page_title: Public Works Department (Western Australia)
section_title: Formation of the Department
hierarchical_section_title: Public Works Department (Western Australia) / History / Formation of the Department
caption_attribution_description: This is a photograph of C. Y. O'Connor (1842–1902), taken in the 1890s.
context_page_description: The Public Works Department was the State Government Agency of Western Australia, which was charged with providing and maintaining public infrastructure such as dams, water supplies, schools, hospitals, harbours and other public buildings. The Department is no longer operational, having its responsibilities reassigned to other State Government Departments and corporate entities since 1985.
context_section_description: The department started on 1 January 1901 with O'Connor as the Engineer in Chief having succeeded the Department of Works & Buildings.
caption: The first head of the PWD, Charles Yelverton O'Connor
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