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Murray, Stuart (1837 - 1919) |
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| Civil engineer and Administrator | ||
| Born: 8 October 1837 Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland. Died: 12 April 1919 Kyneton, Victoria, Australia. | ||
| Stuart Murray was engineer-in-chief, Water Supply Department, Victoria 1886-1906. He was responsible for a number of major water conservance works, his greatest being the Goulburn Weir, of which he was co-designer, with the Waranga storage and its channels (Stuart Murray Canal). |
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| Born Dundee, Scotland, 8 October 1837. Died Kyneton, Victoria, 12 April 1919. Educated St Andrews (land and mining surveyor, architect and civil engineer). Arrived Victoria 1855; practised his professions at Kyneton; government mining surveyor, Daylesford for six years; engineer, United Echuca and Waranga Waterworks Trust 1882-84; secretary, royal commission on water supply 1884-86; engineer-in-chief, Water Supply Department 1886-1906; chairman, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission 1906-08. | ||
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