Format: Series

Linked To

Source system

Business operation system (BOS); Archives investigator

Preceding series

Related series

Registers of Ratable and Non-Ratable Land

Creating agencies

Related activities

Property valuation and assessment

Item

Items in this series (322)

Box

Boxes in this Series (292)

Series

Succeeding series (2)

CC-BY 4.0

The item is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which is Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. When using or sharing this material, attribution must be given to City of Sydney Archives. Full license details are available from Creative Commons. In some cases copyright may be held by the City of Sydney. In other cases copyright may be held by a third party and the material is licensed to the City of Sydney.

Tools

Download Add to My Collection Contact us about this Suggest an edit to this item Citation for this item

Valuation Lists

Description

Unique IDAS-0031Start date1st January 1949End date31st December 1968FormatBinderDescriptionThis series consists of small volumes of single page valuations for all properties falling within the boundaries of the Sydney City Council. The valuations were made by the Valuer-General's Department of NSW and produced for distribution to local government bodies.

The single page valuations are bound in small four post binders in assessment or valuation number order. The order of numbering for the properties is determined by the alphabetical sequence of streets (numbers within streets). This meant that new valuation lists with new numbering had to be produced when municipal boundaries were changed. In 1948, the dissolution of a number of the small inner city councils and amalgamation into a greater City of Sydney Council meant a complete revision of the valuation lists was necessary, but it took until 1963 for the task to be completed.

The numerical sequences follow the ward boundaries, and the new wards incorporated into the city seem to reproduce the former inner councils' boundaries, which is reflected in their names - Alexandria, Newtown, Glebe, Redfern, etcetera. Thus there are several properties with valuation number "1", distinguished by the address and ward. Valuations were not completed every year but at three to four year intervals.

The volumes have been arranged in sub-series by ward and by year and given three element numbers incorporating CRS 31, a number designating the ward and a running number for the volumes for each ward. In 1968, the greater Council of the City of Sydney was split and the southern area designated the Northcott Municipal Council (later renamed the South Sydney Municipal Council).

The sequence of valuation lists for the former Northcott ward prepared in 1963 (31 in all) were forwarded to the new council which included most of that ward in its boundaries. Other volumes were passed to the Woollahra, Marrickville and Leichhardt Councils which acquired part of the former City of Sydney Council's area in the split up. The Northcott sequence returned to the custody of the City of Sydney Council when the South Sydney Municipal Council was reamalgamated with the City in 1982.

The Valuation Lists are used by the Rates Section to prepare the rate notices (rates levied are determined from the valuations), so it is important that they are kept up to date. Change of address of the rate-payer (for forwarding of rate notices) and transfer of property notifications are therefore recorded by hand in the Valuation Lists (from the forms submitted as part of the conveyancing process). The dates of the annotations cover the intervals between issue of new valuation lists. Thus the contents of the series extends the last issue (1963) in this format.

The information on the sheet for each property includes the name and address of the property owner, the title details, the county, parish and locality (often not completed), the street, side and number of the property, date of valuation, size of the property, unimproved, improved and assessed annual values. The sheet is headed "Department of the Valuer General, NSW - Valuation List" and has the names of the Valuation district (e.g. City of Sydney), ward and valuation number typed in.

The first volume of the Northcott 1963 valuation list is annotated with a reference to the NSW Gazette notice which notified the split of the City of Sydney Council in 1968.

