Person
Sambell, Albert Keaston Trenavin (1879 - 1936)
- Born
- 1879
Violet Town, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 25 September 1936
Toorak, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer and Hydraulic engineer
Summary
Albert Sambell CE AMIEAust was a consulting civil and hydraulic engineer, for the municipalities of Towong, Traralgon, Sale, Warburton, Frankston and Hastings, and Mornington, and was a pioneer in the improvement of roads.
He designed the water supply for Sale, Traralgon, Morwell, Dandenong, Frankston, Cobden, Violet Town, Glenrowan, the Flinders Naval Depot, and the Mornington Peninsula.
Sambell established the Phillip Island and Westernport Shipping Company ferry service between Phillip Island and the mainland, the Isle of Wight hotel at Cowes, developed a motor racing circuit, and helped make the island a leading holiday resort. He was President of the Shire of Phillip Island from its formation in 1929, until his death in 1936.
From about 1918, engineer Charles W. A. A. Candy, was employed by Sambell, and from about 1921 they became partners in the consulting practice Sambell and Candy.
Details
Associated Works:
* Hydro-electric scheme for Traralgon 1910;
* Nepean Highway, Oliver's Hill road re-alignment, 1913;
* Hydro-electric scheme for Warburton 1915;
* Lakes Entrance Water Supply 1920;
* Frankston Dandenong Road, 1920;
Chronology
- 1900
- Career position - Assistant to Shire engineer Benalla [under W. H. White]
- 1901 - 1902
- Career position - Assistant engineer and thistle inspector, Towong Shire Council
- 1902 - 1905
- Career position - Shire engineer, Towong Shire
- 1905
- Career position - Shire engineer, Alberton Shire Council
- 1905
- Career event - Granted Certificate of Competency as Municipal Surveyor (CE), Local Government Act 1903 VIC
- 1905 - 1917
- Career position - Secretary and consulting engineer, Traralgon Shire Council
- 1907
- Career event - Granted Certificate as Engineer of Water Supply, under Irrigation Act 1886 VIC
- 1907
- Career position - Engineer, Traralgon Water Trust
- 1908 - 1911
- Career position - Engineer, Sale Borough Council [Sale waterworks]
- 1908 - 1914
- Career position - Engineer, Upper Yarra Shire Council
- 1909
- Career event - Proposed Warburton hydro-electric scheme
- 1909 - 1921
- Career position - Consulting engineer, Frankston and Hastings Shire Council
- 1910
- Career event - Proposed Hydro-electric scheme for Traralgon
- 1912
- Career event - Established the Phillip Island ferry service
- 1913 - 1916
- Career position - Engineer, Mornington Shire
- 1914
- Career event - Cobden Water Supply scheme
- 1917
- Career position - Engineer, Rosedale Water Trust
- 1918
- Career position - Secretary, Road Users Association [Lobbied for construction of Great Ocean Road]
- 1920
- Career position - Mildura Sewerage and Drainage scheme
- 1926
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia (Admitted from Institution of Municipal Engineers of Victoria, following amalgamation)
- 1928 - 1936
- Career position - First President, Phillip Island Shire
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- 'Memoirs', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 9 (10) (1937), 409-411. p.410. Details
- Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Seventh Annual General Meeting [March 1927] and Seventh Annual Report [1926]', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 7 (1927), xvi-xli, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.864993719677643. Admitted as Associate Member following the decision of the Institution of Municipal Engineers of Victoria to amalgamate with the Institution. See pp.xxi-xxii. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 8 May 2025, Last modified: 18 September 2025