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Petition - Request for repairs to the Windmill Street Ferry wharf, Millers Point, 2000

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Unique IDA-00503014SeriesPetitions to CouncilDateBetween 9th June 1862 and 30th October 1862Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionPetition from the watermen plying from the wharf at the foot of Pottinger Street (better known as the Windmill Street Ferry) to Blues Point North Shore, for erection of a better wharf and stairs to benefit the citizens of Sydney. Referred to Improvement Committee.

Signed: Ralph Moore; Thos Ritchie [Thomas Ritchie]; Sam Betts; James Snowden; James Malcolm Senr; W W Moore; Hy Mine [Henry Mine]; D Johnston

[page 2] Thos S Macnab [Thomas S Macnab]; Patrick Farrelly; Mr Morley; M L Manning; John Hughes; Benjamin Manning; James McDermott; James Merriman; Joseph Field; John M Mathews; Joseph Musgrove; Thomas Musgrove; John Redgrave; Thos Stevens [Thomas Stevens]; William Tunks; Charles Barnett; John Jones; B Jarrett ; J H Poole. [page 2] Inhabitants in the viciniy recommending the petition: Thomas Padfield; John Brown; William Norris; Robert Gunn; Thos J Saunders [Thomas J Saunders]; William Fourd; A P Stevens; John Lord; George Allardice; John Dick; H Murphy; Patrick Freehill; Lawrence Corcoran; David Howells Master Mariner; Richard Hill; Edward Hilsbom; Rob Sparrow; George Hall Snr; George Hall Jun; James Lyons.

[page 3] Licensed Watermen: Thomas Wren; John Munro; Thomas McMahon; Robert Bush; George Miller; John Bullock; Benj Hewitt [Benjamin Hewitt]; Maurice McBride; Henry Clay; John Clatworthy; T Smith; Samuel Moffet; John Crane; John Heaselton; John Warren; Henry Bezer; John Poskitt; Thomas Casey; William Warren; Robert Love; James Tolly; William Webb; Benjamin Barnett. Memorandum from the City Surveyor Edward Bell reports that the jetty is the property of the Government. Petitino numbered 62/22.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

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Number of pages5Volume number2

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Street namePottingerStreet typeStreetSuburbMillers PointPostcode2000StateNew South WalesCountryAustralia

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Source system ID875-62-022

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Petition - Request for repairs to the Windmill Street Ferry wharf, Millers Point, 2000