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Series VPRS
1118
Outward Registered Correspondence
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Date Range:
Series
1857 - ? 1895
Series in Custody
1857 - 1895
Contents
1857 - 1895
Public Access:
Open
Location:
North Melbourne
Format of Records:
Physical
Agency which created this Series
Agency which created this Series
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Date Range
Agency Title
Agency Number
1857 - 1858
Central Roads Board
VA 2803
1858 - 1871
Department of Roads and Bridges
VA 2964
1871 - 1877
Department of Railways and Roads
VA 2875
1877 - 1895
Public Works Department (previously the Department of the Commissioner of Public Works)
VA 669
Agency currently responsible for this Series
Agency currently responsible for this Series
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Agency Number
1989 - cont
Roads Corporation (also known as VicRoads)
VA 2982
Description of this Series
Description of this Series
How to use the Records
Portions of this series are indexed by VPRS 1116 Register of Outward Correspondence , VPRS Register of Outward Correspondence and VPRS Register of Outward Correspondence. Date ranges of these records need to be consulted.
For correspondence not indexed by these series, the Records Description List should be consulted.
Function / Content
This series consists of mainly letter-press books containing the outward correspondence of the agencies concerned with the construction of roads and bridges. The volumes were commenced by the Central Roads Board in 1857 (VA 2803) and continued by the Department of Roads and Bridges (VA 2964), the Department of Railways and Roads (VA 2875) and the Department of Public Works (Roads and Bridges Branch 1877 1888 and Local Government Branch c1888 1956). The main responsibility was removed from VA 669 Public Works Department with the establishment of the Country Roads Board (VA 722) in 1913.
It is apparent that the record series passed directly from one agency to the next as responsibility was transferred from one to the other.
Recordkeeping System
Units 1 t0 8 are controlled by consecutive running numbers with separate volumes for the different Branches of the Central Roads Board with S signifying the Secretarys Branch and E the Inspector-Generals Branch.
Units 9 to 89 continue to be arranged according to consecutive numbers with the preceding numbers appearing to indicate the volume of the letterbooks in which the correspondence was written. This appears to reflect the practice of having more than one book being used at the one time.
Units 90 to 145 are still arranged by consecutive numbers, but the cover designation indicates a date range rather than the number range.
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1857 - 1876
Register of Outward Correspondence
VPRS 1116
1858 - 1871
Index to Outward Registered Correspondence
VPRS 1115
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Previous Series
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Series Title
Series Number
- 1857
Outward Unregistered Correspondence (President)
VPRS 1122
- 1857
Outward Registered Correspondence (Inspector - General's Branch)
VPRS 12652
- 1857
Outward Registered Correspondence (Secretary's Branch)
VPRS 12653
- 1857
Outward Registered Correspondence (Treasurer's Branch)
VPRS 12654
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Contents Date Range
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No. of Units
P0000
1857 - 1895
Open
145
Indexes and Registers
Indexes and Registers
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1857 - 1876
Register of Outward Correspondence
VPRS 1116
1858 - 1871
Index to Outward Registered Correspondence
VPRS 1115
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