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Town Clerks News Clippings Books
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Unique IDAS-1083Start date21st February 1901End date29th December 1925FormatNewscuttingDescriptionThe records in this series were forty newspaper clippings books, improvised from books of plain feint paper. The books covered the years 1901-1925, although some books were evidently missing (for example there was a gap comprising most of the period 1902-1906).
The newspaper clippings pasted into the books covered aspects of political, economic and social news about the City of Sydney, greater Sydney and NSW generally. The rule appeared to have been a connection between the subject of the news item and the interests of the City Council (perhaps, of the Town Clerk).
Each story was annotated in pencil with the name of the newspaper and the date of publication. Most of the clippings were also marked with a vertical blue pencil stripe, perhaps indicating they had been noted or marked off in some other record.
There were no known or surviving indexes to these books. They may have been compiled in the Town Clerk's department as raw material for the voluminous annual reports compiled by Thomas Huggins Nesbitt (TC 1901-1925) and printed in the annual Proceedings of Council volumes. The first book predated the start of his term by several months.
Container 1 = CSA070277
Container 2 = CSA070278
Container 3 = CSA070279
Container 4 = CSA070280
Container 5 = CSA070281
Container 6 = CSA070282
Container 7 = CSA070283
Container 8 = CSA070284
Container 9 = CSA070285
Container 10 = CSA070286
Container 11 = CSA070287
Container 12 = CSA070288
Start Date qual: by
Start Date: 21/01/1901
End Date qual:
End Date: 29/12/1925Relationship legacy dataCREATED BY: Town Clerks Department AG-0040 (21/02/1901 to 29/12/1925) LanguageEnglish (eng)
The newspaper clippings pasted into the books covered aspects of political, economic and social news about the City of Sydney, greater Sydney and NSW generally. The rule appeared to have been a connection between the subject of the news item and the interests of the City Council (perhaps, of the Town Clerk).
Each story was annotated in pencil with the name of the newspaper and the date of publication. Most of the clippings were also marked with a vertical blue pencil stripe, perhaps indicating they had been noted or marked off in some other record.
There were no known or surviving indexes to these books. They may have been compiled in the Town Clerk's department as raw material for the voluminous annual reports compiled by Thomas Huggins Nesbitt (TC 1901-1925) and printed in the annual Proceedings of Council volumes. The first book predated the start of his term by several months.
Container 1 = CSA070277
Container 2 = CSA070278
Container 3 = CSA070279
Container 4 = CSA070280
Container 5 = CSA070281
Container 6 = CSA070282
Container 7 = CSA070283
Container 8 = CSA070284
Container 9 = CSA070285
Container 10 = CSA070286
Container 11 = CSA070287
Container 12 = CSA070288
Start Date qual: by
Start Date: 21/01/1901
End Date qual:
End Date: 29/12/1925Relationship legacy dataCREATED BY: Town Clerks Department AG-0040 (21/02/1901 to 29/12/1925) LanguageEnglish (eng)
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Source system ID1083System of arrangementChronological by dates of clippings
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Disposal statusArchived
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Legacy dataRegistered by: Mark Stevens
Registered date: 04/09/2003
Amendments: Jill Farish, 5 March 2008
Last amendment date: 05/03/2008
Other Disposal Instruments: GDA 10 for Local Government Records
Bridging aids:
System of arrangements: Chronological by dates of clippings
Series control status: All record items are listed in Archives Investigator, catalogued down to individual clipping level.
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UpdatedDate: 16/04/2008
UpdatedUser: Apr 16 2008 8:41AM
Registered date: 04/09/2003
Amendments: Jill Farish, 5 March 2008
Last amendment date: 05/03/2008
Other Disposal Instruments: GDA 10 for Local Government Records
Bridging aids:
System of arrangements: Chronological by dates of clippings
Series control status: All record items are listed in Archives Investigator, catalogued down to individual clipping level.
Repository:
UpdatedDate: 16/04/2008
UpdatedUser: Apr 16 2008 8:41AM
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Town Clerks News Clippings Books [AS-1083]. City of Sydney Recollect - UAT, accessed 04 Aug 2025, https://cosauat.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/63600