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Sydney City Council

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Valuation Lists [South Sydney Municipal Council / City of Sydney]

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City Treasury Department I

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Property valuation and assessment

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Boxes in this Series (65)

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Valuer-General's Valuation Books

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Unique IDAS-0032Start dateBetween 30th October 1968 and 15th September 1979Start date qualifierexactFormatLoose PapersShort descriptionThis series of Valuation Books, 1968-1979 are the hard copy record of valuations of properties within Council's boundaries made by the Valuer-General's Department (State Government). DescriptionThis series of Valuation Books, 1968-1979 are the hard copy record of valuations of properties within Council's boundaries made by the Valuer-General's Department (State Government). Council also received a computer tape of the valuation. This series was kept by the City Treasury Department I (AG-0012).

The valuations are used by Council to establish the rating-base factor (RBF) for each property by which the rate is determined. Valuer-General’s revalues all properties approximately every three years. In the intervals between, supplementary lists of valuations and individual valuations are supplied by Valuer-General's to Council.

Each year as a prelude to levying the rates, the Rates Section compares the values of properties in Council's records (computer files) to those in the Valuer-General's Books (and supplementary lists) to identify discrepancies. Rates are levied only on those properties where the values in the two records match. Cases of discrepancies are investigated as on on-going process till the value is established and rates can be levied. The Valuer-General's Books and supplementary lists are therefore a primary reference tool for the main activity of the section. They are kept as the ‘clean copy’ and not annotated.

The entries are listed in valuation number (same as second element of Council's assessment number) order, which follows street number order. For each entry, the following information is given:
-valuation number
-name and address of owner
-number of house and suburb
-date of valuation
-area and dimensions of property
-land value and rating base factor, and
other coded information.

The printout is headed ‘VGJNPRNT; Valuer-General's Department, NSW; Valuation District 208 - Sydney, date and page number’. Below is the general heading ‘General Valuation Journal’.

Before 1949 Council undertook the valuation of properties within its boundaries. From 1949, the State Government Department of the Valuer-General undertook the valuation and forwarded valuation lists to Council on a regular basis. See Valuation Lists (AS-0031). From 1968 the recording of valuations was computerised and Council's copy took the form of computer printout (AS-0032).
Relationship summaryPRECEDED BY: Valuation Lists (AS-0031) 30/10/1968 RELATED TO: Property valuation and assessment AY-0013 (30/10/1968 to 15/9/1979) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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1979/16333-17554: Ways Terrace - Wharves

1979/14951-16331: Steam Mill St - Wattle St

1979/13795-14949: Robertson Rd - Stanley St

1979/12426-13792: Pitt St - Riley St, Surry Hills

1979/11304-12425: Napier St - Pine St

1979/10073-11302: Loftus St - Myrtle St

1979/8715-10071: Jones Bay Rd - Liverpool St

1979/7467-8713: Greens Rd - Jones St

1979/6259-7466: Flinders St - Greens Rd

1979/4938-6257: Cunningham St - Fitzroy St

1979/3756-4935: Clement St - Cumberland St

1979/2456-3748: Buckland St - Clarence St

1979/1244-2454: Belvoir St - Buckingham St

1979/2-1242: Abercrombie St - Belmore St

1977/15475-17554: Taggarts La - Wharves

1977/13795-15468: Robertson Rd - Systrum St

1977/12426-13792: Pitt St - Riley St, Surry Hills

1977/11169-12425: Mount St - Pine St

1977/9845-11167: Liverpool St - Mort St

1977/8050-9841: Hart St - Little West St

1977/6706-8043: George St - Harris St

1977/5589-6702: Dungate La - Furber Rd

1977/4174-5585: Cook Rd - Dunblaine St

Series

Valuation Books

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Public access statusOpen to public access

Identification and Arrangement

Source system ID32System of arrangementChronological

Digitisation

Digitisation statusNot digitised

Relationships

OrganisationSydney City CouncilPreceding seriesValuation Lists [South Sydney Municipal Council / City of Sydney]Creating agenciesCity Treasury Department IRelated activitiesProperty valuation and assessment

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