Surveying

Unique IDAY-0046Description*** This activity applies to all Councils ***

Refers to land surveying in its modern usage: calculating land levels and distances etc for the purpose of ensuring accurate mapping and measurements. This is not the same as common C19 usage where the term "surveyors" was used to describe officials with the power and responsibility to perform (or manage) a variety of tasks ranging from street cleansing to building regulation and environmental engineering.CreationSydney Corporation Act 1842 ss80, 82.
Council empowered to repair, extend and open new streets.

Municipalities Act 1867 s117 (for Councils other than the City of Sydney): care construction and management of public roads other than main roads.

Series

Surveyor's Field Books - 1883 - 2009

City Planning and Building Department - Building Survey on PBS 2000

City of Sydney - Aerial Photographic Survey, 1949

South Sydney City Council Works Committee Agenda Papers

South Sydney City Council Planning and Development Committee Agenda Papers

City Engineer's Miscellaneous Cards

Acts and Gazettes Book

City Engineers Plans Register

Roadway Control Books

Deeds Registers

City of Sydney - Survey Plans, 1833

General Correspondence and Subject Files

Advertisements

City Surveyor's Reports

Description Books

City of Sydney - Building Surveyor's Detail Sheets, 1949-1972

Master Microfiche of [CRS 504] City Engineer's Street Cards

Index to City Surveyor's Department Letter Books

Private Ways Book

Master Negative Microfilm of General Plans of Survey

Master Negative Microfilm of Survey Definition of Alignment Plans

City Engineer's Plans of Proposed Survey Work

Riley Estate - Woolloomooloo, Darlinghurst and Surry Hills, 1844

Description

Start date1st November 1842End date1st November 1842Relationship legacy dataRELATED TO: Suburban municipal government FN-0029 (01/01/1867 to 31/12/1948)
RELATED TO: Streets engineering FN-0016 (01/11/1842)

Identification

Legacy dataRegistered by: Mark Stevens
Registered date: 15/08/1996
Amendments: Mark Stevens, 8 May 2001
Last amendment date: 08/05/2001
Updated Date: 03/05/2005
Updated User: MigratedDataSource system ID46

Relationships

FunctionStreets engineeringSuburban municipal government

Registration

Date registered5th December 2018Registered byData Migration UserRegistration statusApproved

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