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City Surveyors Auction and Sale Lithographs (S7C), 1865-1936

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Unique IDAS-0494DateBetween 1st January 1865 and 1st January 1936Date qualifiercircaFormatPlanDescriptionThe plans in this series document the subdivision and sale of land, by the Council (after resumption), the Crown (through the NSW Colonial/State Government) and private owners.

Plans of private land sales cover the breakup and subdivision of estates in the Potts Point and Elizabeth Bay areas in particular, the Harris estate in Ultimo, and also the Centennial Park lands. Government land sales include lands at Observatory Hill and around Central Railway Station. Council land sales include most of the major resumptions and redevelopment projects including Martin Place, Ultimo and Pyrmont, the Haymarket area (between George St and Darling Harbour) Wentworth Avenue and Brisbane Street, Surry Hills, Blackwattle and Chippendale, Broadway (George St West), and Oxford St.

A few of the plans were created for official survey purposes rather than as land sale advertisements. They include 1865-66 plans of Woolloomooloo showing the original subdivision (S7C-48/1,2) and an 1873 plan of part of the Riley Estate (S7C-49/1).

The plans appear to have been collected by the City Surveyor for survey reference purposes rather than as a record of land sales.

Typically the plans fulfilled the purpose of advertisements for the freehold/leasehold auctions, and also the legal requirement to provide survey information to prospective buyers. The plans contain maps drawn by registered surveyors showing the boundaries and dimensions of blocks offered for sale, road frontages, and sometimes building lines and the footprints of existing buildings on the land or in the vicinity. Some plans also contain a locality map showing the relationship of the lands for sale to surrounding areas and amenities.

Some of the plans have evidence of former control numbering systems on the backs, as single numbers or alphanumerical codes in black ink.

Most of the plans have been backed onto cloth. The overall condition of the plans is only fair, and they should not be handled unless the microfilm copies are not adequate for access purposes. Microfilm (as aperture cards) is available for all plans with S7C prefixes, but not the few which have been given 494/ numbers.
Relationship summaryCONTROLLED BY: City Engineers Plans Register AS-1090 (c. 01/01/1865 to c. 01/01/1936)
CONTROLLED BY: Street Index Cards AS-0504 (01/01/1865 to 01/01/1936)
CREATED BY: City Engineering and Building Surveyors Department AG-0061 (01/01/1928 to 01/01/1936)
CREATED BY: City Engineer and City Surveyors Department II AG-0088 (01/01/1925 to 01/01/1928)
CREATED BY: City Surveyors Department AG-0087 (01/01/1890 to 01/01/1925)
CREATED BY: City Engineer and City Surveyors Department I AG-0086 (01/01/1865 to 01/01/1890)
RELATED TO: Resumptions of land AY-26 (01/01/1905 to 01/01/1936)
RELATED TO: Surveying AY-46 (01/01/1865 to 01/01/1936)
RELATED TO: Purchase and sale of land and buildings AY-18 (01/01/1865 to 01/01/1936) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Springfield House and Grounds Darlinghurst [area around Springfield Ave], 1923

Auction Notice - Ultimo Road and Quay Streets Ultimo, 1887

Day Street resumption [area between Day, Steam Mill & Bathurst Streets]

City allotments George and Gloucester Streets [area around Little Gloucester Street Mill Street]

Flinders Street subdivision [West side from Oxford Street to Little Hutchinson Street]

George St [W side between Albion Pl and Bathurst St]

Blackwattle subdivision [area between William Henry, Wattle, Kelly, Bay Streets]

Blackwattle subdivision lots 41-42 [area between Mountain, Smail, Bay, Kelly Streets]

Auction Notice - Blackwattle subdivision No.3, George, Wattle and Bay Streets Glebe, 1910

Blackwattle subdivision [area between George, Bay, Kelly, Wattle Streets]

Blackwattle resumption [area between Bay, Smail Streets and Kettle Lane]

Blackwattle subdivision lots 43 and 44 [Howard Street and Owen Lane]

Day St resumption [between Steam Mill and Barker Sts]

Day Street resumption (areas around Day, North, South Streets and Harbour Place)

Day St resumption area [between Day St and James Ln]

Day St resumption [area around Day / Liverpool St intersection]

Harris Estate sale No. 8 [area between Harris, Fig, Crown, Quarry Streets]

Harris Estate sale No. 8 [area between Schlinkers Lane, Quarry, William Henry, Harris Streets]

Auction Notice - Centennial Park lands: Abbott Street, Bunnerong and Randwick Road, 1905

Centennial Park lands [between Randwick, Bunnerong Roads and Doncaster Ave]

Auction Notice - Woods Estate, Harris Street Ultimo, 1880

Harris Estate sale No. 5 [area between Macarthur, Harris, Mary Ann, Pyrmont Streets]

Harris Estate sale [area between Macarthur, Jones, Mary Ann, Crown Streets]

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CSA030717

CSA026153

CSA026152

CSA026151

CSA026150

CSA026149

CSA026148

CSA026147

CSA026146

CSA026145

CSA026144

CSA026143

CSA026075

CSA026074

CSA026073

CSA026072

CSA025945

CSA025944

CSA025943

Plan

Plan - Castlemaine Brewery site, Hay, Quay and Mill Streets Haymarket, 1905

Plan - City Council leaseholds, Valentine, Quay and Thomas Streets, Haymarket, 1917

Plan - Valentine Street resumption, Haymarket, 1911

Access

Public access statusRestrictedPublic access noteAccess Notes:A microfilm copy (35mm aperture cards) of most records items is available for public access. Access to record items not microfilmed is available with permission of the City Archivist.
Restriction Category:(a) Fragile or undergoing conservation treatment

Identification and Arrangement

Source system ID494System of arrangementClassified number with S7C prefix

Digitisation

Digitisation statusFully digitised

Relationships

Controlled by seriesStreet Index Cards, 1856-1994City Engineers Plans Register, 1809-1999Creating agenciesCity Engineer and City Surveyor's Department ICity Surveyor's DepartmentCity Engineer and City Surveyor's Department IICity Engineering and Building Surveyor's DepartmentRelated activitiesPurchase and sale of land and buildingsSurveyingResumptions of land

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City Surveyors Auction and Sale Lithographs (S7C), 1865-1936