VPRS 1046 Field Note Book

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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. Included in these responsibilities was that of dredging shipping channels and inland waterways such as the Goulburn and Murray rivers.

This series contains field measurements and calculations relating to the triangulation of Port Phillip Bay, for channels in Geelong Harbour, and surveys of Port Albert, Lakes Entrance, the Gippsland Lakes and the Mitchell River.