Unique IDAY-0045Description*** This activity applies to the City of Sydney only ***
Provision of sewerage services to the city. Note that during the C19 the terms 'sewerage' and 'drainage' were sometimes used interchangeably. See also activity ACT 101 for specifically drainage-related activity.CreationSydney Corporation Act 1842 ss82, 86.
Council authorised to undertake sewerage works.AbolitionMetropolitan water and Sewerage Act 1888.
Activity transferred to Metropolitan Water Sewerage & Drainage Board.
Start date1st November 1842End date31st December 1888Relationship legacy dataRELATED TO: Water supply, sewerage and drainage FN-0015 (01/11/1842 to 31/12/1888)