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City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950

Description

Unique IDAS-1041Start date16th November 1939Start date qualifierbyEnd date31st December 1952End date qualifierbyFormatPlanDescriptionThe Civic Survey comprises a map of the City of Sydney in 24 sheets at a scale of 2 chains to the inch (1:1584). The sheets were prepared by staff of the City Engineer’s Department. The map dates from 1938-39 and 1948-50. The gap between these two periods is accounted for not by the intervening war years but by the expansion of the City of Sydney local government area from 1 January 1949. Between 1842 and 1949 the City’s boundaries had remained almost stationery, with the main exceptions being the absorption of the Moore Park area in 1870 and the incorporation of the Camperdown Municipal Council in 1908. Under the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 – a scaled back attempt at large scale local government reform by the McKell government – the City absorbed a ring of surrounding municipalities: Paddington, Redfern, Alexandria, Waterloo, Erskineville, Newtown, Glebe, and Darlington. The map sheets originally created in 1938-39 therefore had to be extended to cover the new boundaries of the City, thus the original 12 sheets became 24. The Civic Survey appears to have been created as a town planning tool. The Council established a City Improvement and Planning Committee in 1936, and appointed a Town Planning Assistant (to the City Engineer) in 1938. The post-war sheets are marked as created by the Town Planning Branch of the City Engineer’s Department. Each map sheet shows streets and open spaces, with property boundaries and rudimentary building footprints. Heights of building (in storeys) are indicated. Street numbers are not always given. Contour lines are shown at five-foot intervals, information not usually found on maps of the City area.
Relationship legacy dataCREATED BY: City Engineers Department I AG-0005 (16/11/1939 to 31/12/1952) RELATED TO: Road construction and maintenance AY-47 (16/11/1939 to 23/06/1941) RELATED TO: Strategic town planning AY-30 (16/11/1939 to 23/06/1941) RELATED TO: Architectural and engineering design and drafting AY-87 (16/11/1939 to 23/06/1941) LanguageEnglish (eng)

Plan

Civic Survey: Redfern [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Darlington [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Paddington West [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Paddington East [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Glebe West [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Glebe East [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Zetland [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Erskineville [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Newtown [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Alexandria West [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Alexandria East [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Rosebery [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Kings Cross & Potts Point [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Surry Hills [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Camperdown north of Parramatta Road [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Chippendale [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Paddington (Moore Park Road area) [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Showground area [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Camperdown [south of Parramatta Road] [plastic foil]

Civic Survey: Chippendale [linen tracing]

Civic Survey: Pyrmont [linen tracing] [not dated]

Civic Survey: Ultimo & Haymarket [linen tracing] [not dated]

Civic Survey: Woolloomooloo [includes Darlinghurst] [linen tracing]

Map

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 9 - Erskineville

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 8 - Darlington

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 7Â - City Proper

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 6 - Circular Quay, Dawes Point

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 5 - Chippendale

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 4 - Camperdown

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 3 - Camperdown North

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 24 - Zetland

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 23 - Woolloomooloo

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 22 - Ultimo, Haymarket

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 21 - Surry Hills

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 20 - Show Ground Area

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 2 - Alexandria West

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 19 - Rosebery

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 18 - Redfern

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 17 - Pyrmont

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 16 - Paddington West

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 15 - Paddington East

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 14 - Newtown

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 13 - Moore Park

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 12 - Kings Cross, Potts Point

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 11 - Glebe West

City of Sydney - Civic Survey, 1938-1950: Map 10 - Glebe East

Box

CSA074728

Civic Survey - CSA074731

Civic Survey - CSA074730

Civic Survey - CSA074729

Series

City of Sydney - Building Surveyor's Detail Sheets, 1949-1972

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Public access statusOpen to public accessPublic access noteAccess Notes:
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Identification and Arrangement

Source system ID1041

Disposal

Disposal statusArchived

Data Quality

Legacy dataRegistered by: Mark Stevens
Registered date: 20/11/2002
Amendments: Mark Stevens, 27/11/2008
Last amendment date: 27/11/2008
Other Disposal Instruments: GDA 10 for Local Government Records
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Series control status: All items listed in Archives Investigator.
Repository:
UpdatedDate: 27/11/2008
UpdatedUser: Nov 27 2008 2:52PM

BOS Series Description:
The Civic Survey comprises a set map sheets covering the City within the boundaries as they stood during the period 1939-1941, plus additional sheets drawn in 1950-1952 covering the expanded boundaries that took effect on 1 January 1949.

The scale is 2 chains to the inch. Each plan sheet is approx modern A0 size, not all sheets are exactly the same size.

The maps show: streets, some major public buildings (for example Prince Alfred Hospital but not the Town Hall or QVB), rudimentary building footprints, and an indication of the height of buildings (number of storeys). names of some industrial enterprises are shown. Contour lines "on standard datum" are also shown.

The Civic Survey appears to have been a planning initiative begun in 1938-1939 that was overtaken by events. Following the Second World War and the major expansion of Council's boundaries from 1 January 1949 additional sheets were created to cover the new areas added to the City. However the Civic Survey was then superseded by a completely new multi-sheet map, the City Building Surveyors detail Sheets, based on an aerial survey flown in December 1949.

The sheets are a mix of linen tracings and plastic foils. No original drawings are known to survive.

This series also contains a bound smaller set of the plans covering the per 1949 City boundaries at 4 chains to the inch. Each plan sheet is approx 340 x 510mm (slightly larger than A3). The sheets are backed onto cloth-backed paper and loosely bound into album form with a key map at the front. Some sheets have been hand coloured to indicate (for example) roads, parks, proposed road widening and new roads including cross city expressways. This may represent use of the volume in the City Engineer's Department for planning purposes.

Start Date qual: by
Start Date: 16/11/1939
End Date qual: by
End Date: 31/12/1952

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Source systemBusiness operation system (BOS); Archives investigatorCreating agenciesCity Engineer's Department IRelated activitiesArchitectural and engineering design and draftingStrategic town planningRoad construction and maintenance

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Date registered5th December 2018Registered byData Migration UserRegistration statusApproved

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