AGY-5014 | Rodd Island Trust

Full description

An area of land being 1 acre 23 perches known as Rodd Island, Iron Cove, Port Jackson was dedicated for public recreation on 16 April 1879. (1)

On 23 October 1894 a Trust was appointed by the Governor, under the 106th section of the Crown Lands Act of 1884, to administer the land. The Trust comprised Messrs. Trevanion Stapleton Rodd, John Hector Lucas, Edward Darnley, Henry John Bourne and John Anderson. (2) The Trust held its first meeting on 3 November 1894 with its first Chairman being T S Rodd. The Trust's last recorded meeting was held on 19 January 1982. (3)

Administration of the land transferred to National Parks and Wildlife Service on 19 February 1982 with the area becoming part of the newly established Sydney Harbour National Park. (4)

Endnotes
(1) New South Wales Government Gazette (No.134), 16 April 1879, p.1722.
(2) ibid. (No.696), 23 October 1894, p.6689.
(3) NRS 10759, Minutes of the Trust, 1894-1982 [18/1468.1].
(4) op.cit. (No.28), 19 February 1982, p.706.