Sets of specifications for various constructions. They give details on how various constructions are to be built (eg jetties and railways) and the types of materials to be used. These include some standard specificatians (eg road bridges, fencing,...
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
DIAGRAM - ALBANY DEEP SEA JETTY
Diagram showing pile renewals for the Albany deep sea jetty.
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
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
This series consist of unrelated estrays that have been delivered to the State Records Office.Item 1 consists of an unregistered file relating to construction work near the grave of Tommy Windich.Item 2 consists of inward and outward corresponden...
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Estray - file re performances of gas producer propelled vehicles. The file may be material collected by Mr GL Henderson whose name appears on the cover sheet. The file no 861/41 appears on the uppermost document on the file.
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
Reports on improvements, extensions and developments to ports and harbours.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
SHIPPING REGISTER - COSSACK AND POINT SAMSON
Chronological shipping register for Cossack/Point Samson. Details include name of ship, master, tonnage, where from and to.
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
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
A register of files created in the Public Works Department from 1918. Refer to AN 7 for listings of the files.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
PWD work gangs pay ledger listing gangers under name of gang (eg Smith's gang, drilling gang). Details include hours worked and pay received by each member of the gang.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Records the supply of water to ships in Fremantle Harbour. Gives date, name of ship, quantity of water supplied and cost.
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
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
Copies of circulars issued by the Engineer-in-Chief's office of the Public Works Department. They mainly concern railways, bridges, water supply, Fremantle Harbour etc.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Register of apprentices employed by the Public Works Dept showing name, trade and commencement and completion dates of apprenticeship.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
CANNING STOCK ROUTE - EXPEDITION JOURNAL
Photograph album containing photographs detailing an expedition along the Canning Stock Route by members of the Public Works Department. Handwritten notes beside each photograph and a printed transcript of the notes are also included.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
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
ADMINISTRATIVE FILES - GENERAL
General administrative files created by the Harbours & Rivers and Fremantle Harbour Works Branches of the Public Works Department. The Harbours and Rivers Branch was responsible for the planning and design of maritime facilities, and the Harbour W...
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
REGISTERS - FIELD BOOKS AND LEVEL BOOKS
Registers to field books and land books of surveys of the following: Railways, Metropolitan Sewerage & Drainage, Country Water Supply, Harbours and Rivers, Irrigation Schemes. The Fieldbooks to which these registers refer are listed in WAS 85. The...
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
FILES - AMERICA'S CUP DEFENCE 1987
Files relating to the construction of Hillarys Boat Harbour, and various committees and other matters associated with the America's Cup Defence of 1987.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
PLANS - GOLDFIELDS WATER SCHEME
Plans relating to the construction of the Goldfields Water Scheme.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
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
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
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
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
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 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
MONTHLY WATER LEVELS - TABULATION BOOKS
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Mechanical and engineering files relating to dams in the southern area of Western Australia,
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
MINUTES - CARNARVON IRRIGATION DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes and associated papers of the carnarvon Irrigation District Advisory Committee.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
REGISTER - PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PLANS (RAILWAYS) - STANDARD DRAWINGS
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 of chief and senior officers within the Public Works Department.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS - PUBLIC WORKS
This series consists of discreet photographic records (albums and 35mm slides) containing photographic images of public works under construction and from survey expeditions. Access to slides in cons7661 via digital copy only.(Some of the albums in...
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
RECORDS - NO. 8 PUMPING STATION, DEDARI
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
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