C. Y. O'Connor
Irish engineer in New Zealand and Western Australia (1843-1902)
English: Charles Yelverton O'Conner (1843–1902) was the engineer who built the Coolgardie Goldfields Water Scheme and the Fremantle Harbour.
English: There are numerous places and structures named after him, North Coogee beach is now known as C.Y. O'Connor beach, there are statues and memorials at Mundaring weir, and Fremantle, as well as a suburb, many streets, and an Australian federal electorate named after him.
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C. Y. O'Connor, Dublin, 1862 -
C. Y. O'Connor and wife, 1865 -
C. Y. O'Connor and family, Wellington, New Zealand, 1891. -
C. Y. O'Connor portrait, 1897 -
C. Y. O'Connor portrait, 1897 -
C. Y. O'Connor -
Pietro Porcelli working on his statue of C. Y. O'Connor, 1910 or 1911 -
Statue at Fremantle -
Gravesite at Fremantle Cemetery -
Statue in the surf
