City of Sydney Archives

Development Application Files, 1952-1981 [South Sydney Municipal Council] 1929

General Correspondence Files, 1949-1981 [South Sydney Municipal Council] 1486

Building Application Files, 1946-1981 [South Sydney Municipal Council] 1462

Deed Packets I, 1838-1988 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 1210

Plans of Parks, Reserves and Playgrounds [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 983

Town Clerk's Correspondence Folders 934

Letters Sent, 1842-1900 899

Reports of the Improvement Committee, 1843-1887 [Municipal Council of Sydney] 720

Goods, Works and Services Contracts, 1843-1976 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 694

Development Application Heritage Reports 591

Reports of the Finance Committee I [Municipal Council of Sydney] 516

Sydney Star Observer stock photograph library 499

Building Survey Cards I 471

Letters Received [Municipal Council of Sydney] 440

Resumption Claim Packets, 1844-1985 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 406

City Engineer's Department Master Negative Microfilm of Plans of Engineering & Survey Standards 363

Reports of the Lighting Committee, 1857-1892 357

City Engineer's Miscellaneous Cards 348

City Building Surveyor's Department Correspondence Files, 1949-1984 336

Planning Street Cards 331

Letters Sent 316

Register of Matters Referred to the City Solicitor 312

Minutes of Council, 1842 - ongoing [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 278

Sydney Festival Photographs 257

Central Activity Files 248

Town Clerk's Department Correspondence Files [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 238

Development and Building Application Photographs 229

Committee Reports (Various committees), 1842-1899 225

Lord Mayor Sartor's Subject Files 214

Barbers Shop Licence Cards 197

Master Negative Microfilm of Plans Drawn for/by Government Departments 196

Letters Received from the Colonial Secretary, 1842-1859 188

Common Lodging House & Boarding House Licence Cards 186

Printed Duplicates of Minutes of Council, 1971 - ongoing [City of Sydney] 184

Deed Packets, 1949-1981 [South Sydney Municipal Council] 182

Interim Development Application Files, 1949-1951 [South Sydney Municipal Council] 180

Community Ephemera Collection 178

Building Inspectors' Cards 175

City Engineer's Lighting Plans Master Negative Microfilm 172

City Historians' Project Papers, 1987-2005 154

The Records of The Glebe Society Inc 152

Reports of the Finance Committee I, 1857-1898 [Municipal Council of Sydney] 151

BMC - Leyland Australia Heritage Group Memorabilia 147

Sydney Festival Business Development Records 146

Old Planning Street Cards 135

Information files 130

City Solicitor's Packets, 1834-1977 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 124

Specifications for Council Properties, 1885-1991 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 116

Newsclippings Service 107

Development Application Files I [City of Sydney] 105

Councillors' Information Service 103

Surveyor's Field Books, 1883-2009 102

Rate Books, 1844-1928 [Municipal Council of Sydney] 98

Business Papers for Council Meetings 95

Central Sydney Planning Committee Agenda Papers 92

Belvoir St Theatre posters 91

Minutes of the Central Sydney Planning Committee 89

Planning Scheme Maps 89

Town Hall events ephemera 82

Rate Books, 1969-1975 [South Sydney Municipal Council] 80

Proceedings of the Central Sydney Planning Committee 76

Sydney Festival Correspondence Files 76

City Projects Photograph Collection 72

Sydney Festival Board of Directors duplicate Minutes, Agendas and Business Papers 72

Electoral Rolls, 1888-2004 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 71

Building Application Files [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 70

Records of Lord Mayor Clover Moore 70

Valuation Lists, 1949-1968 [South Sydney Municipal Council / City of Sydney] 70

Heritage Property Files 69

Minutes of Council [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 68

Interim Development Application Files 65

Sydney Festival and Waratah Festival Programs 65

Printed Programs of Entertainments and Civic Events, 1978-1994 64

Town Clerk's Correspondence Files, 1949-1968 [South Sydney Municipal Council] 64

City Engineer's Department Correspondence Files 61

Public Relations Photograph Library 60

Legal Opinions Books 58

Letters from City Treasurer 58

Records and research material of the Inner Sydney Regional Council for Social Development 58

