Description
Book SynopsisFew can claim to affect the lives of every person in every community, but that is the legacy of local government engineers. Many saw service in both world wars and later used the diverse skills acquired in war in their peacetime council work. Always fascinated by new technology, local government engineers have devised improved methods of road and bridge construction, and taken on vital tasks such as providing reticulated water to rural communities. As well as facing the challenge of ‘droughts and flooding rains’, they have designed swimming pools and airports and been involved in town planning.
This book celebrates the first 100 years of the Local Government Engineers’ Association of NSW, a steadfast advocate for both its members and the broader community.
- The first complete history of the LGEA, the largest and oldestcollective voice of local government engineers in NSW
- Pauline Curby is an award-winning author
- Illustrated throughout, with historical images from local historyorganisations and NSW State Archives showing the progress inengineering and the modernisation of NSW
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1901-1918 Nation-builders
- 1919-1929 Coming into their own
- 1930-1938 The silent service
- 1939-1950s War and its aftermath
- 1950s-1965 A comprehensive job
- 1966-1989 A professional man – and woman
- 1990-2004 A high degree of autonomy
- 2005-2018 ’Custodian’ of community infrastructure
