Disposal of waste by punting, tipping or destruction

Unique IDAY-0008DescriptionDestruction or disposal of waste removed from streets and premises, including the provision of this service to third parties such as other local government authorities and to commercial contractors.

The methods of waste disposal used by the City, and other municipalities it later absorbed, have been: punting to sea for sinking (to 1932), incineration in 'destructors', allowing the waste to rot on waste land (such as parts of Moore Park during the C19), and landfill (for example at the former brick clay extraction pits at Camperdown and St Peters).

On 20 January 1876 the Finance Committee considered the best means of disposing of night soil. The proposals were: “conveying in carts to Bondi Point to be cast into the sea; conveying it in barges out to sea; conveying it in carts and punt to a portion of Webbs Grant, as recommended by the Sewage and Health Board”. The motion to deposit at the Sewage Farm, Webbs Grant, was lost. [CRS 11/7]

On 27 January 1876 the Committee voted in favour of the “system of the removal of night soil by punts out to sea and there discharged, as set forth in the Joint Report of the City Engineer, City Surveyor, City Health Officer and Inspector of Nuisances of 31 May 1875.”AbolitionPunting garbage to sea ceased 30 Sep 1932 (CRS812/111)

Series

Environment Committee Agenda Papers

General Correspondence and Subject Files

Demolition Books - Glass Negatives

City Surveyor's Specifications

City Surveyor's Contracts

Petitions to Council

Paddington Plan Register

Journal of Mayor John Young

City Cleansing Engineer's Files

Cleansing Services Review Sub-Committee Agenda Papers and Minutes

Cultural and City Services Committee Agenda Papers

Paddington Correspondence and Subject Files

City Surveyor's Department Letter Books

Cleansing Department Photographs

Moore Park Garbage Destructor Plans drawn by Council

Plans of Garbage Destructors - Unsuccessful Tenders

Reports from Special Public Meetings of South Sydney Municipal Council

Pyrmont Destructor Plans drawn by Contractors Messrs. Hughes and Sterling

Plans of Moore Park Destructor by Contractors, 1901-1910

Works Committee III Agenda Papers

General Correspondence and Subject Files

City Health Department Correspondence Files

City Engineer's Department Correspondence Files

Description

Start date31st December 1842Start date qualifierbyEnd date31st December 1842Relationship legacy dataRELATED TO: Suburban municipal government FN-0029 (03/08/1859 to 31/12/1948)
RELATED TO: Garbage and refuse cleansing FN-0003 (01/11/1842)

Identification

Source system ID8

Relationships

FunctionGarbage and refuse cleansingSuburban municipal government

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Disposal of waste by punting, tipping or destruction