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Report on petition of watermen at King Street Wharf requesting jetty be built, 1845

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Unique IDA-00438899SeriesReports of the Improvement Committee, 1843-1887 [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 15th September 1845 and 26th December 1845Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Improvement Committee on the petition of the watermen at the King St Wharf and of other citizens requesting that a jetty be built, that oyster and timber boats be prevented from landing cargoes there and that a small shed be erected for the watermen on night duty recommending that, although such actions would benefit many citizens, such actions are not within the power of Council; the matter of wharf traffic to be referred to the By-Laws Committee and permission be given for the watermen to erect an open-ended awning. Appended: Petition from watermen endorsed by inhabitants of Pyrmont: [page 2] signatories of WATERMEN: Francis London; Thomas Langford; Fre'k Redward; Thos Fennell; Thos Chandler; Robt Maddox; Henry Sparke; John Hoyle; Henry Stokes; Willm Green; William Beaumont; Robert Duncan; [page 3] signatories of INHABITANTS OF PYRMONT: [left column] AB Smith; Henry Armitage; Jas Paterson, Commercial Wharf; Lingow [Lithgow?] Coupland; Erskine Majoribanks; Campbell Stevens; A B. Spark; William Parsons; Wm Webb; John Kellick; Chas Wiseman; Thos Day Jun; Richd McRoberts; Thomas Day; Edwd Ml Roberts; JH Thorne; [right column] Wm Gritton; R Thompson; Hugh J Chambers; Dan Egan; Josep Lee; Chas H Chambers; Alex Longmore; Geo Want; Samuel Lyons; Clark Irving; RJ Want; William C Turnbull.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNoBorn digital itemNo

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Page number1[59]Volume number23

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

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Source system ID23/1/[59]

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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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Report on petition of watermen at King Street Wharf requesting jetty be built, 1845