Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- Obituary: Charles Halton 1932-2013
- In
- Engineers Australia: Civil Edition
- Imprint
- vol. 85, no. 12, Engineers Media, Crows Nest, NSW, Dec 2013, p. 65
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1448-496X
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.872731125952362
- Description
Charles Halton was head of the Commonwealth Department of Transport from 1973 to 1982, and oversaw the consolidation of rail gauges between states; took control of the national road network; coordinated the Commonwealth's land, sea and air transport response to Cyclone Tracy that devastated Darwin; and managed the response to the Derwent Bridge disaster in Hobart. After retirement he took on many senior roles, including commissioner of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority.