Property valuation and assessment

Unique IDAY-0013Description*** This activity applies to all Councils ***

The valuation (= assessment) of individual rateable properties, for the purpose of gathering information necessary to determine the amount of rates to be paid and who should pay them.

The City of Sydney conducted its own assessments and valuations (using Council staff or contractors) until 1950. Since then it has relied on valuations made by the NSW Valuer-General.

A full description of City of Sydney assessment and rating activities is in the file for CRS 17. See also the information leaflet on Assessment Books 1845-1950 (Angela McGing 1996).CreationSydney Corporation Act 1842 ss67, 70 etc.
Authorised the Council to assess building values for the purpose of levying rates.

Municipalities Act 1858 s79 (Councils other than the City of Sydney).AbolitionLocal Government (Boundaries) Act 1948 (Division 7).

Series

Valuation Lists [Darlington Municipal Council]

Valuation Lists [Glebe Municipal Council]

Leichhardt General Correspondence and Subject Files

Glebe Assessment Books

General Correspondence and Subject Files

Advertisements

City Solicitor's Letters

Petitions to Council

Journal of Mayor John Young

Ward Field Books

Assessment Revaluation Book, 1938-1939

Darlington Assessment Book, 1866-1868

General Correspondence and Subject Files

Valuer-General's Valuation Lists [South Sydney Municipal Council]

Central Activity Files, 1979-1987

Town Clerk's Correspondence Files, 1949-1968 [South Sydney Municipal Council]

Committee Agenda and Business Papers, 1968-1981 [South Sydney Municipal Council]

Valuation Books, 1974-1991

Town Clerk's Department Correspondence Files, 1914-1978 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]

Valuer-General's Valuation Books, 1968-1979

Valuation Lists, 1949-1968 [South Sydney Municipal Council / City of Sydney]

Printed Materials, 1837-1930

Town Clerk's Correspondence Folders, 1899-1913

Description

Start date1st November 1842End date31st December 1950Relationship legacy dataRELATED TO: Suburban municipal government FN-0029 (03/08/1859 to 31/12/1948)
RELATED TO: Rating powers FN-0005 (01/11/1842 to 31/12/1950)

Identification

Source system ID13

Relationships

FunctionRating powersSuburban municipal government

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Property valuation and assessment