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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creatorOf Kenyon, Alfred S. (Alfred Stephen), 1867-1943. Papers [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Kenyon, A. S. (Alfred Stephen), 1867-1943. Papers. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Kenyon, A. S. (Alfred Stephen), 1867-1943. [Archives]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Clarke, William John Sir, 1831-1897. Papers, 1838-1971. Libraries Australia
referencedIn East, L. R. (Lewis Ronald), 1899-1994. Tape recording, 1986 [sound recording]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Kenyon, A. S. (Alfred Stephen), 1867-1943. Five scrapbooks of newsclippings and photographs. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Kenyon, A. S. (Alfred Stephen), 1867-1943. Scrapbook [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Kenyon, Alfred S. (Alfred Stephen), 1867-1943. Papers. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Kenyon, A. S. (Alfred Stephen), 1867-1943. Scrapbook, ca. 1930-ca 1939. [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Kenyon, A. S. (Alfred Stephen), 1867-1943. Scrapbooks, ca. 1916-ca. 1920. [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Kenyon, Alfred S. (Alfred Stephen), 1867-1943. Papers [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Kenyon, A. S. (Alfred Stephen), 1867-1943. Scrapbook. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Kenyon, Alfred S. (Alfred Stephen), 1867-1943. Notes on the Batmans [manuscript] / A. S. Kenyon. Libraries Australia
creatorOf McLaren, Ian F. (Ian Francis), 1912-. [The origins of Victorian place names : newspaper cuttings / collected by Ian F. McLaren]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Kenyon, A. S. M 347 A S Kenyon Papers. Libraries Australia
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associatedWith Batman, John, 1801-1839. person
associatedWith Clarke, William John Sir, 1831-1897. person
associatedWith East, L. R. (Lewis Ronald), 1899-1994. person
associatedWith Gloucester, Henry Duke of, 1900-1974. person
associatedWith National Historical Memorials Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith National Historical Memorials Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith Sturt, Charles, 1795-1869. person
associatedWith Victoria. State Rivers and Water Supply Commission. corporateBody
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Victoria
Victoria
Australia--Victoria
Murray River (N.S.W.-S. Aust.)
Murray River (N.S.W.-S. Aust.)
Australia--Victoria
Australia
Victoria
Victoria
Australia--Victoria
Victoria
Port Phillip Bay Region (Vic.)
Australia
Victoria
Mallee District (Vic.)
Australia--Victoria
Gippsland (Vic.)
Australia
Australia
Gippsland (Vic.)
Victoria
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Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians
Agriculture
Coins
Discoveries in geography
Engineering
Ethnologists
Historians
Irrigation
Pastoral industry
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Science
Slang
Stone implements
Tools, Prehistoric
Water-supply
Water-supply engineers
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Death 1943

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