Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and Its Suburbs : plans, &c. / Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and Its Suburbs ; G.D. McDuff engineering & litho., draftsman ; R.C.G. Coulter delt., invt. [sketches]
- Bib ID:
- 7504425
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- New South Wales. Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and Its Suburbs, cartographer
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Scale:
- Scales differ (E 151⁰12' 34/S 33⁰51' 54)
- Printer:
- Sydney : photo-lithographed by W.A. Gullick Government Printer
- Description:
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- Sydney : Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and Its Suburbs, 1909
- 43 maps, 1 section, 1 view : colour ; on sheets 68 x 104 cm, or smaller + 11 sketches.
- Full contents:
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- Plan no. 1. Mr. Gordon's proposals
- Plan no. 2 Mr. John Sulman's proposals
- Plan no. 3. Mr. Vernon's proposals
- Plan no. 4. Mr. Greenwood's proposals
- Plan no. 5. Camperdown-Newtown improvements, Mr. Epps proposals
- Plan no. 6. Rev. Canon Boyce's proposals
- Plan no. 7. Mr. Caswell's proposals
- Plan no. 8. Mr. Fitzgerald's proposals
- Plan no. 9. Mr. J. Barlow's proposals
- Plan no. 10. Monsignor O'Haran's proposals
- Plan no. 11. Mr. Norman Selfe's proposals
- Plan no. 12. Mr. Deane's city railway scheme
- Plan no. 13. Mr. Hutchinson's city railway scheme
- Plan no. 14. The Chief Commissioner's city railway scheme
- Plan no. 15. Section of the Chief of Commissioner's city railway scheme
- Plan no. 16. Map showing various suburban railway proposals submitted to the Commission, together with goods railways outlined by the Chief Commissioner for Railways
- Plan no. 17. Map showing main roads which the Commission recommends should be re-aligned and widened, also the city and suburban railway proposals submitted by the Chief Commissioner, and generally recommended for adoption
- Plan no. 18. Sketch illustrating Mr. John Sulman's proposal for the treatment of Belmore Park, fronting Central Railway Station
- Plan no. 19. Plan of lower road level of Mr. John Sulman's proposal for the treatment of Belmore Park
- Plan no. 20. Plan of upper road level of Mr. Sulman's proposal for the treatment of Belmore Park
- Plan no. 21. Sketch illustrating Mr. Norman Selfe's proposed treatment of Belmore Park, with the extension of city railway from eastern side of terminus (S. 6 in evidence)
- Plan no. 22. Mr. Selfe's proposed treatment of the Central Railway Station area view from Pitt-Street
- Plan no. 23. Plan of Mr. Selfe's proposals for the treatment of the Central Ralway Station area
- Plan no. 24. Plan of Mr. Norman Selfe's proposed raised roadways in the neighbourhood of the Central Railway Station (S. 7 in evidence)
- Plan no. 25. Railway station area, sketch showing Central Railway Station (as it will appear when completed), wth Belmore Park raised to the level of the railway platforms, as recommended by the Commission
- Plan no. 26. Sketch showing suggested treatment of the Tarpeian Way at the eastern side of Circular Quay
- Plan no. 27. Plan showing suggested treatment of the Tarpeian Way and the eastern side of Circular Quay
- Plan no. 28. Sketch prepared by the Commission showing overhead railway station at Circular Quay, as proposed by Mr. Norman Selfe
- Plan no. 29. Section prepared by the Commission showing overhead railway station at Circular Quay, as proposed by Mr. Norman Selfe
- Plan no. 30. Sketch illustrating Mr. John Sulman's proposed central avenue and remodeling of Circular Quay
- Plan no. 31 Plan illustrating Mr. John Sulman's prposed central avenue and remodelling of Circular Quay
- Plan no. 32. Plan showing four proposals for the extension of Elizabeth Street with the curved street recommended by the Royal Commission
- Plan no. 33. Sketch showing architectural treatment at intersection of Elizabeth Street and Hunter Street, in connection with Mr. John Sulman's proposed tunnel to Circular Quay
- Plan no. 34. Sketch showing extension of Elizabeth Street to Cicular Quay, via Cresham Street and Pitt Street, as recommended by the Royal Commission
- Plan no. 35. Plan showing the extension of George-Street to Dawes' Point, the remodelling at the "Rocks" and the broad road round the wharves, as recommended by the Commission
- Plan no. 36. Liverpool & Susssex Streets to Newtown Road & Parramatta Road, plan shewing new street recommended by the Commission for the relief of George St.
