PWD PLAN REGISTERS [2]

• AU WA S2542
• Series
• 1900-01-01 -

Registers to Public Works Department plans. These registers were used in tandem with the main set of PWD Plan Registers (see WAS 1161).

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

CONTRACT BOOK - ENGINEERING DIVISION

• AU WA S2544
• Series
• 1907-01-01 - 1939-12-31

Contract Book maintained by the Engineering Division of the Public Works Department. The volume records the contract number (3327 - 8707), the title of the contract, the related PWD file number, the name and address of the contractor, the date of ...

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

INDEX - PERSONAL FILES

• AU WA S2545
• Series
• 1901-01-01 - 1965-12-31

An index of personal files of officers who have left the Public Works Department. The index records the name of the officer, the relevant file number and often the date of resignation.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

PLAN REGISTER - SEWERAGE

• AU WA S2546
• Series
• 1896-06-25 - 1905-05-12

Register maintained by the Public Works Department (Metropolitan Sewerage and Water Supply) for sewerage plans. The register records the plan number, the date of registration, the title of the work, the title of the contract/sub-division and a des...

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

REGISTER - WATER AND DRAINAGE BOARDS

• AU WA S2548
• Series
• 1912-01-01 - 1961-12-31

Register of Water and Drainage Boards. The volumes records the date the Water or Drainage Board was established, the names of those elected to the Board, gazettal dates for rates struck and by-laws amended and further remarks.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

CALCULATION BOOKS

• AU WA S2757
• Series
• 1899-01-12 - 1946-12-12

Calculation books used by Public Works Department Draftsmen/women to calculate estimates and quantities for various public works. Some books were used to calculate water flow, water capacity of various dams, reservoirs, and salinity, etc.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

PRESS CLIPPINGS

• AU WA S2761
• Series
• 1960-06-01 - 1972-07-31

Press clippings maintained by the Public Works Department.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

MONTHLY WATER LEVELS - TABULATION BOOKS

• AU WA S2762
• Series
• 1919-08-08 - 1982-05-13

Tabulation books recording maximum and minimum water levels for selected wells, bores, swamps, lakes, etc in the metropolitan area.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

MINUTES - AGRICULTURAL HYDRALIC PROPOSALS COMMITTEE (PWD)

• AU WA S2804
• Series
• 1945-04-04 - 1951-02-19

Minutes of the Agricultural Hydraulics Proposals Committee 1945-1951. Also contains notes of a meeting of the Agricultural Areas Water Supplies 4 April 1945,Recommendations made at a Drought Committee Meeting 16/07/1945 and various reports on wate...

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

CONTRACT BOOKS - ARCHITECTURAL DIVISION

• AU WA S2973
• Series
• 1894-05-21 - 1985-12-31

Summary record of building contracts undertaken by independent builders for the Public Works Department.Contracts include schools, hospitals and government offices.Each volume has an alphabetical index at the front to the contract by location and ...

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

ELECTION RETURNS - ROAD BOARDS

• AU WA S3006
• Series
• 1900-01-01 - 1961-06-30

Annual returns from Road Boards within Western Australia listing the elected members. Completed returns were sent to the Under Secretary for Public Works (later the Under Secretary for Labour and Works, then the Department of Local Government) whe...

DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT [1]

ELECTION RETURNS - MUNICIPALITIES

• AU WA S3007
• Series
• 1900-01-01 -

Annual returns from Municipalities within Western Australia listing the elected members. Completed returns were sent to the Under Secretary for Public Works (later the Under Secretary for Labour and Works, then the Department of Local Government) ...

DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT [1]

ORD RIVER PROJECT - EXPERIMENTAL AREA - PHOTOGRAPHS

• AU WA S3009
• Series
• 1942-07-14 - 1945-08-07

Public Works Department volume containing photographic prints documenting the Ord River Project and the growth of experimental crops in the area. The photographs are captioned with detailed descriptions.This volume relates to Public Works Departme...

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

APPLICATIONS - FREMANTLE SLIPWAY

• AU WA S3030
• Series
• 1942-12-04 - 1985-01-01

The slipways within Fremantle Harbour became the responsibility of the Public Works Department (Harbours and Rivers Branch) in 1942. Prior to this date they had been the responsibility of the Fremantle Harbour Trust. The North Mole slipway was dis...

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

FILES - PROPERTY AND VALUATION OFFICE

• AU WA S3034
• Series
• 1966-01-01 -

These files were created by the Property and Valuation Office of the Public Works Department. They deal mainly with the valuation of property, as well as arrangements for the purchase of private land for public works.(Files in this Record Series w...

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

FILES - WATER SUPPLY

• AU WA S3035
• Series
• 1912-01-01 -

The files in this series were created by the Water Supply branch of the Public Works Department. The origins of the Water Supply branch can be traced back to the development of the goldfields in the late 1880's and the need to provide a relia...

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

ENGINEERING FILES - ORD RIVER

• AU WA S3095
• Series
• 1970-10-27 -

Public Works Department engineering files relating to the construction and operation of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

FILES - DAMS (MECHANICAL AND ENGINEERING) - SOUTH

• AU WA S3096
• Series
• 1952-09-11 -

Mechanical and engineering files relating to dams in the southern area of Western Australia,

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

MINUTES - CARNARVON IRRIGATION DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

• AU WA S3097
• Series
• 1959-12-16 - 1994-03-31

Minutes and associated papers of the carnarvon Irrigation District Advisory Committee.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

REGISTER - PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PLANS (RAILWAYS) - STANDARD DRAWINGS

• AU WA S3162
• Series
• 1901-01-01 -

Register recording: 1) Public Works Department (PWD) plans relating to railways stations, crossings, land resumptions, etc. (plans are listed by area/region), and 2) WA Government Railway Standard Drawings relating to railway infrastructure.The St...

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

PERSONAL FILES

• AU WA S3956
• Series
• 1879-12-31 -

Personal files of chief and senior officers within the Public Works Department.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS - PUBLIC WORKS

• AU WA S3961
• Series
• 1897-01-01 -

This series consists of discreet photographic records (albums) containing photographic images of public works under construction and from survey expeditions.(Some of the albums in this Record Series were previously listed at the State Records Offi...

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

RECORDS - NO. 8 PUMPING STATION, DEDARI

• AU WA S3962
• Series
• 1901-11-01 -

This series comprises a collection of records which were is use at the No. 8 Pumping Station, Dedari (pumping stations are fundamental to the Mundaring/Kalgoorlie Water Pipeline).This pumping station was formerly steam driven and was built at the ...

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

PLANS - ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING

• AU WA S399
• Series
• 1891-01-01 -

This series dates from June 1891 when existing plans held by the Public Works Department (PWD) and dating from the early 1830's were allotted PWD plan numbers 1 to 1099. All subsequent plan registrations occurred on the date the plan was rece...

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

CONTRACT BOOKS - ORD RIVER PROJECT

• AU WA S3990
• Series
• 1960-04-01 - 1960-04-01

This series consist of two items which are the contract books for the Ord River Project's Diversion Dam at Bandicoot Bar.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT