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Behind a glass shield is a narrow dark wood cabinet with two columns of small drawers. On top is a glass display containing a wooden boat model.

C.Y. O'Connor Cabinet

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Bollard Pattern
The size and type of bollards reflect the growing size of ships. This type was most commonly used with sailing ships. As ships developed and their sides grew higher, so did the wharf. During the 1920s the wharves at Fremantle were raised and this type of bollard was replaced.
Donated by State Engineering Works (MH 187)

Drafting Instruments
These instruments were owned by C Y O'Connor.
Donated by Mr W F Broderick (T70, 963)
Donated by Mrs P A Preston (T85 373)


Office Furniture
This furniture was used by C Y O'Connor during his time as Engineer-in-Chief with the Public Works Department.
Donated by Public Works Department (CH70,109 CH70,118)

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Behind a glass shield is a narrow dark wood cabinet with two columns of small drawers. On top is a glass display containing a wooden boat model.

CY O'Connor Cabinet.
Credit: WA Museum

The Western Australian Museum acknowledges and respects the Traditional Owners of their ancestral lands, waters and skies.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this digital guide may include images, sounds, and names of now deceased persons.