VPRS 12122 Cash Book - Olympic Games Fund

The Olympic Games Fund was established by the Olympic Games Act 1955 for the administration of funds to the Olympic Organising Committee for the organisation of the XVIth Olympiad to be held in Melbourne, 1956.This record is a cash book containing details of expenses relating to construction, upgrade and maintenance of facilities for the 1956 Olympic Games.It is separated into seven sections that relate to the seven major project areas that the Committee was responsible for. They are:Swimming PoolOlympic ParkVillage HeidelbergMCGCarlton Cricket GroundOther VenuesMiscellaneousEntries for payments are made on a day to day basis within each section. For each dated entry, details of the project are provided, for example:Grandstand, Olympic ParkFootball Oval, 1st Progress PaymentMost projects were tendered out to contractors. For further details relating to the expenditure for each contract awarded, see VPRS 12121 Register of Expenditure Under Contracts on Capital Works for the XVI Olympiad.Details of expenditure were subsequently posted to ledgers which can be found in to VPRS 11333 Provisional Ledgers: Trust Funds and Special Appropriations..