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.(Some of the albums in this Record Series were previously listed at the St...
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
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
BUILDING WORKS CONTRACT DOCUMENT
Contract documents for building works. Include tender, acceptance and bond forms, schedules of quantities and prices, works specifications and for larger works, general and special conditions of contract. They do not include contract drawings whic...
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
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
General files covering the functions of the Public Works Department. Many consignments tend to be concerned with one particular aspect of those functions, e.g. public buildings, water supply and sewerage, school sites, building of police stations,...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
PLANS - ARCHITECTURAL AND ELECTRICAL
Copies of Building Management Authority architectural and electrical plans of Fremantle Prison. The plans contain notes made during restoration work following the fire in the prison in 1988.
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
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
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
ROADS BOARD FINANCIAL SUMMARIES AND ASSOCIATED RECORDS
Summaries of Road Board financial information and associated records.
DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT [1]
ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - ROADS BOARDS
Each Road Board was required to complete a form prescribed under the Road Districts Act 1919 and under the authority of the Statistics Act 1907 to provide an annual financial statement. The completed forms note particulars such as the miles of roa...
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPAL BY-LAWS AND GOVERNMENT NOTICES [EXTRACTS FROM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE]
This series consists of volumes in which extracts from the Government Gazette have been pasted. The first 11 volumes contain By-Laws (1904-1961), volumes 12 - 20 contain a range of government notices relating to Road Boards and volumes 21 - 22 con...
DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT [1]
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]
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