Charles Corbett Powell Wilson was a Victorian engineer and public servant, responsible for construction and Maintenance of bridges in Western Region of Victoria, Australia. He was the eldest son of Charles Anthony Corbett Wilson, also a prominent engineer in Victoria.[1]
Wilson, Charles Corbett Powell | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1857 Geelong |
| Died | c. 1938 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Parent(s) | Charles Anthony Corbett Wilson, nee Powell |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | civil engineer |
Wilson was Portland Shire engineer around 1901, and took over as shire engineer of the Leigh and Buninyong Shires on his father's retirement in about 1903. He was shire engineer at Buninyong in 1923 and was active in Ballarat until at least 1937.[2][3]
Elected as president of the Institute of Local Government Engineers of Australasia 25 October 1922
He was married to Edith Jane Lynd, second daughter of Sydney Rudge Robinson, Esq. MRCSL, LAC, on 4 April 1884, at Christ Church, Geelong, by the Rev Canon Goodman.[4]
References
edit- ^ Griffith, Peter, 'Father and Son: Victorian Engineers Charles Anthony Corbett Wilson and Charles Corbett Powell Wilson' Memo vol. 67, August, 1986, pp. 30–31, 34–35
- ^ 'COUNTRY ROADS.', The Argus 2 November, 1923 p. 16, viewed 3 April, 2013
- ^ Australian Electoral Roles, Ancestry.com
- ^ 'Family Notices.', The Argus 1 May,1884 p. 1, viewed 3 April, 2013