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Agency:
Launceston City Council
Agency Number:
TA122
Start Date:
01 Jan 1852
Description:
Launceston was incorporated in 1858 and declared a city in 1888. Its original boundaries have long since been redefined and the area now known as the City of Launceston includes parts of the former Lilydale, St Leonard's, Evandale and Westbury Municipalities. As part of the reorganisation of local government in Tasmania the boundaries of the City were extended as from 2 April 1993 (SR1992/100).
Information Sources:
Report - Local records held by the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery.
Legislation Creating:
Municipal Acts 1852, 1853 16 Vict 17, 17 Vict No.21, 22 Vict No.12 1858 Launceston Corp Act 1894 58 Vict No.30 Launceston City(Reorganization)Act 1985
Functions Performed:
Local government administration
Controlled Agencies:
Carr Villa Memorial Park Cemetery (TA1870)01 Jan 1905

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (TA1550)01 Jan 1891

Launceston Flood Authority (TA1976)01 Jan 200831 Aug 2014
Previous Agencies:
Charles Street Cemetery Company (NG3089)01 Jan 184131 Dec 1925

Lilydale Municipal Council (TA120)01 Jan 190731 Dec 1987

St Leonards Municipal Council (TA132)01 Jan 190731 Dec 1985

Launceston Board of Health (TA2243)01 Jan 188631 Dec 1907
Related Agencies:
Launceston School Board of Advice (TA878)01 Jan 1887
Subsequent Agencies:
Metropolitan Transport Trust (TA355)21 Dec 195402 Feb 1998
Series Created By Agency:
AF657 Index to Subdivision Books

AF664 Index to Subdivision Plans

AB396 Minutes of Meetings.01 Jan 185319 Dec 1988

MCC48/1 Copies of Acts.01 Jan 186031 Dec 1863

AB397 Lord Mayor's Court - Record of Cases Heard.01 Jan 186131 Dec 1899

AB412 Index to Minutes of Council Meetings.01 Jan 187531 Dec 1910

AB393 Index to Meetings of Council Committees.01 Jan 187631 Dec 1879

AG458 Letterbooks01 Jan 188031 Dec 1968

AB392 Minutes of Meetings of Council Committees.01 Jan 188321 Mar 1986

AG465 Sanitary Register for Emptying and Cleansing Cesspits and Pans07 Apr 188529 Nov 1895

AF588 Administrative Files - Unregistered01 Jan 188631 Dec 2010

AG466 Sanitary Inspector's Register01 Jan 188828 Feb 1891

AF660 Daily Journal of Waterworks Department01 Aug 188831 Dec 1907

AG184 Photographs - Bus and Tram Services01 Jan 189031 Dec 2009

AF659 City Surveyor's Registers of Street Repairs01 Jan 189331 Dec 1911

AF615 Ephemera01 Jan 189531 Dec 2003

AB395 Abattoirs Department - Record of Stock Slaughtered.14 Feb 189631 Dec 1940

AF603 Annual Reports and Mayor's Valedictory Address01 Jan 189831 Dec 1981

AG70 Staff Lists - Launceston Muncipal Tramways / Metropolitan Transport Trust01 Jan 190031 Dec 2006

AF661 Cash Book of Private and Departmental Work Undertaken01 Jun 190230 Jun 1905

LCC21 Municipal Council Records01 Jan 190831 Dec 1989

AG73 Lost Property and Passenger Tickets Register - Launceston Municipal Tramways01 Jan 191131 Dec 1915

AG69 Accidents Registers - Launceston Muncipal Tramways / Metropolitan Transport Trust14 Aug 191122 Dec 1961

AB394 Analysis of Expenditure.01 Oct 191930 Sep 1922

AF663 Electricity Capital Account01 Jan 192031 Dec 1930

LCC3 Correspondence Files, Two Number System01 Jan 192231 Dec 1975

AG72 Contracts Register - Bus and Tramways17 Apr 192431 Dec 1969

AG74 Passenger Register - Launceston Municipal Tramways01 Jul 192531 Dec 1927

LMSS727 Launceston Public Library01 Jan 193031 Dec 1971

AF617 Conferences and Deputations - Minutes of Meetings01 Jan 193431 Dec 1962

LCC24 City Architect and Building Surveyor's Files01 Jan 193431 Dec 1986

LCC41 City Engineers Filing System01 Jan 194031 Dec 1976

AF610 Alphabetical List of Launceston Streets01 Jan 194231 Dec 1990

AG71 Tenders - Launceston Muncipal Tramways01 Jan 194431 Dec 1950

LPIC42 Plans of Launceston Public Library (Former Mechanics' Institute, Demolished 1971)01 Jan 194431 Dec 1960

AF613 Contract Registers - Roads, Sewerage and Buildings28 Nov 194431 Dec 1978

AF604 City Architect and Building Surveyor Annual Reports01 Jan 194531 Dec 1979

AF618 Graphs of the Lmc Filtration Plant01 Jan 194531 Dec 1949

AG60 General Correpondence - Launceston Muncipal Tramways / Metropolitan Transport Trust01 Jan 194631 Dec 1993

LCC19 Westbury Subdivision Files01 Jan 194731 Dec 1994

LCC38 General Correspondence (1)30 Sep 194831 Dec 1984

AG185 Rules and Regulations14 Mar 194930 Jun 1975

AF605 Reports of the City Engineer01 Jan 195131 Dec 1965

AG75 Inspector's Book - Launceston Municipal Tramways / Metropolitan Transport Trust01 Jan 195231 Dec 1957

AF599 Building Inspector Street Index Books01 Mar 195231 Dec 1952

AF608 Subdivision Files01 Jan 195531 Dec 1968

AF589 Letterbooks of City Architect and Building Surveyor Regarding Subdivisions02 Feb 195506 Apr 1987

LCC4 Index Card to Correspondence Files, Two Number System01 Jan 195631 Dec 1978

LCC18 Evandale Subdivision Files01 Jan 195831 Dec 1994

AF654 Alphabetical Index by Street Name01 Jan 196031 Dec 1969

AF655 Numerical Index to Streets01 Jan 196031 Dec 1969

AF656 Index to Utilities01 Jan 196031 Dec 1969

LCC17 Property Files31 Dec 196131 Dec 1986

LCC27 Correspondence Files01 Jan 196531 Dec 1985

LCC28 Index Cards to Correspondence Files01 Jan 196831 Dec 1985

LCC16 Street Files01 Jan 197031 Dec 1989

LCC22 Administrator of Theatre Files01 Jan 197131 Dec 1997

LCC31 Index to Council and Committee Meetings01 Jan 197331 Dec 1985

LCC23 Correspondence Files, Numeric System01 Jan 197531 Dec 1986

LCC40 Building Inspector's Photographs01 Jan 197531 Dec 1997

LCC32 Correspondence Files - Genasys System01 Jan 198331 Dec 1998

AF710 Building Applications01 Jan 198631 Dec 1988

AF662 City of Launceston - Municipal Standards01 Jan 199131 Dec 1993

AG463 Minutes and Agenda Papers of the Nunamara Memorial Hall Committee Meetings30 Apr 200315 Dec 2016

AG462 Minutes of Meetings of the Lilydale Recreation Ground Committee24 Oct 200613 Nov 2017