A great engineer

The C.Y.O'Connor statue is memorial to the man behind the Fremantle Harbour and the Perth to Goldfields Pipeline project. The 3.2m bronze statue of C.Y. O'Connor depicts the great engineer looking over the Fremantle Harbour he so successfully created.

It was erected after the untimely death of C.Y.O'Connor just prior to the completion of the Golfields pipeline.


Myths About C.Y.O'Connor's Death :
Despite popular belief, C.Y.O'Connor did not take his life because he thought that the water had failed to reach Kalgoorlie on the expected time.

According to Bibbulmum legend, O'Connor took his life because he had been cursed by traditional Aboriginals. In a ceremony, known as being "sung" to death, members of several clans, who were angry at the removal of the limestone bar in the Fremantle Harbour, chanted a song that sent negative energy to him.