Municipality of Vaucluse explained

Type:lga
Municipality of Vaucluse
State:nsw
Est:29 March 1895
Abolished:31 December 1948
Seat:Vaucluse Town Hall (1910–1924)
Dunbar House (1924–1948)
Region:Eastern Suburbs
Parish:Alexandria
County:Cumberland
Area:3.1
Pop:9138
Pop Footnotes:[1]
Near-N:Sydney Harbour
Near-Ne:Tasman Sea
Near-E:Waverley
Near-W:Sydney Harbour
Near-Sw:Woollahra
Near-S:Woollahra
Near-Se:Waverley

The Municipality of Vaucluse was a local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The municipality was proclaimed as the "Borough of Vaucluse" on 1 May 1895, seceding from the Municipality of Woollahra, and included the modern suburbs of Vaucluse and Watsons Bay. The council was re-amalgamated with Woollahra to the south with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948.

Council history and location

The area was first incorporated on 20 April 1860 as part of the Bellevue Ward of the Municipality of Woollahra. However, after the passing of the Municipalities Act, 1867 which allowed for residents to petition the government to secede as their own council area, the idea of a separate municipal council for the areas of Vaucluse and Watsons Bay at the northern end of the Borough of Woollahra gained ground amongst a large group of local residents. In late 1894 a petition was published in the Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales, calling for the area's separation as the "Borough of Vaucluse" on the basis that, among a general sense of a lack of representation and equitable distribution of rate revenue investment, "that the interests of the residents of the area ... and of the remaining portion of the said Borough of Woollahra are entirely different, and that they form virtually separate communities".[2] [3]

Despite the objections of Woollahra Council, on 29 March 1895 the Borough of Vaucluse was proclaimed by the Governor of New South Wales, with the southern boundary comprising Towns Road and Bay View Hill Street and the eastern boundary being Old South Head Road.[4] [5] On 15 May 1895, the first council, comprising nine aldermen in one electorate, was elected (John White the younger, Albert Jones, Harold Francis Norrie, John Dykes, Hugh Stirling Patterson, Herbert Chudleigh, David McCulloch, Charles John Edward Forssberg, William Jack), with Albert Jones elected as the first mayor at the first meeting on 21 May 1895.[6] [7] [8] [9] The first Council Clerk, Edwin Stanhope Sautelle, was appointed on 1 June 1895.[10] [11] [12] With the passage of the Local Government Act 1906, borough ceased to be category of local government area and the Borough of Vaucluse was renamed the "Municipality of Vaucluse".[13]

The council first met in a temporary premises in Watsons Bay, with the old timber customs house and former Gap Inn building at 17 Military Road, Watsons Bay, serving this purpose until more permanent premises could be built.[14] In early 1909, the council voted to commission new council chambers on the Military Road site to a Free Classical design by architect, Varney Parkes.[15] [16] Completed in early 1910 by builders Pocock & Stevens to a cost of £2,500, the new Town Hall was officially opened on 20 April 1910 by the Secretary for Public Works, Charles Lee.[17] [18] [19]

Later history

In September 1924, Vaucluse Council sold the Town Hall and acquired the nearby Royal Hotel (later renamed Dunbar House) directly opposite Watsons Bay for use as a new Council Chambers.[20] [21] [22] The new Council Chambers were officially opened by the Minister for Local Government, John Fitzpatrick, on 1 November 1924.[23] [24] [25] [26]

By the end of the Second World War, the NSW Government had realised that its ideas of infrastructure expansion could not be effected by the present system of the mostly-poor and smaller inner-city municipal councils and the Minister for Local Government, Joseph Cahill, passed a bill in 1948 that abolished a significant number of those councils. Under the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, Vaucluse Municipal Council was merged back into the larger neighbouring Municipality of Woollahra. The last meeting of Vaucluse Council was held at Dunbar House on 13 December 1948.[13]

