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Air Raid Shelter Register

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Unique IDAS-0724Start dateBetween 21st December 1941 and 15th July 1943Start date qualifiercircaFormatVolume - Leather BoundShort descriptionThis series is a register and index to the air raid shelter files and plans submitted to Council for approval under the National Emergency Act, 1941.DescriptionThis series contains the register and the index for air raid shelter files and plans submitted to Council for approval under the provisions of the National Emergency Act, 1941. Regulation 3 of this Act required the owners of certain buildings to provide shelters for persons accommodated in the building. It appears that it was the responsibility of the City Building Surveyor to write to the affected building owners and advise them of the requirements. See the City Architect and Building Surveyors Department II (AG-0016).

The front half of this volume is an alphabetical index to the air raid shelter files and plans by the street address of the building. The back half is the register and records the date of application, the file/plan number, the district, the address of the premises, the applicant's name and address, and the date of approval and completion. There is also a remarks column which is used to record when the shelter was demolished, or the plans amended. The date of approval column is used to record when the building of the shelter did not go ahead.

Plans for the air raid shelters were submitted to Council for approval by the City Building Surveyor. These plans were allocated the same number as the files and are contained in AS-0725.

Applications to erect air raid shelters ceased in July 1943 but some files in AS-0131 contain correspondence and memoranda as late as 1945. Only a representative sample of the files have been retained. Relationship summaryRELATED TO: Construction and maintenance of buildings and structures AY-0001 (21/12/1941 to 15/07/1943)
RELATED TO: Wartime emergency services AY0066 (21/12/1941 to 15/07/1943)
LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Air Raid Shelter Plans

Air Raid Shelter Files

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Air Raid Shelter Register

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Authenticity & integrityThese are an original record held 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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CollectionWorld War IIOrganisationSydney City CouncilCreating agenciesCity Architect and Building Surveyor's Department IIRelated activitiesWartime emergency servicesConstruction and maintenance of buildings and structures

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