Mathew (often Matthew) Buchan Jamieson (16 May 1860 – 17 August 1895), was a Scottish-born engineer in Australia, closely identified with the young town of Broken Hill, New South Wales.
[1] In September 1883 he was, on the recommendation of Sir Robert Rawlinson, appointed Assistant Engineer in the Public Works Department of British Guiana, where much land had been reclaimed from the sea by dykes from when the country was a Dutch colony.
[1] Life in the tropics was deleterious to Jamieson's health, and in 1888 he retired from British Guiana's public service and sailed to Melbourne, Australia, where he set up in private practice[3] at 39 Queen Street.
[5] No doubt influenced by his brother, Jamieson turned his focus to the mining industry, which had a great need for qualified engineers, and he was soon involved in design and oversight of crushing, concentrating and smelting plant.
In 1890 Jamieson and George Gordon founded the Broken Hill Water Supply Company, Limited, with plans to dam Stephens Creek, and pipe it in to "The Barrier".