Perth Commemorative Plaques, St Georges Terrace
From Engineering Heritage Australia
In 1979 the City of Perth installed a set of commemorative street plaques along St Georges Terrace, the main commercial street in the Perth CBD. These plaques honour the people who have left their mark, in some significant way, on Western Australia. They include civic leaders, doctors, pioneers, teachers, sportspeople and engineers, with one plaque for every year since the settlement of the Swan River Colony in 1829.
Among the plaques are a number of engineers and other professionals who fulfilled engineering roles (regardless of the job title). Their stories are shared below.
| Year | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1830 | John Septimus Roe | Surveyor General |
| 1837 | Henry Willey Reveley | Architect |
| 1902 | C. Y. O'Connor | Engineer |
| 1925 | James Thompson | Railway Engineer |
| 1944 | Lieutenant Commander Leon U. Goldsworthy, G.C. | War Hero |
| 1951 | Sir Russell Dumas | Public Servant |
| 1983 | William Harold Clough A.O. O.B.E. | Engineering and Commerce |
EHWA has retrieved the original City of Perth publication commemorating the street plaques and made it available here.
