Madness and Marvels The Lives & Times C.Y. O’Conner & Dr. Henry Barnett

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The lives of C. Y. O'Connor and Henry Calvert Barnett crossed in Fremantle during the heady days of the Coolgardie-Kalgoorlie gold rush. One, the engineer O'Connor, built a world-class harbour at Fremantle, defying the doubters who said it couldn't be done. The other, Dr Barnett, did his best to run an asylum that was constantly underfunded and stretched to its limits.