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O'Connor, Colin (1928 - )

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Civil engineer

Born: 19 May 1928

Colin O'Connor was a long-term lecturer in Civil engineering at the University of Queensland. He also undertook a detailed survey of Australian bridges which lead to three publications including the book Spanning Two Centuries: Historic Bridges of Australia (1985). O'Connor was educated at the University of Queensland (BE (Hons)) and Imperial College London (PhD), becoming an Engineer with the Co-ordinator General's Department, Queensland Public Service before joining the university as lecturer.

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1949 - 1953 Engineer with the Co-ordinator General's Department in the Queensland Public Service
1954 - 1955 Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland
1956 - 1970 Senior Lecturer (to 1964) then Reader in Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland
1965 - 1967 External Examiner at the Royal Military College Duntroon
1970 - Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland
1971 Wrote Design of Bridge Superstructures
1972 - 1974 Dean of the Faculty of Engineering
1983 Wrote Register of Australian Historic Bridges
1985 Wrote Spanning Two Centuries: Historic Bridges of Australia

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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=P003825. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 28 August 2006

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