Busby family.
Biographical notes:
John Busby, civil engineer and coalminer, supervised coal-mining at Newcastle and devised a water supply for Sydney. The tunnel scheme from Hyde Park, completed 1837, became known as "Busby's Bore". Thos. Woore, naval officer and engineer, was Busby's father-in-law; he settled on Pomeroy, near Goulburn in 1839.
From the description of Papers [microform]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225845660
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Subjects:
- Water-supply
- Water tunnels
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Places:
- Australia--Sydney (N.S.W.) (as recorded)
