Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- Review of engineering development of Western Australia over the past 40 years
- In
- Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
- Imprint
- vol. 8, no. 2, Feb 1936, pp. 43-50
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0020-3319
- Description
This paper, No. 554 which originated in the Perth Division of The Institution, will be presented before the Engineering Conference to be held in Perth in April, 1936.
[At the time, the author, Edward Tindale BCE MIEAust, was the Director of Public Works and Commissioner of Main Roads, Western Australia.]
- Abstract
In this paper the author, who is Director of Public Works and Commissioner of Main Roads, Western Australia, reviews the Development of the State of Western Australia by the Engineer. He deals more particularly with the past 40 years and covers a wide field, including railways; harbour works; water supplies; irrigation; land drainage; Perth Metropolitan Water Supply; sewerage; rabbit, proof fencing; lighthouses; and roads and bridges. He reaches the conclusion that the Engineer occupies a prominent and important position in the life of the community - without him there can be no real development.