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Kenyon, Alfred Stephen (1867 - 1943) |
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| Agricultural engineer and Ethnologist | ||
| Born: 7 December 1867 Homebush, Victoria, Australia. Died: 14 May 1943 Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. | ||
| Alfred Stephen Kenyon was a Victorian public servant from 1887. Positions he held included Engineer in Charge of Town Water Supplies, Engineer for Agriculture and Engineer in Charge of Water Supply, North-west Mallee. Kenyon was involved in opening up the northern and western Mallee and extending the districts irrigated from the Murray. From November 1932 to January 1935 Kenyon was Commissioner of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission. He is noted for his pioneer studies in ethnology of Victorian Aborigines and pastoral history. |
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