Mayors

Mayor Party Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Albert Jones   Independent 21 May 1895 13 February 1896
John White, junior   Independent 13 February 1896 28 April 1896 [27]
John Dykes   Independent 28 April 1896 11 February 1899 [28] [29] [30]
Charles John Edward Forssberg   Independent 11 February 1899 12 February 1900 [31]
John Dykes   Independent 12 February 1900 14 February 1903 [32] [33] [34]
William Johnston   Independent 14 February 1903 15 February 1907 [35] [36] [37] [38]
William Gilliver   Independent 15 February 1907 6 February 1911 [39] [40] [41] [42]
William Johnston   Independent 6 February 1911 13 February 1913 [43]
Adam Forsyth   Independent 13 February 1913 4 February 1914 [44]
  Independent 4 February 1914 10 February 1916 [45] [46] [47] [48] [49]
George Thomas Stowe   Independent 10 February 1916 July 1917 [50]
Henry David Alexander Christison   Independent July 1917 February 1919 [51] [52] [53]
William Williamson   Independent February 1919 9 September 1920 [54] [55] [56] [57] [58]
Henry David Alexander Christison   Independent 9 September 1920 January 1921 [59] [60]
  Independent January 1921 December 1921 [61] [62] [63]
James McIntyre   Independent December 1921 December 1925 [64] [65] [66] [67]
John Herbert Hurst   Independent December 1925 1 December 1926 [68]
Alfred Charles Samuel   Independent 1 December 1926 17 December 1934 [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76]
Alexander Swinton Carfrae   Independent 17 December 1934 December 1937 [77] [78] [79] [80]
Henry Alexander John Abbott   Independent December 1937 16 March 1939 [81] [82] [83] [84]
Ashton Phillip Kurts   Independent 20 March 1939 December 1940 [85] [86]
  Independent December 1940 December 1942 [87] [88] [89]
Alfred Charles Samuel   Independent December 1942 December 1944 [90] [91] [92] [93] [94] [95]
Robert Alexander Stewart   Independent December 1944 December 1945 [96]
Augustus Herbert Hood   Independent December 1945 31 December 1948 [97] [98] [99]

Town Clerks

Town Clerk Term start Term end Time in office Notes
1 June 1895 7 August 1911 [100] [101] [102]
Christopher Joseph Ward September 1911 January 1913 [103] [104] [105] [106] [107]
Edmund Horler 26 February 1913 31 August 1940 [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] [113]
Phillip Victor Saville Soper 31 August 1940 31 December 1948 [114] [115]