Corporate, Finance, Properties and Tenders Committee Agenda Papers 54

Records of Kathryn Greiner 54

Sydney Festival Audio and Visual Recordings 51

Records of George Clarke, Planning Consultant, 1947-1979 50

Committee Reports (Various committees) 49

Sydney Festival Minutes of Committees 49

City Surveyors Auction and Sale Lithographs (S7C) 47

Development Application Files [South Sydney Municipal Council] 46

Parking Station Licence Files, 1964-1991 44

Rate Books, 1974-1992 [City of Sydney] 44

Planning and Development Committee Agenda Papers 43

Building Survey Cards II 42

New Year's Eve Records 42

Planning Committee II & III Agenda Papers 39

Records of Councillor Marcelle Hoff 39

Citizens of Sydney Organising Committee Ephemera and news clippings 38

Printed Materials, 1837-1930 37

Erskineville Correspondence and Subject Files 36

Street Banners and Flags 36

Printed Duplicates of Minutes of Council [South Sydney City Council] 35

Town Clerk's Minutes to City Treasurer 35

Parks, Reserves and Playgrounds Register [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 33

Petitions to Council 32

Sydney Festival Posters 32

Sydney Festival Marketing Files 30

Sydney Festival Press Clippings 30

Letters Sent by the Mayor 29

Minutes of Council [South Sydney City Council] 29

Sydney Festival Minutes and Agenda Papers for General and Board Meetings 29

Andrew Briger's Papers 28

City Solicitor's Letters 28

City Health Department Correspondence Files 27

City of Sydney - Aerial Photographic Survey, 1949 27

Cook and Phillip Park Project Files 27

Leichhardt Building and Development Application Cards (Glebe) 27

Building Application Files [South Sydney Municipal Council] 26

Cleansing Department Photographs 26

City Planning Committee Agenda Papers 25

General Correspondence Files [South Sydney Municipal Council] 25

Meeting Papers of the Small Permits Appeal Panel 25

Records of the Hyde Park Project 25

Building and Development Committee Agenda Papers 24

Rate Books [Glebe Municipal Council] 24

South Sydney City Council media photographic library 24

Rate Books [Paddington Municipal Council] 23

South Sydney City Council Community Services Committee Agenda Papers 23

Annual Reports I, 1880-1975 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 22

Donations to Council 22

Projects and Public Spaces Committee Agenda Papers 21

City Engineers Department - Permanent Survey Mark Register 20

Corporate and Community Services Committee Agenda Papers 20

Proceedings of Council, 1888 - ongoing 20

Queen Victoria Building (QVB) Shop Tenders Register 20

Valuer-General's Valuation Books, 1968-1979 20

South Sydney City Council Planning and Development Committee Agenda Papers 19

Valuation Lists [Redfern Municipal Council] 19

Cultural and Community Services Committee Agenda Papers 18

Goods, Works and Services Contracts [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 18

Indexes to Town Clerk's Department Correspondence Files, 1914-1978 18

South Sydney City Council Councillors' Information Service 18

South Sydney City Council Finance Committee Agenda Papers 18

Valuation Lists [Newtown Municipal Council] 18

Works Committee III Agenda Papers 18

Rate Books [Newtown Municipal Council] 17

Records of Lucy Turnbull 17

Works Committee II Agenda Papers 17

Atlas of the suburbs of Sydney (Higinbotham & Robinson) 16

Deed Packets I [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 16

Industrial Relations Sub-Committee Agenda Papers and Minutes 16

Newsclippings books 16

Planning Committee I Agenda Papers 16

Rate Notice Books [Redfern Municipal Council], 1933-1946 16

Reference Microfilm of Council Plans II 16

Sydney Eisteddfod Syllabuses, Programs and Trophies 16

Waterloo Correspondence and Subject Files 16

Valuation Lists [Glebe Municipal Council] 15

Valuation and Rate Books [Erskineville Municipal Council] 15

Alderman Craig Johnston's Subject Files 14

Annual Reports II 14

Central Sydney Planning Inquiry - Submissions, Hearing Tapes and Reports 14

City Historians' Project Papers 14

Community Services Committee II Agenda Papers 14

Development and Building Application Photographs (South Sydney City Council) 14

Finance Committee II Agenda Papers 14

Council of the City of South Sydney - Valuation Books 13

Erskineville Rate Books Duplicate Notices 13

Records of the Sydney Cabaret Convention 13

Sydney Town Hall Upgrade Records 13

Works Committee I Agenda Papers 13

Community Services Committee III Agenda Papers 12

Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest Return Forms - Councillors, Central Sydney Planning Committee (CSPC) Members and Designated Staff 12

George Street & Railway Square Upgrade Project Management Files 12

Papers of Mrs William Stones (Gertrude) Member of The Lady Mayoress' Relief Fund 1930s - 1960s 12

