Unique IDPE-001035SurnameRaeGiven namesJohnBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1843-1853Biographical noteBiographical details:
Later career: Commissioner of City of Sydney 1854-1857; NSW Government public servant including Secretary to Railway Commissioner, Under Secretary for Public Works and Commissioner for Railways, Chairman of the Board of Public Tenders, Member of the Civil Service Board - Australian Dictionary of Biography online [ref: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rae-john-4443]
Funeral report: [ref: SMH 17 July 1900 p6]; Funeral report and portrait drawing [ref: The Daily Telegraph 17 July 1900 p 5]
Death Notices and Obituaries: [ref: The Australian Star 16 July 1900 p 7]; [ref: Evening News 16 July 1900 p 4]; [ref: The Australian Star 16 July 1900 p 4]; [ref: Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW) 16 July 1900 p 2]; [ref: The Daily Telegraph 16 July 1900 p 5]; [ref: The Sydney Morning Herald 16 July 1900 p 5]
Sketch by Rae: City of Sydney Archives: File 006/006421 - Sketch of George Street by John Rae, showing the Royal Hotel, site of the first Council meeting – c1842 - NSCA CRS 904/1129
Details from contemporary sources:
1843 £400 pa - appointed 27 July - [ref: 7/1/253]
1843 £300 pa - Special Committee, reduction salaries - 23 December [ref: 21/1/59/745[685]]
1843 Surety bond - £4,000 - August - John Smith & John Stirling [ref: 65/0002]
1844 £300 pa - Salaries voted for 1844 - Town Clerk to City Treasurer 29 Dec 1843 [ref: 27/1/548/582]
1844 £300 pa - Schedule of salaries for 1844 [ref: 7/1/437-440]
1846 Statement of duties of officer - January 1846 [ref: 21/004/13 [45]]
1847 £350 pa - salaries voted for 1847 [ref: 27/3/47/59]
1847 Ill - absent - October [ref: 7/3/432]
1849 £350 pa - Salary recommendations for 1849 [ref: 11/1; 22 Dec 1848]
1849 £350 pa - Estimates for 1849 [ref: 27/5/49/377]
1849 Granted leave of absence 14 days - requested 8 June [ref: 27/5/49/280]
1849 Leave - 14 days - eye disease - June [ref: 7/4/577]
1850 £350 - Estimates for 1850 [ref: 27/5/50/102]
1850 Surety bond - £1050 - September - John Stirling & Charles Kemp [ref: 65/0007]
1851 £350 pa - Estimates for 1851 [ref: 27/6/51/7]
1852 £350 pa - Estimates for 1852 [ref: 27/6/52/11]
1852 Received £50 in fees/perquisites in 1851 [ref: 27/6/52/143]
1853 £450 pa - Estimates for 1853 - January [ref: 27/7/53/26]
1853 Requests increase - August [ref: 21/11/33 [219]]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-003747
