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VPRS 1128 Outward Letter Book, Road Engineer Geelong

Public Record Office Victoria
Central Roads Board
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The Central Roads Board, the first agency concerned with the construction and maintenance of main roads and bridges, was abolished on 1 January 1858 and succeeded by the Department of Roads and Bridges (VA 2964) which operated under the statutory control of the Board of Land and Works (VA 744). The Department of Railways and Roads (VA 2875) succeeded the Department of Roads and Bridges (VA 2694) in 1872 when the Secretary of the Department of the Railways also became the Secretary of the Department of Roads and Bridges.

All of these agencies had Road Engineers located in provincial centres responsible for the execution of contracts, supervision of contractors, and the forwarding of payments, specifications, estimates and plans. This series contains copies of the correspondence, memoranda and reports from the Road Engineer stationed at Geelong to officers of the central agency, contractors and members of the workforce.

Unit 2 of the series also contains the copies of accounts forwarded for payment and rendered for 1862.

Data time period: [1853 TO 1871]

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