the improvements.
He was active within the engineering profession, as a Councillor of the Institution of Engineers Australia, and as Chairman and Committee member of its Melbourne Division.
Details
Associated with the following major projects:
* Harbour improvements, Port of Geelong;
* Harbour improvements, Port of Melbourne (as adopted 1915);
* Harbour improvements, Port of Rabaul;
* Royal Commissioner, Life saving equipment of Bay steamers;
* Tamar river harbour improvements, Launceston;
* Advisor to South Australian, Western Australian, Victorian, Tasmanian, and Commonwealth governments in connection with harbour works, freezing works, and coal handling works;
* Consulting engineer to Dalgety and Co. Melbourne;
* Consulting engineer to Melbourne Electric Supply Co.;
* Consulting engineer to Newcastle Abattoirs Board;
* Consulting engineer to Commonwealth Oil Refineries Ltd.;
* Consulting engineer to Commonwealth Home and Territories Department;
* Report on Transporter bridge, over the Yarra, 1926;
Chronology
- 1880s
- Education - Sydney Grammar School
- 1890s
- Education - Studied engineer, Folkestone Technical College, England
- 1892 - 1893
- Career position - Assistant manager, Rosedale stone mine, Yorkshire [under J. H. Lascelles]
- 1893 - 1896
- Career position - Articled pupil and engineering assistant, Great Northern Railway Company, London [under R. Johnson, Engineer-in-Chief]
- 1896 - 1899
- Career position - Assistant engineer, Great Northern Railway Company, London
- 1899 - 1900
- Career position - Assistant engineer, Imperial Chinese Railway (North China)
- 1900
- Military service - Expeditionary Forces, China
- 3 Apr 1900
- Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 1901 - 1906
- Career position - Assistant engineer, Sydney Harbor Trust
- 1906 - 1913
- Career position - Engineer-in-chief, Geelong Harbor Trust
- 1912
- Career event - Called to give evidence before Royal Commission on the Geelong Harbor Trust
- 1913 -
- Career event - Member (MVIE), Victorian Institute of Engineers
- 1913 - 1914
- Career position - Commissioner, Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into … Life-Saving Equipment on Vessels …
- 1913 - 1920
- Career position - Engineer-in-chief, Melbourne Harbor Trust
- 17 Dec 1917
- Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 1919
- Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1920
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1920 - 1926
- Career position - Partner, D'Ebro, Mackenzie and Meldrum, Civil engineers and Architects
- 1920 - 1930
- Career position - Member of Council, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1921
- Career position - Chairman, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1927 -
- Career position - Director, Gibson Battle (Melbourne) Pty Ltd
- 1927
- Career position - Commissioner, Royal Commission on Napier Harbour, New Zealand
- 1928 - 1934
- Career position - Scientific Member, Court of Marine Inquiry, Department of Public Works, Victoria
- c. 1939
- Life event - Retired, returned to Sydney
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- 'Australian timbers, forestry and re-afforestation - Conference in Victoria', Commonwealth Engineer, 4 (6) (1917), 168-169. Details
- Mackenzie, A. C., 'The Port of Melbourne - Construction of a new Railway Pier', Commonwealth Engineer, 4 (7) (1917), 178-181. Details
- Mackenzie, A. C., 'Harbour development in Australia', Commonwealth Engineer, 5 (10) (1918), 293-297. Details
- Mackenzie, A. C., 'Notes upon the destruction of wharf piles by Crustacea and Mollusca in Australian harbours', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers Australia, 8 (1927), 121-158, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.263838168439998. Details
Parliamentary papers
- Barber, John Henry; Box, John Burnett; Callaway, William Alfred; MacKenzie, Arthur Cecil; Merrie, William J.; Murray, John, Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Sufficiency or Otherwise of Life-Saving Equipment on Vessels Carrying Passengers on Rivers, Lakes, or Land-Locked Waters Within the State of Victoria : together with appendices and minutes of evidence (Melbourne: Mullett, Government Printer, 1913), 163 pp. https://pov.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_GB/parl_paper/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:23544/one. Commissioner. Details
- Royal Commission on the Geelong Harbor Trust, Minutes of evidence / Royal Commission on the Geelong Harbor Trust (Melbourne: Mullett, Acting Government Printer, 1912), 495 pp. https://pov.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_GB/parl_paper/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:23099/one. Called to give evidence. Details
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