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Cox, William (1764 - 1837)

Construction engineer

Born: 1764 Wimborne, Dorset, England. Died: 15 March 1837 New South Wales, Australia.

William Cox was Australia's first road construction engineer, who, with a small convict team, built a road across the Blue Mountains in six months.

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See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003462. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 26 July 2006

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