McRae, George

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Unique IDPE-001743SurnameMcRaeGiven namesGeorgeBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1884-1897Biographical noteBiographical details:
Photograph: NSCA CRS 54/377; SRC 15120 originally CRS 80/7

1912 Appointed NSW Government Architect
NSW BDMs Registry: Death 13009/1923 MCRAE GEORGE [parents] DUNCAN & MARY registered at WOOLLAHRA

Death and funeral notices: [ref: SMH 18 June 1923]
Obituaries: [ref: SMH 18 June 1923 p10]; [ref: SMH 19 June 1923 p10]

Article: “The Queen Victoria Buildings, Sydney – A Monument to the late George McRae”: Construction and Local Government Journal (Sydney), 20 June, 1923

Dictionary of Sydney online: [ref: https://dictionaryofsydney.org/person/mcrae_george]

Details from contemporary sources:
1884 Temporary appointment as Draftsman - testimonials etc [ref: Committee Reports Series 21/16/124 [909] - see A-00433801]
1884 £250 pa - Appointed Draftsman 4 December in place of JF Hennessy [ref: SMH 5 December]
1885 Salaries of officers 1885 - £250 pa [ref: 22/29/11(b)]
1885 £250 pa - Chief Draftsman - List of Officers & Servants - position, salary, duties - ordered by Council 9 September 1885 [ref: 30/001/094]
1885 Temporary appointment as City Building Surveyor by Mayor - November [ref: 21/17/18 [271]]
1886 Salaries of officers 1886 - Chief Draftsman- Recommendations of Finance Committee £250 pa [ref: 22/31/6]
1886 Acting City Architect re problems with building of Town Hall - Letter, Stewart & Co - February [ref: 26/210/511]
1886 Letter by Stewart & Co on Town Hall foundations; report by Sapsford- March [ref: 26/211/736]
1887 Acting City Architect - Recommends appointment of Clerk of Works for Fruit Market - January [ref: 26/218/343]
1887 £600 pa - appointment as City Architect & City Building Surveyor confirmed 12 July [ref: SMH 13 July 1887]
1889 Salary Schedule 1889-90 - Finance Committee recommendation - City Architect £500 [ref: 22/38/52]
1890 Report on work by draftsmen in 1889 - has 1 Draftsman, 1 pupil [ref: 26/241/844]
1890 Salary Schedule 1890-91 - Finance Committee recommendation - £600 increased from £500 pa - approved 12 December [ref: 22/41/1]
1893 Report on tenders for excavations and basement walls for Queen Victoria Markets Building - March [ref: 26/264/480]
1893 Salary Schedule 1893-94 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/46/6]
1895 £600 pa - Report on Salaries of Employees [ref: 22/48/22½ (g)]
1897 Recommends main cornice and parapet around the dome of the Queen Victoria Markets Building be concrete instead of zinc - September [ref: 26/294/1544]
1897 Finance Committee recommends adoption of McRae's report on trachyte columns of the Queen Victoria Markets Building - November [ref: 22/53/15]
1897 Arrangements made allowing McRae to finish the Queen Victoria Markets Building while accepting the offer of the position of NSW Principal Assistant Government Architect - November [ref: 22/53/31]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-003037

Photograph

Album - Queen Victoria Building Photographs, 1898

Relationships

CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionChief Draftsman [multiple departments]City Architect [multiple departments]City Architect & Building Surveyor [multiple departments]City Building Surveyor [multiple departments]Draftsman [multiple departments]Related itemsReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1885Officers & Servants of the Sydney Corporation [names, positions, salaries, duties]Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1886Letter: J Stewart & Co - Problems with stone work for Centennial HallReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1890Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1891Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1894Report of the Committee appointed to Inquire into and report upon staff salaries and wages, 1895

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McRae, George