Notes and References

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  3. News: PROPOSED NEW BOROUGH OF VAUCLUSE. . Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia . 9 October 1894 . 22 November 2021 . 6.
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  5. News: Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation . New South Wales Government Gazette . 223 . New South Wales, Australia . 1 April 1895 . 22 November 2021 . 2171 . National Library of Australia.
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  8. News: BOROUGH OF VAUCLUSE. . New South Wales Government Gazette . 350 . New South Wales, Australia . 28 May 1895 . 22 November 2021 . 3345 . National Library of Australia.
  9. News: VAUCLUSE. . The Australian Star . 2278 . New South Wales, Australia . 25 May 1895 . 22 November 2021 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
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  12. News: MUNICIPALITY OF VAUCLUSE. . Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales . 68 . New South Wales, Australia . 5 June 1907 . 22 November 2021 . 3119 . National Library of Australia.
  13. Web site: Local history fast facts - V - Vaucluse Municipality . Woollahra Municipal Council . 22 November 2021.
  14. News: VAUCLUSE. . Evening News . New South Wales, Australia . 9 June 1909 . 22 November 2021 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
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  16. News: VAUCLUSE TOWN HALL. . The Australian Star. New South Wales, Australia . 23 October 1908 . 22 November 2021 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  17. News: WEEKLY BUILDING REVIEW. . The Star . New South Wales, Australia . 18 April 1910 . 22 November 2021 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
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  19. News: VAUCLUSE TOWN HALL. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 21 April 1910 . 22 November 2021 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  20. Web site: Former Vaucluse Town Hall . NSW State Heritage Inventory . Heritage NSW . 22 November 2021.
  21. News: Advertising . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 5 September 1924 . 22 November 2021 . 14 . National Library of Australia.
  22. Web site: Dunbar House— building and interiors . NSW State Heritage Inventory . Heritage NSW . 22 November 2021.
  23. News: QUAKER ROMANCE . The Sun . New South Wales, Australia . 2 November 1924 . 22 November 2021 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
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  25. News: VAUCLUSE. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 3 November 1924 . 22 November 2021 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  26. Web site: Local history fast facts - D - DUNBAR HOUSE, Watsons Bay . Woollahra Municipal Council . 22 November 2021.
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  31. News: THE BOROUGH OF VAUCLUSE. . New South Wales Government Gazette . 149 . New South Wales, Australia . 17 February 1899 . 22 November 2021 . 1421 . National Library of Australia.
  32. News: BOROUGH OF VAUCLUSE. . New South Wales Government Gazette . 143 . New South Wales, Australia . 16 February 1900 . 22 November 2021 . 1350 . National Library of Australia.
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  40. News: PRESIDENTIAL AND MAYORAL ELECTIONS. . The Daily Telegraph. New South Wales, Australia . 12 February 1908 . 22 November 2021 . 14 . National Library of Australia.
  41. News: A DUAL POSITION. . The Australian Star . New South Wales, Australia . 4 February 1909 . 22 November 2021 . 6 (FIRST EDITION) . National Library of Australia.
  42. News: A MAYORAL MINUTE. . The Star. New South Wales, Australia . 8 February 1910 . 22 November 2021 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  43. News: VAUCLUSE PARK. . The Sun . New South Wales, Australia . 7 February 1911 . 22 November 2021 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  44. News: VAUCLUSE'S NEW MAYOR. . The Sun. New South Wales, Australia . 15 February 1913 . 22 November 2021 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  45. News: MAYOR OF VAUCLUSE. . The Sun . New South Wales, Australia . 5 February 1914 . 22 November 2021 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  46. News: NEW MAYORS . Evening News . New South Wales, Australia . 7 February 1914 . 22 November 2021 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  47. News: TOWN CLERK TO MAYOR. . Evening News . New South Wales, Australia . 5 February 1914 . 22 November 2021 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  48. News: MAYOR OF VAUCLUSE. . Evening News . New South Wales, Australia . 4 February 1915 . 22 November 2021 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  49. News: THIS YEAR'S SUBURBAN MAYORS. . The Daily Telegraph. New South Wales, Australia . 12 February 1915 . 22 November 2021 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  50. News: ELECTION OF MAYORS. . Evening News . 15,188 . New South Wales, Australia . 14 February 1916 . 22 November 2021 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  51. News: VAUCLUSE WANTS MONEY. . The Daily Telegraph . New South Wales, Australia . 27 July 1917 . 22 November 2021 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  52. News: THE CITY'S GROWTH . Evening News . New South Wales, Australia . 3 November 1917 . 22 November 2021 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  53. News: LATE NEWS. . The Daily Telegraph . New South Wales, Australia . 13 February 1918 . 22 November 2021 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  54. News: PERSONAL. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 22 March 1919 . 22 November 2021 . 18 . National Library of Australia.
  55. News: MUNICIPALITY OF VAUCLUSE. . Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales . 65 . New South Wales, Australia . 28 March 1919 . 22 November 2021 . 1910 . National Library of Australia.
  56. News: Master Builders Meet . Construction And Local Government Journal. New South Wales, Australia . 24 March 1919 . 22 November 2021 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  57. News: DEATH OF MR. W. WILLIAMSON. . The Daily Telegraph . New South Wales, Australia . 11 September 1920 . 22 November 2021 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  58. News: Mayor of Vaucluse . Evening News. New South Wales, Australia . 10 September 1920 . 22 November 2021 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  59. News: PERSONAL. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 17 September 1920 . 22 November 2021 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  60. News: MAYORAL ELECTIONS. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 21 December 1920 . 23 November 2021 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  61. News: PERSONAL. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 21 January 1921 . 16 January 2023 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  62. News: Personal . Evening News. New South Wales, Australia . 19 February 1921 . 23 November 2021 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  63. News: HELPED TO PUT VAUCLUSE ON THE MAP . The Daily Telegraph . New South Wales, Australia . 18 December 1934 . 23 November 2021 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  64. News: BRIGHT NEW YEAR . The Sun . New South Wales, Australia . 28 December 1921 . 23 November 2021 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  65. News: NEW MAYORS . Evening News . New South Wales, Australia . 8 December 1922 . 23 November 2021 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  66. News: MAYORAL ELECTIONS. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 13 December 1923 . 23 November 2021 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