Rate Notice Books [Paddington Municipal Council] 12

Sydney Eisteddfod Minutes and Correspondence 12

Valuer-General's Valuation Lists [South Sydney Municipal Council] 12

Account Ledgers, 1843-1969 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 11

Chief Executive Officer Updates 11

Circular Quay Supervisory Committee Minutes 11

Environment Committee Agenda Papers 11

Paddington Correspondence and Subject Files 11

Properties, Housing and Works Committee Agenda Papers 11

Revenue and Expenditure Control Sub-Committee Agenda Papers and Minutes 11

Working Papers - Noel Dwyer, Illuminations and Decorations Committee 1954 Royal Visit 11

City Building Surveyor's Department Correspondence Files 10

Films 10

Finance, Industrial Relations, Budget Management and Equal Opportunity Committee Agenda Papers 10

Martin Place Upgrade Project Management Records 10

Mayor's Instructions 10

Miscellaneous Files, 1969-1981 [South Sydney Municipal Council] 10

Plans of the Capitol Theatre, 1913-1970 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 10

Records of Laurie Lambert, 1886-1983 10

Sydney Festival Production Manager's Records 10

Electoral Correspondence Files 9

Minutes of the Electric Lighting Committee, 1901-1942 9

Properties Committee II Agenda Papers 9

Records of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Project 9

South Sydney City Council Properties Sub-Commitee 9

Specifications for Council Properties [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 9

Staff Record Reports 9

Vade Mecum - City of Sydney Yearbook, 1900-1941 9

Valuation Lists [Paddington Municipal Council] 9

Building Application Registers [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 8

City of Sydney Corporate Plans 8

City of Sydney Strategic Plans 8

Collateral for major Celebrations, Events and Festivals, 2000-ongoing 8

Minutes of the Finance Committee I [Municipal Council of Sydney], 1846-1973 8

Priorities and Outcomes Committee Agenda Papers 8

Rate Books [Waterloo Municipal Council] 8

Records of the Millers Point, Dawes Point, The Rocks, Walsh Bay Residents Action Group 8

Valuation Lists [Erskineville Municipal Council] 8

Valuation and Rate Books, 1866-1947 [Darlington Municipal Council] 8

Assessment and Rate Books [Alexandria Municipal Council] 7

Assessment and Valuation Books [Alexandria Municipal Council] 7

City of Sydney Improvement Board records 7

Darlington Correspondence and Subject Files 7

Finance and Industrial Relations Committee Agenda Papers 7

Major Building and Development and City Planning Committee Agenda Papers 7

Minute Books [Glebe Municipal Council] 7

Minute Books [Waterloo Municipal Council] 7

Minutes of Council, 1968-1981 [South Sydney Municipal Council] 7

Minutes of the Works Committee I [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney], 1899-1973 7

Records of Darling House Aged Care Association 7

South Sydney City Council Works Committee Agenda Papers 7

South Sydney Municipal Council Electoral Rolls 7

South Sydney Municipal Council Newspaper Clippings 7

Capitol Theatre Reconstruction and Extension, Project Manager's Working Papers 6

City Health Committee II Agenda Papers 6

Cleansing Services Review Sub-Committee Agenda Papers and Minutes 6

Letters Received from the Colonial Secretary 6

Minute Books [Redfern Municipal Council] 6

Parks and Recreations Department Correspondence Files 6

Proceedings of Council 6

Rate Books [Redfern Municipal Council], 1918-1932 6

Registers of Letters Received, 1853-1913 6

Stephen Hall's Correspondence Files 6

Sydney Festival Ephemera 6

Works and Housing Committee Agenda Papers 6

City Engineer's Miscellaneous Books [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney / South Sydney Council] 5

City of Sydney Rate Notices 5

Cultural and City Services Committee Agenda Papers 5

Dana Mider project records 5

Debentures Registers, 1959-1990 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 5

