The Chief: C Y O'Connor by Merab Tauman

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library copy with external stickers and protective dust jacket cover. Stamps, stickers on inside pages. Some underlining in pencil. Please see images for more information.

This study deals with C Y O'Connor's background in Ireland and professional training in England, his years of maturing experience both as engineer and administrator in New Zealand and his period as Engineer-in-Chief in Western Australia.

For Western Australia, this was a time of dramatic change in social, political and economic terms, with the further stimulation of spectacular gold discoveries, bringing in a wide range of demands from a growing population for public outlay on essential services. Here O'Connor could reveal his genius for dealing with such problems, always at a cost within the resources of the colony. (book flap)