VPRS 5065 Historical Records Regarding Government House

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The Public Works Department (VA 669) had wide-ranging responsibilities for all public works and buildings, including construction, maintenance and fitting out of these buildings. Other major responsibilities included roads and bridges, ports and harbours, local government and water supply. The Department was responsible for the oversight of the construction of many major public buildings including Government House.

This series consists of six volumes of historical material from such sources as Government publications, Department records, articles and theses. These records are designed to provide a history of the buildings and grounds comprising Government House. The series was created by the Public Works Department as a public information source.

Detailed contents of P0000 consignment

UNIT 1
Historical Material regarding Government House, Volume 1
1. Part of the Historical Records of Port Phillip, 14 August 1878.
2. Part of the Western Port Settlement and its Leading Personalities.
3. Copy of an aerial photograph of the Corinella site.
4. Part of Corinella: Report on 1826 settlement, June 1981.
5. Research into early settlement site, Corinella.
6. The overseer's weekly returns to labour performed at Corinella.
7. Part of the Corinella Sesqui - Centenary Celebrations.
8. Part of the preliminary report from the P.W.D. Ports Harbour Division.
9. Part of Historical Records of Victoria, Volume 1, 1981.
10. Part of Victoria' First Government House, 1839 - 1854.

Historical Material regarding Government House, Volume 2
11. Part of the Victorian Hansard.
12. Part of Victorian Government Gazette.
13. A microfilm copy of the winning entry of the 1872 competition for a landscaping design for the Domain Gardens.

Historical Material regarding Government House, Volume 3
14. Part of the P.W.D. Letter Books.

Historical Material regarding Government House, Volume 4
15. Part of the P.W.D. Summary Contracts books.
16. Sample pages on one of the original specifications for the building.
17. A letter proposing to improve the water supply to the Domain.
18. Part of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
19. Part of the Illustrated Australian News of February 25, 1875.
20. Part of the Australian Sketcher of August 7, 1875.
21. Part of the Illustrated Australian News of October 4, 1876.
22. Part of Government Houses of Victoria past and present, 1971.

Historical Material regarding Government House, Volume 5
23. Thesis, the History of Government House (Melbourne University School of Architecture Library)

Historical Material regarding Government House, Volume 6
24. Part of the Journal of the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects of July 1934.
25. Part of the Lambent Flame.
26. Gasaliers to the Ball Room.
27. Part of the Trust's Newsletters of June 1959.
28. Government House Melbourne.
29. Part of a thesis, The Public Works Department of Victoria 1851 - 1900 (University of Melbourne).
30. Purchase of crockery, cutlery and expenditure sheet.
31. Part of W.R. Guilfoyle, 1840 - 1912. The Master of landscaping.
32. The Royal Botanic Gardens.
33. Part of the Argus December 27.-, 1930.
34. Part of the Age of September 17, 1982.
35. Ten photographs selected from the total of 32.