- Plan no. 37. Darling Harbour reclamation of the head of Darling Harbour and high-level bridge communication between the inner city and Pyrmont , as recommended by the Commission
- Plan no. 38. Cathedral-Street viaduct and tunnel, plan showing new thoroughfare recommended by the Commission providing an easy grade for heavy traffic from Woolloomooloo wharfs, together with a new route for tram and vehicular traffic to and from eastern suburbs foreshore suburbs
- Plan no. 39. Sketch showing western end of Cathedral-Street regraded on the lines recommended by the Commission, together with St. Mary's Cathedral, as it will appear when completed
- Plan no. 40. Edgecilff Hill, plan showing route of tunnel which the Commission recommends should be constructed from Mona-Vale-Road to Holt-Street for the convenience of vehicular and long-distance tram traffic
- Plan no. 41. Plan showing proposed new roadway between Rushcutters Bay and Oxford Street, Womerah Avenue improvement
- Plan no. 42. New street recommended by the Commission for the relief of Oxford Street
- Plan no. 43. Eastern suburbs to Central Railway Station, sketch showing portion of new route, recommended by the Commission
- Plan no. 44. Eastern suburbs to Central Railway Station, sketch showing entrance to tunnel under Riley-Street, looking from Crown Street
- Plan no. 45. Eastern suburbs to Central Railway Station, plan showing new street recommended by the Commission from Park Road to Elizabeth Street
- Plan no. 46. Proposed remodelling of Queen's Square, bird's-eye view of city looking north from Hyde Park, showing Elizabeth-Street and Macquarie-Street widened; Moore-Street extended to Macquarie-Street; new thoroughfare in the Domain; and the remodelling of Queen's Square as recommened by the Commission
- Plan no. 47. Plan of improvement recommended by the Commission in the neighbourhood of Queen's Square and Macquarie-Street
- Plan no. 48. Oxford Street, plan shewing proposed widening of Oxford St. from Liverpool St. to Paddington Town Hall
- Plan no. 49. Sketch showing suggested treatment of area occupied by Darlinghurst Gaol, criminal court, reception house, and Sacred Heart Church
- Plan no. 50. Plan showing suggested treatment of area occupied by Darlinghurst Gaol, criminal court, reception house, and Sacred Heart Church
- Plan no. 51. Sketch showing suggested treatment of William-Street hill, with a tunnel under Victoria-Street to Bayswater Road
- Plan no. 52. William-St. Hill, sketch showing raised roadway which the Commission recommends should be constructed on the southern side of William-Street, from Bourke-Street to Victoria-Street
- Plan no. 53. William-St. Hill, plan showing raised roadway which the Commission recommends should be constructed on the southern side of William-Street, from Bourke-Street to Victoria-Street
- Plan no. 54. Plan showing Mr. Selfe's proposed remodelling of the "Rocks" area
- Plan no. 55. Map of metropolitan area, showing the unequal distribution of recreation reserves and inadequate provision made for western, south-western, and southern suburbs
- Plan no. 56. Plan of the city, showing city railways, new streets, and general improvements' recommended by the Royal Commission.
- Notes:
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- Title taken from Commission report.
- These plans and sketches have been extracted from vol. 2 of the Commission report.
- Plans "recommended by the Commission" bear holograph of the Commision president, Thomas Hughes, dated 25th June 1909.
- "42073"
- At head of each plan: Royal Commission on Sydney Improvement.
- Plans show proposals submitted to the Royal Commission of various schemes to improve Sydney's infrastructure. Plans include named streets and roads, tunnels, bridges, viaducts, tramways, railways, undergraound railways, ports, parks and buildings.
- Some plans have sections.
- National Library of Australia holds 1 sheet of plan nos. 38, and 48
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-574722059
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1909
- Other authors/contributors:
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- Coulter, Charles, 1864-1956
- Selfe, Norman, 1839-1911
- McDuff, G. D, lithographer, draftsman
- Sulman, John, Sir, 1849-1934
- New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Assembly
- New South Wales. Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and Its Suburbs. Report of the Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City and Its Suburbs
- W.A. Gullick Government Printer, lithographer
- Also Titled:
- Royal Commission on Sydney Improvement
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