| 1865 |
Birth - 27 June, at Dudley Street, West Melbourne |
| 1874-75 |
Resides with family in Jerilderie, New South Wales |
| 1877-81 |
Student at Scotch College |
| 1882 |
Enrols at University of Melbourne |
| 1884 |
Joins Univesity Company of the Victorian Rifles, appointed Color-Sergeant in 1886 |
| 1884-87 |
Employed on construction of Princes Bridge and other bridge works in Melbourne for David Munro & Co. |
| 1887 |
Commission in the Militia Garrison Artillery |
| 1887 |
Takes charge of construction works for Outer Circle Railway |
| 1891 |
Marries Victoria Moss |
| 1893 |
Master of Civil Engineering
Birth of daughter Bertha |
| 1892-94 |
Assistant Engineer and Chief Draftsman of Melbourne Harbour Trust. Qualifies as Municipal Surveyor, Engineer for Water Supply and as Patent Agent |
| 1894-1905 |
Private Practice (Monash and Anderson) as Consulting Engineer and Patent Attorney |
| 1895 |
Awarded Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws |
| 1897-99 |
Legal-engineering work in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia |
| 1901 |
Monier Pipe Company Pty. Ltd. formed (Monash, Anderson and Mitchell) |
| 1905 |
Reinforced Concrete and Monier Pipe Construction Company Pty. Ltd. formed (Monash and Mitchell) |
| 1907 |
Takes command of Victorian Section of newly formed Intelligence Corps |
| 1908 |
Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1912 |
President of Victorian Institute of Engineers |
| 1913 |
Appointed Colonel and commander of 13th Infantry Brigade in Victoria |
| 1914 |
Leaves Australia in command of 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force |
| 1915 |
Promoted to Brigadier-General |
| 1916 |
Promoted Major-General in command of new 3rd Division |
| 1918 |
Knighted by King George V |
| 1918 |
Appointed Australian Corps Commander and promoted to Lieutenant-General |
| 1919 |
Returns to Australia |
| 1920 |
Death of Victoria Monash
Appointed General Manager of the State Electricity Scheme |
| 1921 |
Awarded Doctor of Engineering
Appointed Chairman State Electricity Commission |
| 1921-31 |
Oversees design and construction of Shrine of Rememberance |
| 1923 |
Chairman of Royal Commission into police strike |
| 1923-31 |
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne |
| 1929 |
Promoted to General
Awarded Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal (Institute of Engineers, Australia) |
| 1930 |
Awarded Kernot Memorial Medal (University of Melbourne) for brown coal development |
| 1931 |
Death - 8 October 1931 |