Vine Hall, Roger (1878 - 1967)

Summary

Roger Vine Hall, BE MIEAust AMIEE, was associated with the Sydney electricity undertaking for forty years, starting as a Junior Assistant Electrical Engineer with the Sydney City Council in 1903, rising to Assistant Chief Electrical Engineer in 1935. When the electricity function was transferred to the Sydney County Council in 1935 he became Chief engineer, and then General Manager from 1939, until he retired in 1944.

He was closely associated with the expansion of the electricity network during the 1930s, including the Bunnerong power station and distributions system.

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Chronology

1899

Award - P. N. Russell Scholarship for Mechanical Engineering, University of Sydney

1903 -

Career position - Junior Assistant Electrical Engineer, Sydney City Council

c. 1903

Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney

c. 1906 -

Military service - Lieutenant, Sydney University Scouts, Military Forces of the Commonwealth

1917 -

Career position - Distribution Superintendent, Electricity Supply Department, Sydney City Council

1919

Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1920

Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1926

Career event - Associate Member (AMIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London

1935

Career position - Assistant City Electrical Engineer, Electricity Department, Sydney City Council

1935 - 1939

Career position - Chief engineer, Sydney County Council

1939

Career event - Appointed Member, Electricity Advisory Committee,

1939 - 1944

Career position - General Manager, Sydney County Council [succeeded H. R. Forbes Mackay, retired]

1944

Life event - Retired

1967

Buried - Macquarie Park, North Ryde

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Published resources

Edited Books

• Alexander, Joseph A. ed., Who's who in Australia 1950 (Melbourne: Colorgravure Publications, 1950). Page 721. Details

Journal Articles

• Boyd, G. S.; Vine Hall, Roger; Haugaard, F. B.; Burgess, N. C.; Longfield, C. M.; Lloyd, A. G., 'The Bunnerong power station, and Bunnerong distribution system (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2 (6) (1930), 208-210. Details
• Butters, J. H.; Dare, H. H.; Julius, G. A.; Myers, W. H.; Corner, W. S.; McKay, R. T.; Poole, William; Vine-Hall, R.; Stephens, C. T.; Tournay-Hinde, A. W.; Smith, A. C.; Carter, H. G.; Madsen, J. P. V.; Stobie, J. C.; Flockart, A. P.; Child, H. A., 'Notes on the development of the power resources of Tasmania (Discussions and communications)', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 7 (1927), 616-632, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.865142783447709. Details
• Crawford, J. M.; Vine Hall, R.; Baker, Richard T.; Welch, M. B.; Grant, R.; Froggatt, W. W.; Lofts, G. H.; Burton, W. L.; Brookman, J. R.; Morse, R. V.; Humble, W., 'Preservation of wooden poles - I and II (Appendices, and discussions and communications)', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 5 (1924), 342-354, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.862590066385336. Details
• Jeffrey, Charles Stuart; Carter, H. G.; Vine-Hall, R.; Regli, E.; Hebblewhite, W. R., 'Some economic aspects of the water power problem in N.S.W. (Discussions and Communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2 (2) (1930), 66-67. Details
• Myers, Walter Harold; Ahern, H. D.; Sykes, F.; Main, J. M.; Nolan, D. J.; Vine-Hall, R.; Page, Earle; Moss, H. P.; Brain, V. J. F., 'The supply of electricity in bulk, with special reference to conditions in New South Wales (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 16 (7-8) (1944), 147-152. Details
• Vine Hall, Roger, 'Preservation of wooden poles - II', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 5 (1924), 60-66, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.862142875075139. Details
• Vine Hall, Roger, 'Bunnerong distribution system', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2 (1) (1930), 1-27. Details
• Vine Hall, Roger, 'Bunnerong distribution system (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 3 (6) (1931), 223. Details