Organisation:Commonwealth Department of Works

From Engineering Heritage Western Australia

In June 1981 the Department of Housing and Construction, West Australian Region, published a history document titled 'fifty years of construction'. The history comprises articles originally written by members of the Department of Housing and Construction in 1979 during Western Australia's 150th year.

In addition to the 4.1 MB compressed version of 'fifty years of construction' available on line, EHWA holds a 34.3 MB version that can provide clearer images if required. To access a copy of this version contact engineeringheritagewa@gmail.com.
(Refer file located at <EHWA Folders/Archive/Papers from Other/1981 - Commonwealth - Fifty Years of Construction.pdf>).

The Table of Contents from the document is available below.

Chapter Section Title, Author Pages.
1. INTRODUCTION 1 - 2
2. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION
2.1 Organisation History, R.E. Ballantine 3 - 9
2.2 Depots, C. McWhae 10 - 17
3. STAFF HISTORY
3.1 Western Australia Regional Directors, U. Bosward 18 - 27
3.2 In Retrospect, R. A. Ledger 28 - 31
3.3 Regional Staff, U. Bosward 32 - 43
4. SOME EARLY COLONIAL PUBLIC WORKS
4.1 Albany Customs House and Post Office, B. Langford 44 - 47
4.2 Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie Post Offices, N. Shaw 48 - 52
4.3 Forrest Place The General Post Office, M. Latkovic 53 - 57
4.4 Forrest Place The Commonwealth Bank, M. Latkovic 58 - 59
5. OUR LARGEST CLIENT
Australia Post and Telecom, C. Courtney 60 - 69
6. CUSTOMS
6.1 Construction' and 'Customs', A. Christou 70 - 74
6.2 Customs House, Fremantle, W. Purich 75 - 76
6.3 Business and Consumer Affairs, 11 William Street Customs House, W. Purich 77 - 78
6.4 Repatriation and Customs Offices, 11 William Street, W. Purich 78 - 88
7. 'CONSTRUCTION' AND 'HEALTH', R. Durbridge 89 - 92
8. CIVIL AVIATION, M. Dennett 92 - 102
9. MARINE TRANSPORT, C. Crockford 103 - 108
10. DEFENCE PROJECTS ARMY, M. Crowe 109 - 114
11. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, J. Buchanan 115 - 129
12. DEFENCE PROJECTS AIRFIELDS, M. Dennett 130 - 131
13. DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY - KARRAKATTA AND PERTH DEPOTS - TALGARNO PROJECT, G. Cullen 132 - 137
14. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
14.1 Department of Administrative Services, U. Purich 138 - 143
14.2 The Commonwealth Centre, 1 St. George's Terrace, Perth, W. Purich 144 - 156
15. THE ROLE OF DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION ON COCOS ISLANDS, A. Braund 157 - 165
16. AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION, J. Hallam 166 - 170
17. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS
17.1 Repatriation General Hospital, Hollywood, W. Purich 171 - 179
17.2 Edward Millen Hospital, W. Purich 179 - 182
17.3 Repatriation Artificial Limb Appliances, W. Purich 183 - 185
17.4 Out Patients' Department (Clinic), W. Purich 185 - 186
17.5 Ex Soldiers' Mental Hospital (LEMNOS), W. Purich 187 - 190
18. PROJECTS FOR ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES, F. Rennie 191 - 197
19. CARNARVON WHALING STATION, T. Ryan 198 - 203
20. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE MAN INTO SPACE PROGRAM, K. Hand 204 - 206
21. LEARMONTH SOLAR OBSERVATORY, K. Hand 207 - 208
22. METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE, W. Holdsworth/M. Gallagher 209 - 215
23. COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION (CSIRO), L. Heah/T. Holton 216 - 222
24. WORK FOR OTHER REGIONS, K. Wylie 223 - 225
25. THE RESERVE BANK, J. Duffy 226 - 231
26. DEFENCE SERVICE HOMES CORPORATION, W. Edwards 232 - 235
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