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 |
