C. Y. O'Connor

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Irish emigrant to Australia civil engineer person

C. Y. O'Connor was an Irish-born engineer who became Western Australia's pioneering colonial engineer, best known for major infrastructure projects such as the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme and the development of Fremantle Harbour.

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C. Y. O'Connor canonical 1
C. Y. O’Connor 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish emigrant to Australia ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
person ⓘ
birthCountry Ireland ⓘ
birthDate 1843-01-11 ⓘ
birthPlace Gravelmount, County Meath, Ireland ⓘ
causeOfDeath self-inflicted gunshot ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Australia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathCountry Australia ⓘ
deathDate 1902-03-10 ⓘ
deathPlace Robb Jetty, Western Australia ⓘ
near Fremantle, Western Australia ⓘ
educatedAt Waterford Endowed School ⓘ
employer Government of Western Australia ⓘ
ethnicGroup Gaelic Irish ⓘ
surface form: Irish
familyName O'Connor ⓘ
fieldOfWork harbour engineering ⓘ
infrastructure engineering ⓘ
water supply engineering ⓘ
fullName Charles Yelverton O'Connor ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
hasMemorial Curtin University ⓘ
surface form: C. Y. O'Connor College of Engineering at Curtin University

Mundaring Weir ⓘ
surface form: C. Y. O'Connor memorial at Mundaring Weir

C. Y. O'Connor statue at Fremantle ⓘ
honouredIn C. Y. O'Connor Beach, Western Australia ⓘ
C. Y. O'Connor Institute (former WA training institute) ⓘ
knownFor designing the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme to supply water to the Eastern Goldfields ⓘ
developing Fremantle Harbour as Western Australia's main port ⓘ
pioneering large-scale public works in Western Australia ⓘ
mannerOfDeath suicide ⓘ
movement colonial public works in Western Australia ⓘ
notableProjectLocation Coolgardie ⓘ
surface form: Coolgardie, Western Australia

Kalgoorlie ⓘ
surface form: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
notableWork Goldfields Water Supply Scheme ⓘ
surface form: Coolgardie–Kalgoorlie water pipeline

Fremantle Harbour ⓘ
Goldfields Water Supply Scheme ⓘ
Mundaring Weir ⓘ
numberOfChildren 8 ⓘ
occupation civil engineer ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
positionHeld Engineer-in-Chief of Western Australia ⓘ
Under-Secretary for Public Works, Western Australia ⓘ
residence Christchurch, New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Perth, Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Susan Laetitia Ness ⓘ
workLocation New Zealand ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ

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Fremantle Harbour → designer → C. Y. O'Connor ⓘ
Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse → designedBy → C. Y. O'Connor ⓘ
this entity surface form: C. Y. O’Connor