VPRS 967 Inwards Correspondence Files

The Public Works Department (VA 669) had wide-ranging responsibilities for all public works and buildings, including construction, maintenance and fitting out of these buildings. Other major responsibilities included roads and bridges, ports and harbours, local government and water supply.The records in this series represent what remains of the inwards correspondence of the Department for the period covered by the records. Much of the correspondence prior to 1905, with some exceptions, had been destroyed by 1928, as recorded in the Pitt Report. These exceptions were correspondence brought together into files relating to particular issues or topics.