Agencies

This record series was created by:
Agencies responsible for this record series:

Date Range

Series date range: 1880 - 1993
Series in custody: 1880 - 1993
Contents in custody: 1880 - 1993

Function / Content

This series registered and summarised contracts let by the City of Geelong West. Contract registers were to specify the several works to be done and the materials to be furnished and the prices to be paid for the same and the times within which the said works are to be completed and the said materials to be furnished. This series comprises a contract book, a contract ledger and a contract register. They contain similar information for different periods of time.

How to use the records

These records are not available at Public Record Office and are available through the Geelong Heritage Centre, 51 Little Malop Street, Geelong.

These records have been serialised as part of the PROV Distributed Network Place of Deposit program. Geelong Heritage Centre has been approved as a Place of Deposit for permanent value municipal records for the region under s14 of the Public Records Act 1973.

Refer to the Accession Consignment List and identify item/s of interest.

Recordkeeping system

Each contract was allocated a unique registration number. This was often recorded as a sequential number with a year suffix. Contracts are arranged within volumes in numeric order.