Baron, William Henry

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Unique IDPE-004585SurnameBaronGiven namesWilliam HenryBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1850-1872Biographical noteBiographical details:
Government Employment: 12 October 1858 Surveyor and Draftsman, Harbours and Rivers Department, Public Works Department [ref: Parliamentary Papers 1876-1877]

1 January 1862 Resident Engineer at the Clarence River [ref: Parliamentary Papers 1876-1877]

31 March 1865 Position abolished [ref: Parliamentary Papers 1876-1877]

NSW Parliamentary papers: Claim of William Henry Baron relating to entitlement after his position as Resident Engineer at the Clarence River was abolished and giving details of his employment. Committee recommended payment to be made to his widow:

[ref: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/hansard/Documents/HHP/Pre1991/Votes/Papers/Sessional%20Papers%20-%208th%20Parliament%201876-77.pdf; pp250-258]

NSW BDMs Registry: Death BARON WILLIAM H 8643/1877 AGE 48 YEARS DIED GLADESVILLE registered at RYDE

BARON.— May 27, at Gladesville. William Henry Baron, C E for many years engaged in the Harbours and Rivers Departments, NSW. [ref: Evening News 29 May 1877]

Details from contemporary sources:
1850 Appointed Assistant City Surveyor, 2 September 1850 - £150 pa [ref: Council Meeting 2 September 1850]]
1850 Sureties - £300 - James Ewen & William Wallis [ref: Council Meeting 30 September 1850]
1854 £300 pa - promoted, 7 Apr 1854 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 7 April 1854]
1854 To take charge of Trigonometrical Survey of City of Sydney - April [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 4 May 1854]
1854 Sureties - bond £450 - October - Assistant Engineer [ref: 26/12/0997]
1854 £350 pa - appointed Acting City Surveyor, 15 November 1854 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 16 November 1854]
1855 Appointed by City Surveyor by City Commissioners - 23 January 1855 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 23 January 1855]
1855 £400 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1855 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 23 January 1855]
1855 Sureties - bond £500 - Rowan J Ronald & PJ Downey [ref: 65/0015]
1855 Received gratuity £50 for Trigonometrical Survey of Sydney, 1855 [ref: 26/027/098]
1856 £400 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1856 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 8 February 1856]
1856 Requests draftsman for Trigonometrical Survey - April [ref: 26/22/315]
1856 Conflict with Stubbs - August [ref: 26/024/716]
1856 Conflict with Bell re appointment of draftsman - August [ref: 26/024/717]
1856 Threatened court action by McDermott - December - cheated by Baron etc [ref: 26/027/002]
1856 Gratuity £50 for Trigonometrical Survey, 1856 - granted February 1857 [ref: 26/027/098]
1857 Requests separate remuneration for his work on the Trigonometrical Survey of Sydney - Town Clerk reports he was appointed Assistant Engineer 1 April 1854 at £300 pa and was in charge of the Survey - Appointed City Surveyor January 1855 and received a gratuity for survey - present salary February 1857 is £400 whereas predecessor received £575 and had an assistant. [ref: 26/027/098]
1857 Complains about Charles E Bell - March 1857 [ref: 26/028/215]
1857 Certifies correctness of Trigonometrical Survey - April 1857 [ref: 26/028/299]
1857 Decision his position is subordinate to City Engineer - June 1857 [ref: 21/14/2 [7]]
1857 City Surveyor & Building Surveyor - £470 pa - combined offices [ref: Council Meeting 15 June 1857]
1857 Offices of Surveyor and Building Surveyor to be split - Baron to be City Surveyor at £375 pa [ref: Council Meeting 11 Aug 1857]
1857 Resignation received 31 August 1857 [ref: Council Meeting 31 Aug 1857]
1857 Dispute with Bell re handover of papers etc - September [ref: 26/30/418]
1872 29 January- had been surveying the district between Randwick, Long Swamp and Botany- important for knowledge of the Water Reserves - suffered serious heatstroke - unable to work for a month - hopes to resume - asks if he can be paid while he was ill - F Bell recommends he be allowed to continue the survey when he is well - no sick pay granted [ref: 26/113/091]
1872 March - offering to complete survey of the Botany Swamp for £58 - describes physical difficulties of the survey - granted £7 increase on his pay for drafting plan and his offer accepted - May [ref: 26/115/454]
1872 Requests payment for field equipment expenses as submitted to the City Engineer and approved - May [ref: 26/115/456]
1872 Finance Committee recommends payment of £58 for the completion of the survey and plotting of the Water Reserves at Botany - June [ref: 22/14/27/165]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-000192

Item

Transcript - Register of letters written from the City Surveyor's office, 1855-1860

City Surveyor's Correspondence and Water Rate Register, Volume 2, 1855-1860

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CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionAssistant City Surveyor [City Surveyor's Department]City Surveyor [multiple departments]Building Surveyor [multiple departments]Surveyor [multiple departments]Related itemsMemorandum: William H Baron, City Surveyor - Disagreement over employment of two men as draughtsman

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Baron, William Henry