Waterloo Municipal Council

Unique IDAG-0071DescriptionThe 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.

In 1860 Waterloo Municipality was formed from part of the area incorporated by the Redfern Municipal Council. In 1868 it lost some of its area to the newly created Alexandria Municipal Council.

This agency has been created by the City of Sydney Archives to cover all the corporate and administrative offices of the Waterloo 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 municipality (dating from the 1880s) is attached. It shows the boundaries and Ward divisions.

On 1 January 1949 Waterloo Council was amalgamated with Sydney City Council.CreationNSW Gazette, 17 May 1860AbolitionLocal Government (Areas) Act 1948

Series

Waterloo Building Plans

Waterloo Building Registers

Finance Committee Reports [Waterloo Municipal Council]

Waterloo Council Plans

Waterloo Record of Permits Granted to Erect Buildings - access restricted due to fragile condition

Valuation Books [Waterloo Municipal Council]

Rate Books [Waterloo Municipal Council]

Waterloo Assessment Books

Waterloo Labour Book

Waterloo Workmen's Service Book

Waterloo Benevolent Society Minute Book

Reports of Works Committee [Waterloo Municipal Council]

Waterloo Letterbooks

Minute Books [Waterloo Municipal Council]

Waterloo Indexes to Letters Received

Waterloo Benevolent Society Applications for Assistance

Waterloo Time and Wages Sheets

Waterloo Correspondence and Subject Files

Agency

Sydney City Council

Audit Department II

City Solicitor

City Health Department

Alexandria 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 date17th May 1860End date31st December 1948Relationship legacy dataPRECEDED BY: Redfern Municipal Council AG-0069 (11/08/1860)
RELATED TO: Waterloo Municipal Council OR-0006 (17/05/1860 to 31/12/1948)
RELATED TO: Suburban municipal government FN-0029 (17/05/1860 to 31/12/1948)
Source System ID71

Relationships

Preceding agenciesRedfern Municipal CouncilOrganisationWaterloo Municipal CouncilRelated functionsSuburban municipal government

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