Person
Farrer, Arthur (1868 - 1948)
- Born
- 1868
Lake Modewarre, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 14 September 1948
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer and Sanitary engineer
Summary
Arthur Farrer, CE MIEAust, was the Engineer-in-Chief of the Ballarat Water Commission and the Ballarat Sewerage Authority from 1919 until he retired in 1937.
He designed the Ballarat sewerage system, and oversaw its construction and operation.
Earlier in his career he was the City Surveyor and City Engineer for the City Of Ballarat.
He many years he was active on the committee of the Municipal Engineers Branch, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia and was Chairman 1932 to 1933.
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Chronology
- 1891
- Career event - Licensed to practise as a Surveyor under the Transfer of Land Act 1890 VIC
- 1891 - 1898
- Career position - Assistant engineer, Ballarat City Council
- c. 1898 - 1920
- Career position - City engineer, Ballarat City Council
- 1919 - 1937
- Career position - Engineer-in-Chief, Ballarat Water Commission
- 1919 - 1937
- Career position - Engineer-in-Chief, Ballarat Sewerage Authority
- 1926
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia (Admitted from Institution of Municipal Engineers of Victoria, following amalgamation)
- 1932 - 1933
- Career position - Chairman, Municipal Engineers Branch, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1934
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1936 -
- Career position - Representative of sewerage authorities, Plumbers and Gas Fitters Board
- 1937
- Life event - Retired
Published resources
Conference Papers
- Farrer, Arthur, 'Ballarat Sewerage System', in Proceedings of the First Commonwealth Conference on Public Health Engineering, Melbourne, 19th - 27th September, 1927 (1928), pp. 25-32.. Details
Journal Articles
- Farrer, A., 'Ballarat Water supply, sewerage and drainage', Commonwealth Engineer, 20 (4) (1932), 109-111. 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: 21 May 2025, Last modified: 18 September 2025