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61.
Copies of letters to Port Phillip, 2 August 1839 - 21 April 1856
10 vols
This series was commenced after La Trobe reached the colony. It includes copies of letters to him
while still in Sydney and then letters to officials in Port Phillip and from July 1851, Victoria, most
of the letters being addressed to the Superintendent and later the Lieutenant Governor or
Colonial Secretary. Other officials addressed include Police Magistrates, the Protector of
Aborigines, Clergy and the Sub Treasurer. There are also a few letters to groups such as the
Directors of the Port Phillip Bank.
62.
Indexes:
In front of volumes
Location:
4/3867-76; microfilm copy AO Reels 2879-2882
Shelf List:
See Appendix p. 358
Copies of letters to the Postmaster General, 3 January 1845 - 30 November 1854 1 vol
This continues the letters to the Postmaster General previously found in series 38 and 19.
The letters deal with such matters as the appointment of postmasters, timetables and routes of
mail coaches, post office buildings, postage rates and regulations, arrangements with contractors,
staff, and the introduction and printing of postage stamps.
63.
Indexes:
In front of volume
Location:
4/3877; microfilm copy AO Reel 2799
Copies of letters to Engineering and Public Works Officers, 6 October 1826 - 10 October 1856
13 vols
Copies of letters mainly to the Civil Engineer and to March 1827 to the Inspector of Roads and
Bridges, from November 1828 to the Director of Public Works, and from April 1832 to the
Colonial Architect. There are also letters in the early period to the Assistant Inspector of Roads
and Bridges, the Town Surveyor, the Mineral Surveyor to 1836, the Superintendent of Works, the
Superintendent at Newcastle and at Parramatta, and the Clerk of Public Works, Bathurst.
By the general order of 5 January 1826 the Chief Engineer was to superintend all public works
including the construction and maintenance of all public buildings and the making and repairing
of streets, wharves, sewers, canals and drains.
The Inspector of Roads and Bridges was in charge of the construction and maintenance of roads
and bridges, and the general superintendence of road parties and clearing gangs.
Dumaresq acted in both positions from 1826 until a Surveyor of Roads and Bridges was
appointed in April 1827 to take charge of that department. Letters to him are in a separate series
(70).
The position of Director of Public Works was created in 1828 but the office was abolished in
March 1832, the Surveyor General being made responsible for surveying and describing Sydney
town allotments, of marking out the Crown lands for enclosure, and for laying down the
alignment of streets and the repair and construction of the same.
