Castlemaine Borough Engineer: Specifications and Reports, 1870s-1900s
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Angus Cornish, Castlemaine Borough engineer & Inspector of works, circa 1870s - 1900s: a bulging file of hand-written and illustrated specification documents and surveyors reports for works completed or required in and around Castlemaine; including 'C. Hansan and 15 prisoners are employed in forming the new lake in the botanical Gardens...', 'For making three hundred and fifty more or less holes within the Borough for receiving trees', 'For Kerbing the Borough footpath',....
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