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Minutes of the Lord Mayor's NSW Bush Fire Disaster Relief Fund

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Unique IDAS-0993Start dateBetween 23rd January 1939 and 19th September 1939Start date qualifieryear onlyFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionThis series contains the minutes of the Lord Mayor's NSW Bush Fire Disaster Relief Fund, set up by the Lord Mayor Sir Norman Nock, after consultation with the Premier of NSW, to relieve distress caused by major bush fires at that time.

It was not a committee of Council but the Lord Mayor was the President of the Fund, and the Town Clerk, Deputy Town Clerk, City Treasurer and City Auditor all had honorary positions of the Fund. The other members included heads of government departments, business associations, and newspaper editors.

The Fund was wound up on 19 September 1939 after it had disbursed the funds.

The minutes record attendance at meetings, a summary of discussions, correspondence received, and record major decisions.
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End Date: 19/09/1939Relationship summaryCREATED BY: Lord Mayors NSW Bush Fire Disaster Relief Fund AG-0128 (17/01/1939 to 19/09/1939) RELATED TO: Membership of external committees AY-90 (17/01/1939 to 19/09/1939) RELATED TO: Disaster relief AY-104 (01/01/1939 to 01/01/1939) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Minutes of the Lord Mayor's NSW Bush Fire Relief Fund

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Lord Mayors Bush Fire Appeal Fund Records

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