New South Wales Department of Public Works
Railway and Tramway Construction Branch

The following shows details of full-time employees as at 1900. Construction workers were employed of a Day-labor basis.

Surname	Given Names	Date of Birth	Position	Grade	Date when first appointed	Date appointed to present position	Present Salary [£]
Amos	Clarendon	9-9-1869	Draftsman	B2	2-8-1894	23-7-1895	156
Barker	Henry	19-5-1845	Chief Draftsman	A2	16-9-1867	1-1-1891	470
Beckett	George James	27-6-1858	Draftsman-in-Charge	A3	1-6-1880	15-3-1888	375
Bode	Hubert Francis Toriano	30-3-1864	2nd Class Assistant Engineer	A3	1-9-1880	13-1-1892	325
Bowry	William	30-1-1858	Draftsman	B1	23-2-1885	9-10-1885	258
Brachen	Alfred Edward	19-2-1864	Draftsman	B2	11-9-1882	11-9-1882	200
Brown	Francis Peter	27-7-1880	Cadet	B4	14-2-1898	24-4-1900	50
Burge	Charles Ormsby	24-1-1840	Principal Assistant Engineer	A1	13-2-1885	1-7-1896	700
Cocks	Walter George	30-12-1867	Draftsman	B2	18-9-1890	18-9-1890	210
Commons	Donald Gregor Grant	1-2-1855	Draftsman	A3	14-6-1878	14-6-1878	335
Conyers	Sidney Ward	25-10-1865	2nd Class Assistant Engineer	A3	21-9-1885	1-1-1894	300
Cranna	Robert Smyth	28-11-1863	Draftsman	B2	7-3-1882	14-10-1895	187
Cumming	John	5-3-1839	2nd Class Assistant Engineer	A3	22-7-1878	12-8-1887	380
Dafgard	Carl August	21-11-1854	Draftsman	B1	25-8-1881	25-8-1881	290
Deane	Henry	26-3-1847	Engineer-in-Chief	A1	20-2-1880	1-7-1891	1100
Edwards	Charles Arthur	9-8-1856	2nd Class Assistant Engineer	A3	8-9-1879	10-11-1881	300
Ewing	Robert	10-1-1838	Inspector	-	13-3-1883	13-3-1883	250
Fischer	Gustave Joseph	6-11-1856	Principal Assistant Engineer	A1	10-11-1881	1-7-1889	600
Friederich	Wilhelm	1-3-1851	Draftsman	B2	7-8-1882	7-8-1882	215
Green	Edwin Samuel	1-2-1861	Draftsman	B2	17-9-1890	17-9-1890	185
Grey	William Charles	12-10-1857	2nd Class Assistant Engineer	A3	5-1-1874	1-1-1891	335
Hayward	Alfred	30-7-1850	Draftsman	A3	27-11-1882	27-11-1882	312
Hilliger	Sylvester Arthur	16-10-1856	Draftsman	A3	5-1-1881	5-1-1881	300
Howarth	Alfred Montgomery	9-2-1852	Draftsman	A3	17-5-1884	17-5-1884	350
Hunter	John Bishop	1-1-1852	Draftsman	B2	9-8-1875	1-3-1900	200
Hutchinson	William	3-4-1855	1st Class Assistant Engineer	A1	8-1-1883	1-1-1891	560
Jamieson	John James	13-12-1856	2nd Class Assistant Engineer	A3	15-5-1877	1-4-1882	335
Jamieson	Robert Benjamin	12-4-1869	Draftsman	B2	23-10-1890	1-10-1895	200
Jordan	Albert Halse	19-5-1865	Draftsman	B2	12-5-1892	12-5-1892	185
Kennedy	Thomas	21-11-1860	2nd Class Assistant Engineer	A3	14-2-1879	1-1-1883	375
Kennedy	William	16-7-1866	Surveyor	A3	18-12-1882	9-9-1895	300
King	Philip James Lethbridge	10-2-1877	Cadet	B3	5-6-1894	5-6-1894	90
Lilja	Lechard Charlemir	27-11-1858	Draftsman	B1	28-12-1881	28-12-1881	299
Little	Albert George	8-6-1862	2nd Class Assistant Engineer	A3	18-6-1883	1-2-1892	300
Little	Christopher	5-7-1859	Draftsman	B1	22-3-1882	22-3-1882	260
Mann	Reginald Fyers	13-12-1852	Draftsman	A3	14-12-1875	1-4-1879	335
Merfield	Charles James	28-4-1866	Draftsman	B1	1-10-1890	1-10-1890	250
Mocatta	George Voss	15-7-1860	2nd Class Assistant Engineer	A3	27-6-1878	8-3-1898	300
O'Connell	Richard Murray	17-11-1857	Draftsman	B1	13-3-1882	13-3-1882	250
Powell	Edward Albert	6-8-1862	Surveyor	B1	5-5-1890	1-9-1890	250
Quodling	William James	4-12-1869	3rd Class Assistant Engineer	B1	1-2-1886	1-1-1891	250
Ramsay	David	3-3-1862	Surveyor	A3	27-7-1885	1-3-1899	300
Roberts	James Waller	14-5-1871	Draftsman	B1	22-8-1892	22-11-1892	250
Shaw	Percy William	27-8-1859	2nd Class Assistant Engineer	A3	10-6-1885	1-1-1893	335
Small	Frederick Harry	21-4-1850	1st Class Assistant Engineer	A1	1-12-1884	12-1-1891	560
Smith	Russell Yarrington	14-12-1865	Draftsman	B2	17-9-1890	4-12-1896	185
Stawell	Jonas Molesworth	12-7-1858	1st Class Assistant Engineer	A2	31-12-1881	1-1-1891	470
Stenhouse	Robert	12-10-1853	Custodian of Plans	D1	7-4-1874	15-2-1875	150
Stuart	Charles McDonnell	23-11-1851	1st Class Assistant Engineer	A2	28-4-1882	1-1-1891	470
Thom	William Stronach	9-7-1870	3rd Class Assistant Engineer	B1	14-5-1888	1-12-1892	250
Thompson	Robert	27-10-1864	Draftsman	B2	9-10-1884	18-11-1895	210
Wade	James Scargill	17-4-1868	2nd Class Assistant Engineer	A3	8-12-1885	1-1-1891	300
Walker	William Douglas	22-8-1850	2nd Class Assistant Engineer	A3	10-8-1876	19-8-1892	300
Wickham	Francis Edmund	17-4-1862	2nd Class Assistant Engineer	A3	20-10-1879	13-1-1892	350
Wilkins	George Lawrence	13-7-1846	2nd Class Assistant Engineer	A3	11-8-1881	11-8-1881	335

The Railway Resource Centre has on file the complete list of employees of the N.S.W. Department of Public Works for 1900 and for a number of other dates.

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