Busby family.
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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| creatorOf | Busby family. Papers [microform]. | Libraries Australia |
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| correspondedWith | Busby, Alexander | person |
| correspondedWith | Busby, George, 1799-1870 | person |
| associatedWith | Busby, John, 1765-1857 | person |
| associatedWith | Busby, William. | person |
| associatedWith | Water-supply engineers | person |
| associatedWith | Woore, Thomas, 1804-1878 | person |
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