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The series contains correspondence between Ku-ring-gai, Willoughby, and Ryde Councils, and Commonwealth and State authorities, concerning acquisition of land for the creation of a park in the Lane Cove River valley. Initial proposals by Willoughby Council, illustrated by maps, relate to land bordering Blue Gum Creek and adjoining the Chatswood Rifle Range, which was originally (by 1907) established on private land and resumed by the Commonwealth in 1915.
The organiser of the Lane Cove River Beautification Scheme, Mr. Albert E. Rudder, a Sydney stockbroker who had been elected as an Alderman representing the Warringah Ward of North Sydney Council in December 1922 and later (1934) one of the founding directors of Qantas Empire Airways Ltd., was appointed as Chairman of the Committee.
Subsequent papers (files 2 and 3) document the progressive purchase, lease, transfer, and resumption of land up to the official opening of the Lane Cove National Park, then comprising an area of about 290 acres, on 29 October 1938. Initial Trustees of the Park included Albert Rudder, and C.B. Thistlethwayte representing Ku-ring-gai Council; with the Mayor, H.G. Carter, appointed as an additional Trustee on 3 November 1938.
Later files (4 to 7, 1943-1963) document ongoing management of issues relating to the Park and appointments of subsequent Trustees, and include (file 5) correspondence relating to pollution of the Lane Cove River and discharges of hydrogen sulphide gas.
File 8 is missing, and files 9 to 12 (1964-1975) continue documentation of management and use, proposed additions to the Park, and repairs to the Blue Gum Creek bridge. File 18 (1983-1986), is titled Lane Cove River Park extensions, and includes cover sheets from files 16 and 17.
The Park had been renamed Lane Cove River Park in 1967, and proclaimed a State Recreation Area in August 1976.
Two files (1 and 2, 1963-1986) titled Lane Cove River Park: Appointment Trustees, document nomination and appointment of Council’s representative to the Trust.
A single file (1978-1979) titled Amenities Building contains dyeline prints of plans, elevations and sections, and a copy of the specification for the construction of the Jenkins Hill amenities building for the State Recreation Area Trust.
Created: 1915-01-01 to 1986-12-31
Data time period: 1920-10-25 to 1986-12-02
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