Municipal business

Unique IDAY-0102Description*** Applies only to suburban municipal Councils absorbed by the City of Sydney, 1908 and 1948.

This Activity reflects the whole of the records-creating business activities of the various Municipal Councils absorbed by Sydney City Council that are not specifically covered under other activities.

The surviving records for these Councils are now mostly held in the City of Sydney Archives. The business activities they reflect are broadly:

Valuation and assessment of properties (Assessment and valuation books)
Levying and collection of rates (Rate books)
Governance of the Council and other business (Minute books, Letter books, etc)CreationMunicipalities Act 1858
Municipalities Act 1867
Municipalities Act 1897
Local Government Act 1919 (amended to 1948)AbolitionCity of Sydney Boundaries Extension Act 1908
Camperdown Municipal Council absorbed by Sydney City Council.
Local Government (Areas) Act 1948
Other municipalities absorbed by Sydney City Council.

Series

Register of Notification of Infectious Diseases [Redfern Municipal Council]

Paddington Budget Statements

Glebe Letter Book [Glebe Municipal Council]

Minutes of Council Committees [Glebe Municipal Council]

Minute Books [Glebe Municipal Council]

Andrew Briger's Papers

Finance Committee Reports [Waterloo Municipal Council]

Redfern Gazette Notices

Redfern Newspaper Clippings

Paddington Annual Reports

Sydney Festival Audio and Visual Recordings

Redfern Town Planning Proposals

Journal of Mayor John Young

Paddington Drainage Area - Report and Description

Waterloo Council Plans

Glebe Council Plans

Darlington Council Plans

Redfern Health Inspector's Reports and Complaints Register

Erskineville Register of Inspection of Properties

Glebe Town Hall Letting Register

Glebe Balance Sheets

Triennial Valuation Books [Glebe Municipal Council]

Rate Books [Glebe Municipal Council]

Description

Start date3rd August 1858End date31st December 1948Relationship legacy dataRELATED TO: Suburban municipal government FN-0029 (03/08/1858 to 31/12/1948)

Identification

Source system ID102

Relationships

FunctionSuburban municipal government

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Municipal business