Development Application Registers 5

Indexes to Letters Sent, 1854-1935 5

Journals of Accounts for Council Funds 5

Lord Mayor Sutherland's Alphabetical Correspondence 5

Minutes of Council [Newtown Municipal Council] 5

Parks and Recreations Review Sub-Committee Agenda Papers and Minutes 5

Records of the Friends of the Sydney Festival 5

Records of the Green Square Project 5

Records of the Sydney Traffic Committee 5

South Sydney City Council Traffic Committee records 5

Valuation Lists [Alexandria Municipal Council] 5

Video Tapes, 1942 - ongoing 5

Waterloo Letterbooks 5

Agenda and Minutes of Meetings of Development Resolution Committee 4

Assessment Books [Alexandria Municipal Council] 4

Audio Recordings 4

Camperdown Memorial Rest Park Trust Records, 1950-1969 4

East Circular Quay Redevelopment Project Records 4

Ephemera from the Sesquicentenary Celebrations 4

Films, 1942-1980 4

Interim Development Application Files [South Sydney Municipal Council] 4

Minutes of Council Committees [Glebe Municipal Council] 4

Minutes of Council [Alexandria Municipal Council] 4

Minutes of Council [Erskineville Municipal Council] 4

Newtown Correspondence and Subject Files 4

Paddington Annual Reports 4

South Sydney Council Local Workplace Agreements 4

South Sydney Municipal Council Electoral Roll Master Tape Printouts 4

Street Furniture Replacement Project Records 4

Sydney Festival Annual Financial Reports, 1991-2012 4

Alfred Street Redevelopment Project Records 3

Assessment Books [Newtown Municipal Council] 3

City Building Surveyor's Department Card Files 3

City Building Surveyor's Improvement Board Records 3

City Life current events bulletins 3

Community Services, Small Business and Tourism Committee Agenda Papers 3

Engineering Works Review Sub-Committee Agenda Papers and Minutes 3

House Sub-Committee Agenda Papers 3

Indexes to Letters Received, 1854-1913 3

Industrial Relations Committee Agenda Papers 3

Internal Telephone Directories 3

Lord Mayors Bush Fire Appeal Fund Records 3

Minutes of Council Committees [Newtown Municipal Council] 3

Minutes of Special Committees, 1857-1950 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 3

Minutes of the Health and Recreations Committee, 1902-1973 3

Redfern Waterloo Heritage Study 3

Resumption Claim Packets [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 3

Rolls of Electors [Paddington Municipal Council] 3

South Sydney Municipal Council Property Registers 3

Sydney Committee Minutes of Meetings 3

Town Clerk's Correspondence Files [South Sydney Municipal Council] 3

Triennial Valuation Books [Glebe Municipal Council] 3

Valuation Books [Paddington Municipal Council] 3

Acts and Gazettes Book 2

Agreements Registers [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 2

Air Raid Shelter Files 2

City Engineer's Department Correspondence Files, 1925-1988 2

City Engineer's Photographic Negatives, 1953-1975 2

City Surveyor's Correspondence and Water Rate Register 2

Glebe Building Registers 2

Indexes to Minutes of Council [Municipal Council of Sydney], 1850-1899 2

Invitations and Christmas Cards 2

Law Enforcement Uniforms and Memorabilia 2

Macdonaldtown Assessment Books 2

Minutes of Council [Darlington Municipal Council] 2

Minutes of Council [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 2

Minutes of the General Purposes Committee, 1899-1973 2

Minutes of the Sydney / Portsmouth Sister City Committee 2

Newtown Reports of Council Officers 2

Olympic Games Photograph Library 2

Paddington Indexes to Letter Registers / Records Registers 2

Paddington Letter Books 2

Paddington Record Registers 2

Paddington Town Hall Accounts Ledgers 2

Park Street Upgrade Project Management Files 2

Parks Plans Job and Index Cards 2

Photographs of Paddington Aldermen 2

Properties and Housing Committee Agenda Papers 2

Rate Books [Camperdown Municipal Council] 2

Rate Levy Lists, 1976-1982 [South Sydney Municipal Council] 2

Records of Henry Frederick (Harry) Jensen 2

Registers of Deed Packets, 1838-1988 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 2

South Sydney City Council Cultural Committee Agenda Papers 2

South Sydney City Council DA and BA Register 2

Sydney Festival Original Artwork 2

Town Hall Letting Registers 2

Valuation Books [Waterloo Municipal Council] 2

Valuation Lists [Darlington Municipal Council] 2

War Comfort Funds and Staff Enlistment Papers, Erskineville National Emergency Service (NES) 2

Waratah Festival trophies 2

Waterloo Assessment Books 2

Agendas and Reports of the City Library Review Sub-Committee 1

Aldermanic Photographs, 1877-1992 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 1

Aldermen's Service Cards 1

Ancher, Mortlock and Woolley records of St Andrews Precinct and Town Hall House 1

