VPRS 3844 General Correspondence Files (Alphabetically Re-arranged Inactive Portion of VPRS 6008 - pre 1928 files), Single Number System

This series comprises files that were separated from the original recordkeeping system maintained by the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (VA 723) and files inherited from the Victorian Water Supply Department (VA 2787) in the transitional period between 1906 and 1910 when the Department and its remaining staff formally merged into the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission. The files inherited from VWSD were never incorporated into the SRWSC recordkeeping system and were later referred to as O.S. (old system?) files.This series contains correspondence files on water supply matters created, received or inherited from its administrative predecessors by the Victorian Water Supply Department (1865 to 1910) and the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (1906 to 1927). They include correspondence with local waterworks trusts, municipalities, other agencies and individuals. From 1910, the files include correspondence on closer settlement in irrigation districts, and thus document the development of the closer settlement schemes and their links to immigration policy. The files are thus a valuable source for research into the settlement and development of Victoria.