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Author Aitken, D. H. (Donald Hector), 1925-2010, interviewee.
Title Interview with Donald Aitken in 2009 / interviewed by Doug Ayre.
Published/Produced 2009.

LOCATION CALL NO STATUS NOTE MESSAGE
 Online  OH4101/1  Audio (Online)    AVAILABLE  
 Online  OH4101/1  Transcript, timed summary and biographical notes (Online)    AVAILABLE  


Details

Call Number OH4101/1
Physical description 1 online resource (4 audio files (1 hr., 33 min., 32 sec.)) : digital, WAV + transcript (1 text file (32 pages)) + timed summary (1 text file (5 pages)) + biographical notes (1 text file (2 pages))
Series Engineering Heritage (WA) Oral History Archive
Notes Title devised by cataloguer.
Access advisory Access open.
Date/time and place of an event Interview was conducted on 12 January 2009 in City Beach, Western Australia.
Additional formats A digital reproduction is also available online.
Rights advisory Copyright or other restrictions may apply. For public use, contact the State Library of Western Australia.
Summary Donald Aitken discusses his early years and family life in Midland, attending Guildford Grammar School and studying engineering at the University of Western Australia. His interest in soils and soil mechanics and roads influenced his work as an engineer with the Department of Main Roads where at the age of forty he became Commisioner of Main Roads (1965-1987). He discusses a number of issues relating to Main Road department including:- Commissioner Digby Leach; changes to methods of road construction; installation of traffic lights in Perth; conservation and replanting of road verges; Stephenson Plan.
Subjects Aitken, D. H. (Donald Hector), 1925-2010 -- Interviews.
Western Australia. Main Roads Department -- Officials and employees -- Interviews.
Civil engineers -- Western Australia -- Interviews.
Roads -- Western Australia -- Design and construction.
Midland (W.A.) -- Biography.
Related names Ayre, Doug, interviewer.