NRS-15095 | Commissioners minute books

Full description

This consists of a record of the proceedings at meetings of Commissioners, the minutes are generally signed by the Chief Commissioner. The meetings concern organisational aspects of railways administration, including the building and maintenance of railway lines, acceptance of tenders, acquisition of land, rolling stock, stores and equipment, extensions of tramways, and some staffing matters such as senior appointments and compensation payments granted.

Custody History

From 1955 until 2000 the State Rail Authority of New South Wales maintained an ‘in house archives’ consisting of the archival records of the Authority, its predecessor agencies and the private railway companies taken over by the government. The date ranges of the records were from 1849 until 2000. When the decision was made to close the ‘State Rail Archives’ the parts of the collection that were required as State archives were transferred to the State Records Authority of NSW. Those record series were incorporated into the State Records series system of archives control and were re-numbered.

This series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection where it formed part of series R4. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R4 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.