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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2024-07-30 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007449b.htm VA 722 corporateBody Country Roads Board State of Victoria AACR2 1913 30 June 1983 Advisory or Regulatory Body Road Transport The Country Roads Board was established as the central road authority with responsibility for those roads within the State considered to be main roads, under the Country Roads Act 1912 (No.2415) proclaimed in 1913. The initial functions of the Board, as defined by the Act, were: - to ascertain which roads should be main roads, - to ascertain the most effective methods of road construction and maintenance, - to ascertain the deviations in existing roads or new roads which would facilitate communication and improve conditions for traffic.

By 1910 it had become increasingly apparent that there was a need for a central roads authority to take over responsibility from the Board of Lands and Works (VA 744) for the care and management of the main roads of the state. Up to this time there was a lack of co-operation between the agencies with operational responsibility for roads, the Roads and Bridges Branch of the Public Works Department (VA 669) and local municipalities, in the construction and maintenance of main roads.

Expenditure of state funds was without proper supervision or a thorough investigation into actual needs. The absence of a systematic policy, as well as a lack of funds, had resulted in Victorian roads being in a deplorable condition. At this time the increased use of the motor car accentuated the demands for better roads.

 Upton, Thomas Haynes (1889 - 1956)

Designing Engineer 1919 - 1922

 Kelso, Alexander Edward (1894 - 1943)

Engineer for bridges 1922 - 1924

 Kemp, John Robert (1883 - 1955)

Assistant Engineer / Engineer 1913 - 1920

 Loder, Louis Francis (1896 - 1972)

Chairman 1940 - 1944; Chief engineer 1928 - 1940

 Darwin, Donald Victor (1896 - 1972)

Chairman 1949 - 1962

 McCormack, William Thomas Bartholomew (1879 - 1938)

Chairman 1928 - 1938; Acting Chairman 1924; Supervising Engineer, Great Ocean Road 1919 - 1922; Commissioner 1913 - 1928

 Calder, William (1860 - 1928)

First Chairman 1913 - 1928

 State of Victoria (1901 - ) 'Country Roads Board', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Country Roads Board Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Low cost road construction in Victoria Loder, L. F. Low cost road construction in Victoria 1931 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 3 6 193-205 Journal Article: The effect of improved road surfaces on the running costs of motor vehicles Mathieson, J. The effect of improved road surfaces on the running costs of motor vehicles 1932 Commonwealth Engineer 20 2 50-51 Journal Article: Notes on highway pavements Loder, L. F. Notes on highway pavements 1932 Commonwealth Engineer 20 3 82-85 Resource: VicRoads centenary [poster] : keeping Victorians connected for 100 years : 1913-2013 Roads Corporation (Vic.) VicRoads centenary [poster] : keeping Victorians connected for 100 years : 1913-2013 Bondi Junction, NSW Faircount Media Group 2013 Journal Article: Road engineering and its development in Australia, 1788-1938 [Part 2] Newell, H. H. Road engineering and its development in Australia, 1788-1938 [Part 2] 1938 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 10 3 97-106