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- Surveyor [multiple departments]
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Golden, Michael
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Unique IDPE-003056SurnameGoldenGiven namesMichaelBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1847-1857Biographical noteBiographical details:
1857 Elected Alderman for Cook Ward, 30 April to 30 November 1857 - [ref: www.sydneyaldermen.com.au]
Details from contemporary sources:
1847 Appointed Superintendent of the Building Act - 3 May 1847 - £150 pa [ref: 7/3/330[; [ref: 27/3/47/115]
1847 Surety bond Thomas Barker & Donald Larnack - £450 - May [ref: 65/0004]
1847 Certificate of illness - October [ref: 7/3/475]
1848 Position name change to Superintendent & Surveyor under the Building Act - 27 January 1848 [ref: 27/4/48/36]
1849 To pay in fees collected at least once per month [ref: 27/4/49/69]
1848 Appointed "a Surveyor of the City of Sydney" 23 May 1848 [ref: 7/4/112 & 27/4/48/172]
1849 Requests increase, December 1848 - lists duties - January 1849 [ref: 26/4/159]
1849 List of positions in City Surveyor's department - Surveyor under the Building Act [ref: 27/4/49/147]
1849 Town Clerk inquires re outstanding rates - November [ref: 27/5/49/522]
1849 Lists fees & salary paid [ref: 26/4/162]
1851 £150 pa - Estimates for 1851 [ref: 27/6/51/7]
1851 Notified - Under instructions of City Surveyor [ref: 27/6/51/76]
1852 £160 pa - Estimates for 1852 [ref: 27/6/52/11]
1852 Received nil in fees/perquisites in 1851 - resolution February - Town Clerk memo [ref: 27/6/52/143]
1853 £200 pa - Estimates for 1853 [ref: 27/7/53/26]
1853 Drafted a proposed new Building Act, September [ref: 7/6/87]
1853 Gratuity £150 for draft of Building Act - September - alternate motions lost [ref: 7/6/88]
1853 Gratuity extra £50 for draft of Building Act - November - alternate motions lost [ref: 7/6/101]
1853 Town Clerk's query to City Solicitor re gratuity payments 23 November - £150 [ref: 27/7/53/238]
1853 Gratuity £50 for draft of Building Act - December - alternate motions lost [ref: 7/6/104]
1854 £300 pa - increase from 1 January 1854 - April [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 28 April 1854]
1855 £300 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1855 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 23 January 1855 & 27/9/90]
1855 Surety bond - £300 - May - Thomas Barker & James Barker [ref: 65/0016]
1856 £300 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1856 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 8 February 1856]
1857 Resignation - to stand for election in Cook Ward [ref: SMH 28 April 1857]
1857 Duties of Building Surveyor to be fulfilled by City Surveyor - June 1857 [ref: 21/14/2 [7]]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-001723
1857 Elected Alderman for Cook Ward, 30 April to 30 November 1857 - [ref: www.sydneyaldermen.com.au]
Details from contemporary sources:
1847 Appointed Superintendent of the Building Act - 3 May 1847 - £150 pa [ref: 7/3/330[; [ref: 27/3/47/115]
1847 Surety bond Thomas Barker & Donald Larnack - £450 - May [ref: 65/0004]
1847 Certificate of illness - October [ref: 7/3/475]
1848 Position name change to Superintendent & Surveyor under the Building Act - 27 January 1848 [ref: 27/4/48/36]
1849 To pay in fees collected at least once per month [ref: 27/4/49/69]
1848 Appointed "a Surveyor of the City of Sydney" 23 May 1848 [ref: 7/4/112 & 27/4/48/172]
1849 Requests increase, December 1848 - lists duties - January 1849 [ref: 26/4/159]
1849 List of positions in City Surveyor's department - Surveyor under the Building Act [ref: 27/4/49/147]
1849 Town Clerk inquires re outstanding rates - November [ref: 27/5/49/522]
1849 Lists fees & salary paid [ref: 26/4/162]
1851 £150 pa - Estimates for 1851 [ref: 27/6/51/7]
1851 Notified - Under instructions of City Surveyor [ref: 27/6/51/76]
1852 £160 pa - Estimates for 1852 [ref: 27/6/52/11]
1852 Received nil in fees/perquisites in 1851 - resolution February - Town Clerk memo [ref: 27/6/52/143]
1853 £200 pa - Estimates for 1853 [ref: 27/7/53/26]
1853 Drafted a proposed new Building Act, September [ref: 7/6/87]
1853 Gratuity £150 for draft of Building Act - September - alternate motions lost [ref: 7/6/88]
1853 Gratuity extra £50 for draft of Building Act - November - alternate motions lost [ref: 7/6/101]
1853 Town Clerk's query to City Solicitor re gratuity payments 23 November - £150 [ref: 27/7/53/238]
1853 Gratuity £50 for draft of Building Act - December - alternate motions lost [ref: 7/6/104]
1854 £300 pa - increase from 1 January 1854 - April [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 28 April 1854]
1855 £300 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1855 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 23 January 1855 & 27/9/90]
1855 Surety bond - £300 - May - Thomas Barker & James Barker [ref: 65/0016]
1856 £300 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1856 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 8 February 1856]
1857 Resignation - to stand for election in Cook Ward [ref: SMH 28 April 1857]
1857 Duties of Building Surveyor to be fulfilled by City Surveyor - June 1857 [ref: 21/14/2 [7]]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-001723
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CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionBuilding Surveyor [multiple departments]Superintendent [City Surveyor's Department]Surveyor [multiple departments]Superintendent of the Building Act [Building Surveyor]Surveyor of Buildings [City Surveyor's Department]Surveyor of the City of Sydney [City Surveyor's Department]Surveyor under the Building Act [City Surveyor's Department]
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Golden, Michael [PE-003056]. City of Sydney Archives, accessed 11 May 2025, https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/1872426