  67. News: MAYORS AND PRESIDENTS . The Sun . New South Wales, Australia . 4 December 1924 . 23 November 2021 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  68. News: ELECTED FOR 1926 . The Sun. New South Wales, Australia . 17 December 1925 . 23 November 2021 . 17 . National Library of Australia.
  69. News: PERSONAL. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 3 December 1926 . 23 November 2021 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
  70. News: MAYORAL ELECTIONS. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 14 December 1927 . 23 November 2021 . 17 . National Library of Australia.
  71. News: SUBURBAN MAYORS . Evening News . New South Wales, Australia . 6 December 1928 . 23 November 2021 . 16 . National Library of Australia.
  72. News: MAYORAL ELECTIONS. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 9 December 1930 . 23 November 2021 . 13 . National Library of Australia.
  73. News: MAYORAL ELECTIONS. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 7 January 1932 . 23 November 2021 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  74. News: SOME OF THE NEWLY ELECTED SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY MAYORS AND PRESIDENTS OF SHIRES. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 21 December 1932 . 23 November 2021 . 14 . National Library of Australia.
  75. News: MAYORAL ELECTIONS . The Daily Telegraph . New South Wales, Australia . 20 December 1932 . 23 November 2021 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
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  77. News: MAYORS ELECTED . The Sun . New South Wales, Australia . 18 December 1934 . 23 November 2021 . 15 . National Library of Australia.
  78. News: MAYORS FOR 1936. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 17 December 1935 . 23 November 2021 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
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  80. News: THE LATE ALEX CARFRAE. . Construction . New South Wales, Australia . 15 August 1945 . 23 November 2021 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  81. News: Ald. H. A. J. Abbott . The Sun . New South Wales, Australia . 15 December 1937 . 23 November 2021 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  82. News: MAYORS ELECTED. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 15 December 1937 . 23 November 2021 . 22 . National Library of Australia.
  83. News: ELECTING NEW MAYORS. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 9 December 1938 . 23 November 2021 . 19 . National Library of Australia.
  84. News: MAYOR DIES IN N.Z. . The Sun . New South Wales, Australia . 16 March 1939 . 23 November 2021 . 3. National Library of Australia.
  85. News: NEW MAYOR OF VAUCLUSE. . . 31,581 . New South Wales, Australia . 21 March 1939 . 23 November 2021 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
  86. News: MAYORAL ELECTIONS. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 22 December 1939 . 23 November 2021 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  87. News: Pot Pourri Of RACING . Truth . New South Wales, Australia . 8 December 1940 . 23 November 2021 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  88. Web site: Reginald James Bartley . Sydney's Aldermen . City of Sydney . 22 November 2021.
  89. News: Aid. Bartley To Be New Lord Mayor . The Sun . New South Wales, Australia . 14 December 1942 . 23 November 2021 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  90. News: "QUORUM" OF BOWLERS . The Sun . New South Wales, Australia . 2 January 1943 . 23 November 2021 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  91. News: Sporting Mayor Of Vaucluse . The Sun . New South Wales, Australia . 21 December 1943 . 23 November 2021 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  92. News: VAUCLUSE MAYOR'S TENTH TERM . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 22 December 1943 . 23 November 2021 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  93. News: ALDERMAN FOR THIRTY YEARS . The Sun . New South Wales, Australia . 17 December 1944 . 23 November 2021 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  94. News: DEATH OF ALDERMAN SAMUEL . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 12 March 1945 . 23 November 2021 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  95. News: LATE ALD. SAMUEL . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 15 March 1945 . 23 November 2021 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  96. News: Personal . The Blue Mountains Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia . 2 March 1945 . 23 November 2021 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  97. News: MUNICIPALITY OF VAUCLUSE.—PROPOSED SPECIAL LOAN . Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales . 102 . New South Wales, Australia . 13 September 1946 . 23 November 2021 . 2137 . National Library of Australia.
  98. News: Polluted beaches shunned . The Sun . New South Wales, Australia . 11 May 1947 . 23 November 2021 . 11 . National Library of Australia.
  99. News: MAYORS ELECTED . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 12 December 1947 . 23 November 2021 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  100. News: MUNICIPALITY OF VAUCLUSE. . Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales . 68 . New South Wales, Australia . 5 June 1907 . 22 November 2021 . 3119 . National Library of Australia.
  101. News: COUNCIL CLERK'S RESIGNATION . Evening News. New South Wales, Australia . 8 August 1911 . 22 November 2021 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  102. Web site: Sautelle, Edwin Stanhope . The Dictionary of Sydney . 22 November 2021.
  103. News: Appointments of Officials. . The Land . New South Wales, Australia . 22 September 1911 . 3 December 2021 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  104. News: LOCAL GOVERNMENT CLERKS. . The Farmer And Settler . New South Wales, Australia . 15 September 1911 . 3 December 2021 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  105. News: VAUCLUSE EX-TOWN CLERK REMANDED. . Evening News . New South Wales, Australia . 16 January 1913 . 3 December 2021 . 14 . National Library of Australia.
  106. News: Molong Ex-Town Clerk. . Molong Argus . New South Wales, Australia . 24 January 1913 . 3 December 2021 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  107. News: QUARTER SESSIONS. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 8 March 1913 . 3 December 2021 . 17 . National Library of Australia.
  108. News: MUNICIPALITY OF VAUCLUSE. . Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales . 75 . New South Wales, Australia . 14 May 1913 . 3 December 2021 . 3060 . National Library of Australia.
  109. News: MUNICIPAL. . . New South Wales, Australia . 28 March 1913 . 3 December 2021 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  110. News: TOWN CLERK MISSING. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 2 September 1940 . 3 December 2021 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  111. News: TOWN CLERK DISAPPEARS . The Sun . New South Wales, Australia . 2 September 1940 . 3 December 2021 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  112. News: BODY IN SEA. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 5 September 1940 . 3 December 2021 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  113. News: DEATH OF TOWN CLERK. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 19 September 1940 . 3 December 2021 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  114. News: VAUCLUSE TOWN CLERK . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 11 September 1940 . 3 December 2021 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  115. News: OFFICIAL RETIRES . The Sun . New South Wales, Australia . 25 May 1954 . 3 December 2021 . 11 . National Library of Australia.