Herbert Edward Cooper Robinson (1857 - 1933)
Robinson was a founder of the (Royal) Geographical Society of Australasia in 1885, a member of the Geographical Society of New South Wales in the late 1920s and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London. He made many valuable contributions to geographical science and was a delegate to the 1923 Sydney Regional Plan Convention. A friend and technical collaborator of Professor Sir Edgeworth David, he helped to produce David's monumental large-scale Geological Map of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1932. His draughtsmen also produced the maps for Donald Mackay's important aerial surveys of Australia from 1930.
1895 Wentworth Court-Robinson set up his own map-publishing business
1906 Phillip Street
1913 Permanent location at 221-223 George Street.
1917 H. E. C. Robinson Ltd was officially incorporated
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Hugh Giffen McKinney (1846 - 1930)
An engineer who played a crucial role in the development of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme and produced the first map of the Murray-Darling Basin. Career Highlights and Contributions McKinney trained in Northern Ireland and worked with the Indian Public Works Department. He joined the NSW Public Works Department in 1880, studying NSW rivers and working on the Upper Nepean Scheme. He proposed a plan for the Murrumbidgee canal in 1891, which was later adopted by the NSW Government. His fieldwork led to the creation of the first map of the Murray-Darling Basin and he published reports on irrigation. He was a member of engineering institutions in London and New South Wales.
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