Series VPRS
8336
Notices to Mariners [Ports and Harbours Branch]
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Date Range:
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? 1898 - 1986
Series in Custody
1898 - 1986
Contents
1898 - 1986
Public Access:
Open
Location:
North Melbourne
Format of Records:
Physical
Agency which created this Series
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1898 - 1900
Department of Trade and Customs
VA 606
1900 - 1983
Public Works Department (previously the Department of the Commissioner of Public Works)
VA 669
1983 - 1986
Department of Transport (known as Ministry of Transport 1951 to 1992)
VA 673
Agency currently responsible for this Series
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1986 - 1995
Port of Melbourne Authority
VA 1426
2003 - cont
Port of Melbourne Corporation
VA 4028
Description of this Series
Description of this Series
How to use the Records
The contents of the bound volumes can be accessed via an alphabetically arranged location/subject index (eg. electric light, dredging, navigation, Apollo Bay, Geelong) found in front of each bound volume.
System of Arrangement/Control
Series: Chronologically arranged bound volumes (1898-1976) and copies of notices clipped together for each year (1976-1986).
Contents: notices pasted in chronological sequence in the bound volumes for the period 1898-1976 and copies clipped together for each year 1976-1986.
Contents/Function
These notices providing navigation directions to mariners in Victorian water were originally issued by the Ports and Harbours Branch operating within the Department of Trade and Customs (VA 606) till 1900 and subsequently the Department of Public Works (VA 669) 1900-1983; and the Ministry of Transport (VA 8386) 1983-1986.
Series Date Range
It is not certain when the series commenced. However, it appears that the series ends in 1986 with the integration of the Ports and Harbours Division of the Public Works Department with Victoria's three port authorities at Melbourne, Geelong and Portland.
The P1 consignment of the series consists of two bound volumes for the period 1898-1976 and loose copies of notices pinned together for each year (1
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P0001
1898 - 1986
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