Roy Hamilton
HAMILTON, Roy Albert, BE FIEAust FAIM OAM JP (1925-2004)
Roy Albert Hamilton was born in Perth on 19 February 1925, the eldest son of schoolteacher Charles Stuart Hamilton and his wife Gladys Sarah Hamilton (nee Robertson). He grew up in Gillingarra, Derby and the Wheatbelt where his father was teaching.
His primary school education from 1932 was at Derby and then he attended Northam High School. In 1947 he graduated with a four year Bachelor of Engineering degree with honours and joined the Public Works Department.
He was the District Engineer Pilbara from 1947 to 1953 and then was appointed Resident Engineer for the Wellington Dam Hydro Station and the raising of Wellington Dam (1953-1960).
In 1950 he married Lillian Andrew at St John’s Church Fremantle. Lillian died in 1973 and Roy subsequently married Rosalie Forrest in 1974. Roy had four children, Gregory, Denise, Nicholette and Jennifer.
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From 1960 to 1963 he was Resident Engineer on the Ord River Diversion Dam. After the Ord assignment in 1963 he became a Senior Engineer in the PWD Construction, Major Hydraulics Branch, rising to become by 1970 a Principal Assistant Engineer.
In 1970 he returned to the Kimberley as the Kimberley Regional Manager. In 1973 he was appointed Director of the Office of the North West retiring in 1983 and moving to Kununurra to develop a 12.5ha mango plantation.
In 1988 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to the community of Kununurra and for fostering industrial and agricultural development. He was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2001 for services to the community of Kununurra. He was also a Life Member of the Kimberley Historical Society.
Roy died on June 12, 2004 aged 79.
References:
Cumming Papers
Ord River Diversion Dam EHR Nomination
Margaret A Sacks (Editor), The WAY 79 Who is Who, Crawley Publishers, Nedlands, 1980
