Edgar Walter Hamer

Mr Edgar Hamer was born in Victoria, Australia. He had come to Western Australia from South Australia in 1895 and was later appointed the Manager and Attorney of Gold Estates in 1902. He had been a member of the Perth Road Board since 1900 and elected its chairman in 1917. He was also the Chairman of the Maylands Local Board of Health until it merged with the Perth Road Board. For many years he was a member of the executive of the Road Board Association as well as a member of the Local Government Association.

He was a member of the Auctioneers, Land and Estate Agents’ Association of WA (Inc.) and President from 1930 to 1932. He was also made a Fellow of the Real Estate Institutes and Agents’ Association of Australia (FREI). 

Mr Hamer passed away in1943. The Hamer Parade having been named after him, in 1951 the naming of Hamer Park would also mark his contribution to the development of the area