Awards and certificates 1

Building Register [Newtown Municipal Council] 1

Camperdown Memorial Rest Park Trust Records 1

Cash Books, 1843-1904 1

City Cleansing Engineer's Files 1

City Engineer's Department Negatives, 1980-1988 1

City Engineer's Lighting Plans Plans Custodian's Reference Microfilm 1

City Engineer's Lighting Plans Reference Microfilm 1

City Engineer's Miscellaneous Cards, 1881-1993 1

City Engineers Plans Register 1

City Solicitor's Packets [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 1

Cleansing Department Correspondence Files 1

Correspondence and Minute Register [Erskinville Municipal Council] 1

Cultural and City Care Committee Agenda Papers 1

Darlington Letter Books 1

Darlington Trial Balance Book 1

Darlington Wages Books 1

Erskineville Bill of Quantities for Erection of Town Hall 1

Erskineville Newsclipping Books 1

Erskineville Roll of Electors 1

Finance Committee Reports [Waterloo Municipal Council] 1

Footway Paving Registers [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 1

Glebe Balance Sheets 1

Glebe Development Consent Register 1

Glebe Municipality, 1888 1

Glebe Planning Street Cards 1

Index to Deed Packets, 1905-1988 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 1

Insurance Sub-Committee Agenda Papers and Minutes 1

Leo Schofield's Correspondence Files 1

Letter Register [Microfilm and Microfiche of Incoming Correspondence] 1

Lord Mayor Sartor's Subject Files, 1991-2003 1

Making of the Rate Book 1

McKee Street Child Care Centre Subcommittee - Reports of Meetings and related papers 1

Minute Book of Improvement Committee [Redfern Municipal Council] 1

Minute Books [Macdonaldtown Municipal Council] 1

Minutes of Meetings of the Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations Committees 1

Minutes of the General Purposes Committee 1

Minutes of the Health and Recreations Committee 1

Minutes of the Improvement Committee [Municipal Council of Sydney] 1

Minutes of the Lighting Committee, 1857-1898 [Municipal Council of Sydney] 1

Minutes of the Special Committee of Enquiry into Regulation of Street Signs 1

Minutes of the Water Committee, 1847-1879 1

Miscellaneous Financial Records, 1881-1924 1

Newtown Council Specifications 1

Paddington Labour Registers 1

Paddington Lighting Rate Oxford Street Books 1

Paddington Register of Attendance at Council Meetings 1

Papers of Miss Mary Windeyer, Surry Hills Free Kindergarten Children's Library 1

Parking, Traffic, Street Signs and Furniture Sub-Committee Agenda Papers and Minutes 1

Plans of the Capitol Theatre [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 1

Printed Materials 1

Programs of major Celebrations, Events and Festivals 1

Rate Notice Books [Alexandria Municipal Council] 1

Records of Laurie Lambert 1

Redfern Daily Record Book of Inspections 1

Redfern Gazette Notices 1

Register of Notification of Infectious Diseases [Erskineville Municipal Council] 1

Registers of Letters Received 1

Reports of Council Committees [Paddington Municipal Council] 1

Reports of the Improvement Committee [Municipal Council of Sydney] 1

Retail Core Upgrade Project Management Records 1

Sale of Sydney Common Allotments Records 1

South Sydney City Council Staff Medical Cards 1

Special Registrations Index [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney] 1

Subject Index Cards to Town Clerk's Correspondence Folders 1

Town Clerk's Photograph Albums, 1932-1937 1

Triennial Valuation Books Minute Book of Improvement Committee [Redfern Municipal Council] 1

Waterloo Benevolent Society Minute Book 1

Waterloo District Officer's Copies of Official Correspondence 1

Waterloo Time and Wages Sheets 1

Wattle Street Pedestrian Bridge project records 1

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Waratah Spring Festival parade, Park Street Sydney, 1959

Thompson, Reginald Lancelot

City of Sydney Planning Scheme, 1958

Waratah Spring Festival parade, Park Street Sydney, 1959

Waratah Spring Festival parade, Park Street Sydney, 1959

Tree planted by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh during royal visit, Loftus Street Sydney, 1954

Comperes on stage, Victoria Park, Mardi Gras Fair Day, 2012

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Bob Downe and Drag Queens on stage at Victoria Park, Mardi Gras Fair Day, 2012

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Indian dancers on stage, Victoria Park, Mardi Gras Fair Day, 2012

Bob Downe and compere on stage, Mardi Gras Fair Day, 2012

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Roller Derby stall at Victoria Park, Mardi Gras Fair Day, 2012

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