Purchase and sale of land and buildings

Unique IDAY-0018DescriptionDoes not include the compulsory purchase of land (resumption).

The City of Sydney has been active in the property market for most of its history as a buyer and seller of land and buildings.

Acquisition has usually been for such purposes as street widening, or to acquire property from which to operate some function such as markets or streets engineering depots. Council has also acquired property as a byproduct of resumptions of land (usually fragments of land not required for other purposes when a resumption project was completed and sold off) or purely for investment purposes.

Council has sold land (including city laneways and parts of streets) and buildings to raise funds, to assist commercial development projects, and because they were surplus to requirements.CreationSydney Corporation Act 1842 [preamble].

Municipalities Act 1858 s7. (Councils other than the City of Sydney).

Series

City Engineer's Miscellaneous Cards

Acts and Gazettes Book

Roadway Control Books

Deeds Registers

Sale of Sydney Common Allotments Records

General Correspondence and Subject Files

City Projects Display Panels Drawings and Artwork

Petitions to Council

Property Strategy Manager's Working Papers

Properties Committee II Agenda Papers

Newtown Correspondence and Subject Files

Linens (original tracings), metric series

Linens (original tracings ) - Second Series

Linens (Original tracings) - First Series

City Surveyors Auction and Sale Lithographs (S7C)

Flemington Sale Yards Plans

Properties Committee Agenda Papers

Properties and Housing Committee Agenda Papers

Works and Housing Committee Agenda Papers

Properties, Housing and Works Committee Agenda Papers

Corporate, Finance, Properties and Tenders Committee Agenda Papers

Deed Packets II (Computerised Registration System)

General Correspondence and Subject Files

Description

Start date1st November 1842End date1st November 1842Relationship legacy dataRELATED TO: Suburban municipal government FN-0029 (03/08/1859 to 31/12/1948)
RELATED TO: Property management FN-0006

Identification

Source system ID18

Relationships

FunctionProperty managementSuburban municipal government

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Purchase and sale of land and buildings