Person
D'Alton, John St Eloy (1867 - 1936)
- Born
- 1867
Stawell, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 15 August 1936
Meekatharra, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer and Municipal engineer
Summary
John S. D'Alton CE FIIS was engineer and secretary of the Meekatharra Road Board - the largest road district in the Commonwealth - from 1911 until his death in 1936, during which he was responsible for increasing the length of roads in the district to 2,000 miles. He also influenced the construction of the railway from Meekatharra to Wiluna, and formulated a plan for the irrigation and exploitation of the vast north west of Western Australia.
Earlier he had been the engineer and town clerk, for Northam and then for South Perth. While at Northam Council, he saw the erection of the electric power station and the Avon weir, and while at South Perth, he lobbied for the repair or replacement of the Canning Bridge.
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Chronology
- 1895
- Career event - Granted Certificate of Competency as Engineer and Surveyor (CE), Local Government Act 1890 VIC
- 1896
- Life event - Moved from Victoria to Western Australia
- 1896 - 1902
- Career position - Engineer, Town Clerk, Northam
- 1902 - 1906
- Career position - Engineer, Town Clerk, Municipality of South Perth
- 1906 - 1908
- Career position - Engineer, Town Clerk, Northam
- 1911 - 1936
- Career position - Secretary and engineer, Meekatharra Road Board
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Published resources
Newspaper Articles
- Anon, 'Late John S. D'Alton - Interesting career', Daily Telegraph and North Murchison and Pilbarra Gazette (1936), 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211610018. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 5 March 2025