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Portrait of Alderman Arthur Alfred Clements Cocks, Municipal Council of the City of Sydney, 1913

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Unique IDA-00041223SeriesAldermanic Photographs [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]DateBetween 1st January 1913 and 31st December 1913Date qualifieryear onlyFormatAperture Card - NegativeDescriptionArthur Alfred Clement Cocks (b 1862 - d 1943) Alderman for Lang Ward, 1 December 1906 to 20 January 1914. Member of the Finance Committee, 1907-1914; the Street Signs Special Committee, 1908; Works Committee, 1907; Queen Victoria Building Special Committee, 1910-1911; and the Electric Lighting Committee, 1907-1912 and 1914 and its vice-chairman in 1910 and 1912. Cocks was Lord Mayor in 1913 and chaired the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the question of a greater Sydney in the same year. He was instrumental, together with Sir Thomas Henley, in forcing the State government to use the Government House exclusively as the residence of the governor. Cocks was a founding president of the Citizens Reform Association in 1921. He was involved in charitable activities and served as director of the Benevolent Society of New South Wales, 1913-1919, member of the board of the Carrington Centennial Hospital for Convalescents, Camden. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO "SYDNEYS ALDERMEN" (RENATO PLanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYes

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Colour depthGrayscaleDimensions (free text)35mmImage aspectPortrait

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Source system ID005\005485Alternative IDNSCA CRS 54/270

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Portrait of Alderman Arthur Alfred Clements Cocks, Municipal Council of the City of Sydney, 1913

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