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The Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and its Suburbs was established on 14 May 1908 to investigate all proposals for the improvement of the City of Sydney and its Suburbs, and to fully inquire into the whole subject of the remodelling of Sydney (1).
The Commission consisted of Thomas Hughes, Edmund Walcott Fosbery, Henry Gorman, James Graham, Robert Rowan Purdon Hickson, James Sinclair Taylor McGowen, Edward William O’Sullivan, Ernest Alfred Scott, Norman Selfe, James Wall, and John Wheeler (2).
The Royal Commission inquired into traffic matters, beautification of the city, slum areas and housing reform, and future growth of the city (3).
The Final Report was submitted 25 June 1909 (4).
ENDNOTES
(1) Interim Report of the Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and its Suburbs, New South Wales Parliamentary Papers, 1909, vol.5, p.383
(2) Ibid
(3) Final Report of the Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and its Suburbs, New South Wales Parliamentary Papers, 1909, vol.5, p.401-408
(4) Ibid
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