Unique IDPE-000298SurnameWadeGiven namesWilliam BurtonBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1857-1858Biographical noteBiographical details:
1857 Prizewinner with WC Bennett of contest to design plans for the construction of sewers for Hobart [ref: Empire 27 March 1857 p2]
1859 Appointed Assistant Engineer Department of Internal Communication - NSW Government Gazette 4 February [ref: SMH 5 February1859]
1862 Marriage Notice: WADE-DUGUID-On the 1st of February, at St. Peter's, Cook's River, by the Rev. A. H. Bull, M.A., W. Burton Wade, Esq., Engineer, Railway Department, Sydney, to Annie Macbean, second daughter of Leslie Duguid, Esq., Cook's River. [ref: Empire 4 February 1862]
Details from contemporary sources:
1857 Bell recommends appointment - 20 March 1857 - £25 per month [ref: 26/028/245]
1857 £300 pa - Report of the Finance Committee - Recommendations 1 June 1857 [ref: 22/1/09]
1857 £300 pa - Memo to City Treasurer 1 July 1857 [ref: 27/11/57/203]
1858 £300 pa - Salaries of Officers 1 July 1858 [ref: 27/12/58/488]
1858 Resignation to take effect at end of August [ref: 26/36/659]
1858 Resignation letter read [ref: Council Meeting 23 August 1858]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-004487
