George Christian Darbyshire
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George Christian Darbyshire was an English and Australian civil engineer. He was the second son of George Darbyshire, also a surveyor and railway engineer.
George Christian Darbyshire
Thomas Higinbotham
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Thomas Higinbotham, was an Irish-born civil engineer and civil servant, particularly associated with the development of railway projects in England and Australia.
George Christian Darbyshire
…He was then appointed Engineer-in-Chief of the Victorian Railways, and was in that post from April 1856 to 17 May 1860, after which he was replaced by Thomas Higinbotham. The Victorian Government Railway Department was established in 1856 as part of the Board of Land and Works. Among Darbyshire's first responsibilities…
PORTRAIT OF T HIGINBOTHAM, Engineer in Chief
Thomas Higinbotham