It seems that the Valuer-General's Department computerised its operations after 1963, the last year the Valuation Lists were issued in the single (individually-typed) sheet format. The new Valuation Lists, issued in 1968, were on continuing sheet format (several entries per page), evidently produced on a computer printer. Subsequently, the Council of the City of Sydney computerised its own Rates Section's operations and from 1974 produced its own Valuation Books, based on the valuations received from Valuer -General's Department.
Start Date qual:
Start Date: 01/01/1949
End Date qual:
End Date: 31/12/1968Relationship legacy dataCREATED BY: South Sydney Municipal Council Deputy Town Clerks Department AG-0020 (01/08/1968 to 31/12/1968) CREATED BY: City Treasury Department I AG-0012 (01/01/1949 to 31/12/1968) PRECEDED BY: Glebe Rate Books AS-0664 (01/01/1949) PRECEDED BY: Redfern Rate Notice Books AS-0658 (01/01/1949) PRECEDED BY: Waterloo Rate Books AS-0644 (01/01/1949) PRECEDED BY: Newtown Rate Books AS-0604 (01/01/1949) PRECEDED BY: Assessment Books AS-0017 (01/01/1949) PRECEDED BY: Paddington Rate Notice Books AS-0589 (01/01/1949) PRECEDED BY: Darlington Valuation and Rate Books AS-0613 (01/01/1949) PRECEDED BY: Erskineville Valuation Lists AS-0617 (01/01/1949) PRECEDED BY: Waterloo Valuation Books AS-0645 (01/01/1949) PRECEDED BY: Alexandria Valuation Lists AS-0647 (01/01/1949) PRECEDED BY: Redfern Valuation Lists AS-0659 (01/01/1949) RELATED TO: Registers of Ratable and Non-Ratable Land AS-0762 (01/01/1957 to 01/01/1969) RELATED TO: Property valuation and assessment AY-13 (01/01/1949 to 31/12/1968) LanguageEnglish (eng)

Item

Northcott Ward: 1963/14944-15300: Wyndham Street - off George St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/14516-14943: William Lane - Woodley St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/13881-14492: Vine St. - Whitehorse St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/13506-13880: Union St. - Victoria St. (Lane off street)

Northcott Ward: 1963/13173-13505: Thomas St. - Union St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/12546-13172: St. John St. - Telopea St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/12057-12545: Rochford St. - Rothschild St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/11643-12056: Regent St. - Ripon Way

Northcott Ward: 1963/11318-11642: Raglan St. - Reeve St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/10895-11265: Portman St. - Queen St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/10551-10894: Phillip St. - Portland St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/10068-10502: Mount St. - Phillip St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/9732-10067: Mitchell Rd. - Mount St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/9142-9638: Maddison St. - Merton St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/8578-9141: Leamington Ave. - McEvoy St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/8174-8577: Kingsclear Rd. - Lawson St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/7573-8173: Johnson St. - King St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/7128-7572: Herbert St. - John St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/6703-7127: Great Buckingham St. - Henderson Rd.

Northcott Ward: 1963/6168-6702: George St. - Grays Lane

Northcott Ward: 1963/5738-6167: Garden St. - George St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/5039-5666/1: Elliott Ave. - Fountain St.

Northcott Ward: 1963/4441-5038: Dunning Ave. - Elizabeth St.

Series

South Sydney Municipal Council Valuer-General's Books (Valuation Lists)

Valuer-General's Valuation Books

Access

Public access statusOpen to public accessPublic access noteAccess Notes:
Restriction Category:

Identification and Arrangement

Source system ID31System of arrangementNumerical by assessment number and in chronological sequences within wards

Disposal

Disposal statusArchived

Data Quality

Legacy dataRegistered by: Anne Picot
Registered date: 25/01/1900
Amendments: Renato Perdon, 6 June 1996
Mark Stevens, 16 Oct 2001
Last amendment date: 16/10/2001
Other Disposal Instruments: GDA 10 for Local Government Records
Bridging aids:
System of arrangements: Numerical by assessment number and in chronological sequences within wards
Series control status: All record items are listed in Archives Investigator
Repository:
UpdatedDate: 20/12/2006
UpdatedUser: Dec 20 2006 4:13PM

Relationships

Source systemBusiness operation system (BOS); Archives investigatorPreceding seriesRedfern Valuation ListsAlexandria Valuation ListsWaterloo Valuation BooksErskineville Valuation ListsDarlington Valuation and Rate BooksPaddington Rate Notice BooksAssessment BooksNewtown Rate BooksWaterloo Rate BooksRedfern Rate Notice BooksGlebe Rate BooksRelated seriesRegisters of Ratable and Non-Ratable LandCreating agenciesCity Treasury Department ISouth Sydney Municipal Council Deputy Town Clerk's DepartmentRelated activitiesProperty valuation and assessment

Registration

Date registered5th December 2018Registered byData Migration UserRegistration statusApproved

Menu

Valuation Lists