Victorian Genealogy
Finding People and Places in Victoria, Australia.
Engineers may have trained at a university. See University Records.
Engineers may be employed by local councils as municipal surveyors. See Municipal Officers.
See Business Records.
Also see Inventor Records.
Also see Designer Records.
Also see Public Infrastructure Records.
VICTORIAN BUILDING AUTHORITY - BUILDING PRACTITIONERS REGISTER
At present in order to operate engineers need to be registered. The building practitioners register includes building surveyors, building inspectors, quantity surveyors, engineers, draftsperson, domestic project managers, erectors/supervisors of temporary structures, commercial builders, domestic builders and demolishers.
https://consumer.etoolbox.buildingcommission.com.au/Pages/Search.aspx
ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL ENGINEERING REGISTER
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE - PROCEEDINGS OF THE VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS 1883-1948
https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/104
Engineers in Australia may have been members of British institutions:
ANCESTRY - UNITED KINGDOM, CIVIL ENGINEER RECORDS, 1820-1930
This collection contains documents relating to membership in the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1820-1930. They may be browsed and they are searchable.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=3585
ANCESTRY - UNITED KINGDOM, MECHANICAL ENGINEER RECORDS, 1847-1938
This database contains documents relating to membership in the Institution of Mechanical Engineers from 1847 to 1938. They may be browsed and they are searchable.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=3149
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE
A gateway to the history of Australian science, technology, engineering and medicine.
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