Nedlands, WA: University of Western Australia Press, 1978. xiv, 290pp, index, notes, appendix, bw ills, maps, endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Very light even toning to page edges, very slight foxing to prelims. Very light edge wear to jacket. The life and work of CY O'Connor, an engineer of genius, whose living monuments are the harbour at Fremantle and the Eastern Goldfields Water Supply. He served as Engineer-in-Chief of Western Australia at a time of dramatic social, political and economic change in the colony with the stimulation of gold discoveries bringing an increased demand for public services, showing his genius for solving such problems.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

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Bookseller: Lawrence Jones (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 024097
Title: The Chief. C. Y. O'Connor
Author: Tauman, Merab
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0855641231
ISBN 13: 9780855641238
Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
Place of Publication: Nedlands, WA
Date Published: 1978
Keywords: Gold Mining Western Australia Fremantle Eastern Goldfields Engineering Harbour Railway Trains Politics Coolgardie Esperance
Bookseller catalogs: Australiana & NZ; Biography;

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