Files relating to water supply, buildings, railways and estray items relating to significant activities undertaken by staff involved on these projects. This is an artificial series created by the Public Records of WA.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
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 maintained by the Public Works Department.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
DIAGRAM - ALBANY DEEP SEA JETTY
Diagram showing pile renewals for the Albany deep sea jetty.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Logbooks recording slipway movements at South Mole Slipways Nos 1 and 2. Shows daily weather conditions, names of ships in the slips and work being undertaken. The logs appear to have been kept by the Dockmaster.Details of other records relating...
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
PLANS - GOLDFIELDS WATER SCHEME
Plans relating to the construction of the Goldfields Water Scheme.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
ORD RIVER PROJECT - RETURNS OF WATER SUPPLIED
Records of metered water supplied to farmers through the irrigation scheme at the Ord River.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
CONTRACT BOOK - ENGINEERING DIVISION
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
FILES - DAMS (MECHANICAL AND ENGINEERING) - SOUTH
Mechanical and engineering files relating to dams in the southern area of Western Australia,
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Reports on improvements, extensions and developments to ports and harbours.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Plans created for various water supply, sewerage and drainage projects.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
RECORD OF SERVICE - CERTIFICATES
Duplicate copies of Certificates of Service issued to employees and showing period of service, type of employment and remarks. The certificates were issued chronologically and are not indexed.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
ORD RIVER PROJECT - COURT CASES
Estrays - a collection of records relating to court cases over the Ord River Project and involving the Minister for Works and Keath Earthmoving Co. The records include "requests for further and better particulars", interrogatories and transcripts ...
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
ACCOUNTS BOOK - FREMANTLE SLIPWAY
Details of accounts relating to Fremantle North and South Slipways. Other records arelating to the Fremantle Slipways can be seen at Record Series No. 3030 (Applications) and Record Series No. 1335 (Logbooks).
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
PHOTOGRAPHS OF PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS UNDERTAKEN IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
The series of colour and black and white photos covers the design and development of the Perth Cultural Centre undertaken by Charles Sierakowski as Project Architect with the Public Works Department in the 1970’s. They include the master developm...
BUILDING MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
REGISTER - WATER AND DRAINAGE BOARDS
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
Index created by the Land and Property Branch of Public Works Department to files held by that Branch. The cards were transferred to the Department of Land Administration in 1986.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
ARCHITECTURAL PLANS - DUMAS HOUSE
These constitute the original architectural plans for Dumas House, West Perth as submitted to the Public Works Department (lacking a PWD plan number). There are app. 150 drawings included, all dating from March 1963.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
SURVEYORS FIELD BOOKS AND LEVEL BOOKS [STATE WIDE]
Public Works Department field and level books detailing surveys of the following activities:Railways construction (to 1930), Metropolitan water supply, sewerage and drainage (to 1910), country water supply, Goldfields water supply, country town se...
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Estray - ledger detailing costs of services and materials provided by private persons and companies to the Public Works Department. Details include date, name of person or company, service supplied, cost and for what.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
PLANS - ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING
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
Registers maintained by the Public Works Department (PWD) to PWD plans. Against the PWD plan numbers, the registers record; the date of the plan, the registration date for the plan, the PWD file number cross-reference, the title of the plan, the n...
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
CONTRACT BOOKS - ARCHITECTURAL DIVISION
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
Estrays - letterbooks containing letters of appointment, instructions re projects etc; letters from the PWD agent at Shark Bay re PWD matters at Shark Bay.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT