Corporate Body

South Australian Engineering and Water Supply Department (1930 - 1995)

State of South Australia

From
1930
South Australia, Australia
To
1995
Functions
Public Utilities and Resources

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 1836 - 1917 South Australian Surveyor General's Office and the Survey and Crown Lands Department
 1841 - 1867 South Australian Colonial Engineering and Architecture Departments
 1910 - 1923 South Australian Irrigation and Reclamation Works Department
       1867 - 1929 South Australian Engineer in Chief's and Engineering Departments
       1923 - 1930 South Australian Irrigation and Drainage Commission
             1930 - 1995 South Australian Engineering and Water Supply Department
                   1995 - South Australian Water Corporation

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Published resources

Books

  • Hammerton, Marianne, Water South Australia: a History of the Engineering and Water Supply Department (Netley, S.A.: Wakefield Press, 1986), 331 pp. Details

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Ailie Smith

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