Historical information

This book belonged to Rolf Crawley who was an engineer in the employ of the Shire of Warrnambool at the time he acquired this book. In 1926 he was the engineer/secretary for the Minhamite Shire, returning in 1935 to the Shire of Warrnambool as the engineer after the death of his father, John William Crawley Junior. Rolf retained this position until 1968. Rolf’s grandfather, father and uncle had all been engineers or shire secretary for the Shire of Warrnambool, with the Crawley family recording a total of 132 years of service to the Shire of Warrnambool which existed from 1863 to 1994.

Significance

This book is retained as a memento of Rolf Crawley, the engineer with the Shire of Warrnambool from 1935 to 1968.

Physical description

This is a hard cover book of 626 pages. The cover is green with gold lettering on the spine. The edges of the cover are rubbed. The book contains a preface, 18 chapters of text and an appendix. The pages contain many diagrams and plans. The inscriptions on the first page are handwritten in black ink. There is a label from the bookseller attached to the first page.

Inscriptions & markings

Rolf L. Crawley 1922
Please return to R.L.Crawley ‘Korongah’ Port Fairy or Shire Hall Warrnambool
Tait Book Co. 90 William Street St. Melbourne for Technical Books