Kenyon, Alfred S. (Alfred Stephen), 1867-1943
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A.S. Kenyon joined the Victorian Public Service in 1887 and worked successively in the Departments of Public Works, Water Supply and Agriculture. In 1911 he returned to the reorganised State Rivers and Water Supply Commission. He was a Commissioner when he retired in 1935. Kenyon was a member of the Council of the Historical Society of Victoria from 1911 until his death in 1943 and its President from 1931 until 1935.
From the description of Papers. 1905-1934. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222616076
A.S. Kenyon joined the Victorian Public Service in 1887 and worked successively in the Departments of Public Works, Water Supply and Agriculture. In 1911 he returned to the reorganised State Rivers and Water Supply Commission. He was a Commissioner when he retired in 1935. Kenyon was a member of the Council of the Historical Society of Victoria for 1911 until his death in 1943 and its President from 1931 until 1935. See The Victorian Historical Magazine v.18, 1940: 88-90 and v.20, 1943: 31, for a list of Kenyon's historical articles.
From the description of Papers. 1857-1910. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225773974
Engineer, Commissioner of Victorian Rivers and Water Supply Commission. President, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, President, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, President, Anthropological Society of Victoria. Author of Pastures new (1930), Pastoral pioneers of Port Phillip (1932), and many local histories.
From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225771325
Engineer, ethnologist and historian. Kenyon worked in various branches of the Victorian government overseeing water supply and irrigation. He was the author of, among other works, "Pastures new" (1930) and "Pastoral pioneers of Port Phillip" (1932). Collected aboriginal implements and was an early advocate of legislative protection of the material Aboriginal heritage.
From the description of Scrapbook [manuscript]. 1924-1935. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222955322
From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1905-1942. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225645230
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Subjects:
- Aboriginal Australians
- Aboriginal Australians
- Aboriginal Australians
- Agriculture
- Coins
- Discoveries in geography
- Engineering
- Ethnologists
- Historians
- Irrigation
- Pastoral industry
- Prospecting
- Science
- Slang
- Stone implements
- Tools, Prehistoric
- Water-supply
- Water-supply engineers
Occupations:
- Engineers
- Public servants
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- Victoria (as recorded)
- Victoria (as recorded)
- Australia--Victoria (as recorded)
- Murray River (N.S.W.-S. Aust.) (as recorded)
- Murray River (N.S.W.-S. Aust.) (as recorded)
- Australia--Victoria (as recorded)
- Australia (as recorded)
- Victoria (as recorded)
- Victoria (as recorded)
- Australia--Victoria (as recorded)
- Victoria (as recorded)
- Port Phillip Bay Region (Vic.) (as recorded)
- Australia (as recorded)
- Victoria (as recorded)
- Mallee District (Vic.) (as recorded)
- Australia--Victoria (as recorded)
- Gippsland (Vic.) (as recorded)
- Australia (as recorded)
- Australia (as recorded)
- Gippsland (Vic.) (as recorded)
- Victoria (as recorded)
