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Sydney City Council

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Corporation Assets and Stores Department

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Resumptions of land

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Resumed Property Cards, 1908-1925

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Unique IDAS-0743DateBetween 1st January 1908 and 1st January 1925Date qualifiercircaFormatCardShort descriptionThis series contains cards recording tenancy details for properties resumed by Council under the Sydney Corporation (Amendment) Act of 1905. They cover 1908-1925.DescriptionThis series contains cards recording tenancy details for properties resumed by Council under the Sydney Corporation (Amendment) Act of 1905. Among other things, this Act gave Council the power to open, widen, enlarge, or extend public ways, and to improve or remodel any portion of the City. They were created by the Corporation Assets and Stores Department AG-0079 (01/01/1900 to 01/01/1931).

The resumptions began in March 1906 with Athlone Place.

The owners of resumed properties were able to claim compensation from Council. These claims are documented in Resumption Claim Packets, 1904-1979 (AS-0063).

The cards in this series are for properties that were resumed and then leased by Council on a short-term basis. They record the resumption area and date of resumption, the street address, the name of the tenant, period of the lease, rental paid, and any remarks. Once Council was ready to demolish the properties the tenants were served with a notice to quit. The cards are stamped with the date the notice to quit was served, the date the property was vacated, the date it was rented out again, and occasionally the date that a summons was served to evict the tenant.

The first resumption recorded in this series is the resumption of 61 to 65 Druitt Street on 5 May 1908. This was demolished to make way for Council offices.
Relationship summaryRELATED TO: Tenancy Cards AS-0746 (01/01/1908 to 01/01/1925)
RELATED TO: Property Cards AS-0744 (01/01/1908 to 01/01/1925)
RELATED TO: Resumptions of land AY-0026 (01/01/1906 to 01/01/1925) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Tenancy Cards, 1912-1973

Property Cards

Resumption Claim Packets, 1844-1985 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]

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CSA045169

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Public access statusOpen to public accessPublic access notePlease acknowledge the City of Sydney Archives

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Source system ID743System of arrangementAlphabetical

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Digitisation statusNot digitised

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Authenticity & integrityThese are the original records of the Municipal Council of Sydney. The records have been held in the Council’s custody and have a high level of authenticity. Users should be aware that these are historical records and the language used within the records 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 seriesProperty CardsTenancy Cards, 1912-1973Creating agenciesCorporation Assets and Stores DepartmentRelated activitiesResumptions of land

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Resumed Property Cards, 1908-1925