Mountain, Adrien Charles

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Unique IDPE-001584SurnameMountainGiven namesAdrien CharlesBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1866-1886Biographical noteBiographical details:
Arrived in Sydney 19 October 1855 per Nimroud aged 6 with parents Charles and Angelina and sister Alice - State Archives & Records Authority of NSW - Assisted Immigration records fiche 839 [ref: records.nsw.gov.au]

Sydney Grammar School: enrolled at age 13 between April 1863 to December 1863 – father J Mountain, Hunter St Singleton [ref: https://www.sydgram.nsw.edu.au/community/school-archives]

Biographical information: employed in City Engineer’s Department Sydney; NSW Railways Department; City Surveyor Sydney; City Surveyor Melbourne; President Victorian Institute of Civil Engineers 1895 [ref: Encyclopedia of Australian Science: www.eoas.info/biogs/P003802b.htm]

Mountain has entered into duties as city surveyor of Melbourne: [ref: SMH 9 December 1886]

Resume of previous career [ref: The Sydney Morning Herald 23 October 1886 p 13]

Views on extension of city of Melbourne westward: [ref: The Age, 30 April 1887 p15]

Birth of son [ref: The Argus (Melbourne) 20 July 1887

Death of first wife: Emma Brown – Victoria BDMs Registry 1908 reg no 7662 age 44

Second marriage to Ethel Margaret Levell Wright – Victoria BDMs registry 1909 reg no 2366

Retirement as City Surveyor Melbourne:

[ref: The Australasian (Melbourne) 6 February 1915 p 31]; [ref: The Herald (Melbourne) 2 March 1915 p 1]; [ref: The Age (Melbourne) 24 December 1915 p 8]; [ref: The Argus (Melbourne) 24 December 1915 p 8]; [ref: Table Talk (Melbourne) 30 December 1915 p 6]

Victoria BDMs Registry: Death 1935 No 15525 MOUNTAIN Adrien Charles – Father’s name MOUNTAIN Charles John – Mother’s name Angelina

Obituary: [ref: The Argus (Melbourne) 24 September 1935 p12]

Details from contemporary sources:
1866 Application for appointment as apprentice or improver with City Engineer - 12 months with NSW Public Works Roads Department - references - recommended - January [ref: 22/9/5/33]
1866 Indentured to City Engineer, E Bell, for 3 years at successively £60, £80 and £100 pa from 5 January 1866 - "improver" [ref: 877/1/130-4]
1869 Salaries of Officers 1869 - request increase - term completed [ref: 22/11/2/293]
1870 Assistant Draftsman - Salaries of Officers 1870 [ref: 22/12/2/15]
1870 Application, draftsman, March 1870 [ref: 26/102/287]
1871 Salaries of Officers 1871 [ref: 22/13/2/11]
1872 Chief Draftsman - Salaries of Officers 1872 [ref: 22/13/64/451]
1872 Chief Draftsman to City Surveyor but most work done for City Engineer - February [ref: 26/113/183]
1873 Chief Draftsman to City Engineer - Salaries of officers 1873, 1st report (rescinded) - request increase [ref: 22/14/52/337]
1874 Resignation from position of Assistant City Engineer - January [ref: 26/125/006]
1879 Appointment as City Surveyor recommended by Finance Committee - January [ref: 22/18/57/261]
1879 Letter from "Camp, Railway Survey, Queanbeyan" acknowledging appointment - to commence 26 February [ref: 26/155/202]
1879 Report on the condition of city streets and the problem of excessive convexity - April [ref: 26/157/433]
1879 Specifications for paving footways recommended by Mountain - August [ref: 22/18/104/569]
1880 Plans for Homebush Stock Sale Yards 1880-1881 [ref: CRS 519]
1880 Progress Report on working of Corporation - June - £700 pa [ref: 30/001/037]
1880 Sub-committee on working of Corporation - August [ref: 22/20/47]
1880 £700 pa - Salary Schedule 1879-80 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/18/125/689]
1880 Salaries of Officers 1881 - Finance Committee recommendation - £700 pa [ref: 22/21/2]
1882 Salary Schedule 1882-83 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/24/44]
1883 £700 pa - Financial Committee recommendations for salaries 1883 [ref: Sydney Daily Telegraph 14 December 1882]
1884 £700 pa - Salary Schedule 1884 [ref: 21/16/123 [891]]
1885 Salaries of Officers 1885 [ref: 22/29/11(b)]
1885 £700 pa - List of Officers & Servants - position, salary, duties - ordered by Council 9 September 1885 - City Surveyor, MICE [ref: 30/001/094]
1885 £700 pa - Recommendations Finance Committee Meeting 12 November - Duties described [ref: SMH 13 November 1885, p5]
1886 Salaries of Officers 1886 [ref: 22/31/6(e)]
1886 Report on top dressing of wooden pavements - February [ref: 26/210/366]
1886 Report on realignment of Cleveland Street - February [ref: 26/210/371]
1886 Report on destruction of garbage [ref: 26/210/458]
1886 Resignation - 19 October 1886 - will finish duties December - appointed City Surveyor Melbourne [ref: 26/215/2079]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-003199

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CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionArticled Pupil [City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department I]Assistant City Engineer [City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department I]Assistant Draftsman [City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department I]Chief Draftsman [multiple departments]City Surveyor [multiple departments]Improver [multiple departments]Related items22/9/5/33877/1/130-422/11/2/29322/12/2/1526/102/28722/13/2/1122/13/64/45126/113/18322/14/52/33726/125/00622/18/57/26126/155/20226/157/43322/18/104/569Progress Report on the Working of the Corporation by Finance Sub-CommitteeReport of Finance Committee - Progress report on the working of the CorporationReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1880Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1881Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1883Report of the Mayor, John Hardie, on temporary promotions in the City Treasurer's Department Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1885Officers & Servants of the Sydney Corporation [names, positions, salaries, duties]Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 188626/210/36626/210/37126/210/45826/215/2079Source systemDatabase of 19th Century Staff

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