Person
Schubert, Sydney (1928 - 2015)
Kt FTSE HonFIEAust
- Born
- 22 March 1928
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 2 August 2015
Hamilton, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer and Public servant
Summary
Sir Sydney Schubert, BE BA DipT&T DipBAdm HonFIEAust FAIM, was the Coordinator General, Queensland from 1977 until he retired in 1988, and was Chief engineer, Coordinator General's Department from 1968 to 1977. Before that he was Assistant Commissioner, Department of Main Roads, Queensland, having commenced work in the department as a cadet civil engineer in 1945.
His distinguished contribution to engineering was acknowledged when he was appointed a Knight Bachelor in 1985, elected an Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust) of the Institution of Engineers Australia in 1987, and was inducted into the Engineering Heritage Queensland Hall of Fame in 2009.
He was a founding director of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, and in 1999 was a founding director of the charity the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. In 2017, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority named a reef near Lizard Island as the 'Sir Sydney Schubert Reef' in recognition of his service.
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Chronology
- - 1968
- Career position - Assistant Commissioner, Department of Main Roads, Queensland
- 1945 -
- Career position - Cadet engineer, Department of Main Roads, Queensland
- 1949
- Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1953
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1958
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE(Hon)), University of Queensland
- 1958
- Award - International Road Federation Scholarship for overseas study
- 1958
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Queensland
- 1968 - 1977
- Career position - Chief engineer, Coordinator General's Department, Queensland
- 1971 - 1977
- Career position - Member of Council, Queensland Institute of Technology
- 1971 - 1978
- Career position - Member of Council, Griffith University
- 1977
- Award - Queen's Silver Jubilee Award
- 1977 - 1988
- Career position - Coordinator General, Queensland
- 1978 - 1986
- Career position - Member of Senate, University of Queensland
- 1978 - 1998
- Career position - Foundation part-time Board member, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
- 1985
- Award - Knight Bachelor - As Permanant Head, Queensland Premier's Department
- 1986 - 1987
- Career position - Member of Advisory Council, Bond University
- 1987
- Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1988
- Life event - Retired
- 1988 - 1990
- Career position - Executive Director, Daikyo Group in Australia
- 1989
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
- 1990 - 2000
- Career position - Chief Executive Officer, Daikyo Group in Australia
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in civil engineering
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in civil engineering
- 2001
- Career position - Chair, CRC for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management
- 2001 - 2007
- Career position - Chair, CRC of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
- 2003
- Career position - Chair, CRC Torres Strait
- 2006
- Award - Honorary doctorate, James Cook University [in recognition of his management of environmental assets in North Queensland]
- 2009
- Award - Hall of Fame, Engineering Heritage Queensland, Engineers Australia
- 2012
- Award - Queensland Greats Award
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- 'Nine new Honorary Fellows [Em.Prof. David John Francis Allen-Williams; Prof. Lance Aubrey Endersbee; Kenneth John Kelsall; Steven Kenneth Langley; James Bruce Kirkwood; Em.Prof. Sydney Arthur Prentice; Harold C. Richards; Sir Sydney Schubert; Prof. Howard Knox Worner]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 60 (June 24) (1988), 42-43. Sir Sydney Schubert p.42. Details
Resources
- Queensland Greats Award, Queensland Government, 2001, https://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/qld-greats-awards/2012-queensland-greats-recipients#_sydney-schubert. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 29 May 2025