Redfern Municipal Council

Unique IDAG-0069DescriptionThe Municipalities Act 1858 allowed for the incorporation of areas of NSW (other than the City of Sydney which functioned under its own 1842 legislation) as municipalities with local government organisations. The approval process required a petition from at least fifty householders in an area. A new municipality could be created from an area previously unincorporated, or from an area within the boundary of an existing municipality.

Redfern Municipal Council was formed in 1859, and in 1860 Waterloo Municipal Council was formed from part of its area.

This agency has been created by the City of Sydney Archives to cover all the corporate and administrative offices of the Redfern Municipal Council. Apart from the corporation (the group of Alderman headed by the Mayor) the suburban municipalities surrounding the City of Sydney usually employed only a Town Clerk and a handful of other administrative staff.

A map of the Redfern Municipality (dating from the 1880s) is attached, showing the boundaries and the Ward divisions.

From 1 January 1949, Redfern was absorbed by Sydney City Council.CreationNSW Gazette, 11 August 1859AbolitionLocal Government (Areas) Act 1948

Series

Register of Notification of Infectious Diseases [Redfern Municipal Council]

Redfern Building Plans

Redfern Building Registers

Redfern Gazette Notices

Redfern Newspaper Clippings

Redfern Town Planning Proposals

Redfern Health Inspector's Reports and Complaints Register

Triennial Valuation Books Minute Book of Improvement Committee [Redfern Municipal Council]

Rate Books [Redfern Municipal Council]

Redfern Daily Record Book of Inspections

Redfern Register of Letters Received

Rate Notice Books [Redfern Municipal Council]

Redfern Debating Club Minute Book

Minute Book of Improvement Committee [Redfern Municipal Council]

Minute Books [Redfern Municipal Council]

Agency

Sydney City Council

Audit Department II

City Solicitor

City Health Department

Waterloo Municipal Council

Town Clerk's Department

City Architect and Building Surveyor's Department II

City Treasury Department I

Parks and Recreations Department

City Engineer's Department I

Description

Start date11th August 1859End date31st December 1948Relationship legacy dataRELATED TO: Suburban municipal government FN-0029 (11/08/1859 to 31/12/1948)
RELATED TO: Redfern Municipal Council OR-0004 (11/08/1859 to 31/12/1948)
Archivist noteFor additional information, see CRS 326: A06-00082Legacy dataUnregistered preciding agency: None
Unregistered succeeding agency: None
Unregistered superior agency: None
Unregistered subordinate agency: None
Unregistered related agency: None
Registered by: Mark Stevens
Registered date: 21/09/1992
Amendments: Angela McGing 19 January 1995
Last amendment date: 19/01/1995
Updated Date: 03/05/2005
Updated User: MigratedDataSource System ID69

Relationships

OrganisationRedfern Municipal CouncilRelated functionsSuburban municipal government

Registration

Date registered5th December 2018Registered byData Migration UserRegistration statusApproved

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Redfern Municipal Council