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Indexes to Minutes of Council [Municipal Council of Sydney], 1850-1899

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Unique IDAS-0001Start dateBetween 3rd January 1850 and 24th October 1899Start date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundShort descriptionThis series consists of alphabetical indexes to the Minutes of Council, 1842-1899. The Indexes from 1842 to 1849 are missing. From 1900 onward, indexes were bound into the front of each annual volume of the Proceedings of Council. DescriptionThis series of indexes to the Minutes of Council were created by the Town Clerk's Department (AG-0040) in the period 16/11/1842 to 24/10/1899. They are arranged alphabetically, listing the subject matter (such as street name, surname of staff member, activity) and the relevant page number in the Minutes of Council. The indexes were given a volume number or letter, corresponding to the volume of the Minutes of Council that they index. For example, index No. 5 relates to the minute book No. 5.

The first four volumes of the Indexes to Minutes of Council, which would have related to minute boos numbers 1 to 4 and covered 1842 to 1849, are missing. The earliest extant index to Minutes of Council is No. 5, for 1850-1852.

Committee Reports, Mayor's Reports, Appointments (of staff), Petitions, Memorials, and Tenders Accepted were indexed in separate sub-sections, generally at the back of the relevant alphabetical section. Within the separate alphabetical sections, the entries were recorded in chronological order.

The Appointment sub-section records the following information: date, name, office, salary and page number, and is in all the indexes except for the years 1854-1857, when Commissioners replaced the elected Council.

For the years 1850 to 1853 and 1857 to 1899 the following Committee Reports were cited in the Indexes to Minutes of Council: By-Laws, Improvement, Lighting, Market (1850-1853), Special, Sewers (1857-1899) and Water. The Committee Report entries record the following information: subject, date received, how disposed of, and page number.

The Mayor's Reports record the date, subject, date received, and whether adopted. The Tenders Accepted noted the work to be carried out, contractor, amount and page number. The Petitions and Memorials has the same format as the Committee Reports, except that a note was made of which Committee the petition was forwarded to.

The index to minutes for 1893-1899 (Volume M A-00431366) contains a special section between the letters WW and X called 'Reports', which listed reports called for in Council, noting the name of the writer, name of the report, and page number.

From 1900 onward indexes were bound into the front of each annual volume of the Proceedings of Council.
Relationship summaryRELATED TO: Meetings of Council and Committees AY-0060 (16/11/1842 to 24/10/1899) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Index to M Minute Book

Index to L Minute Book

Index to K Minute Book

Index to J Minute Book

Index to I Minute Book

Index to H Minute Book

Index to G Minute Book

Index to F Minute Book

Index to E Minute Book

Index to D Minute Book

Index to C Minute Book

Index to B Minute Book

Index to A Minute Book

Index to C Minute Book (of City Commissioners)

Index to B Minute Book (of City Commissioners)

Index to A Minute Book (of City Commissioners)

Index to Minute Book No. 6

Index to Minute Book No. 5

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Minutes of Council [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney], 1842 - ongoing

Access

Public access statusOpen to public accessPublic access noteAccess is provided to microfilm copy. The Minutes of Council are progressively being digitised and transcribed so the need to access the Indexes will diminish.

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Source system ID1System of arrangementAlphabetical

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Digitisation statusNot digitised

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Authenticity & integrityThese are the original indexes to the approved Minutes of Council created by the Municipal Council of Sydney. The record has been held in the Council’s custody and has a high level of authenticity. Users should be aware that this is an historical record and the language used within the record was the language of the time it was captured, and may not reflect current community values or expectations.

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OrganisationSydney City CouncilRelated seriesMinutes of Council [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney], 1842 - ongoingCreating agenciesTown Clerk's DepartmentRelated activitiesMeetings of Council and CommitteesRecords and archives management

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