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22-July-2021
22-July-2021

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The granite plaque on the direction finder commemorates the Mayors of South Grafton Municipal Council 1897-1956. 

In 1896, South Grafton was given its own municipal government under the Municipalities Act 1867. It was known as the South Grafton Municipal District until 1906 and thereafter as the South Grafton Municipality. In 1956, the South Grafton Municipality was merged into the Grafton City Council. 

Location

Address:Through Street, Lane Boulevarde, South Grafton, 2460
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -29.701403
Long: 152.936202
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Government
Sub-Theme:Local
Approx. Event Start Date:1897
Approx. Event End Date:1956

Dedication

Front Inscription

 ERECTED IN
HONOUR OF
THE MAYORS WHO
SERVED ON THE
SOUTH GRAFTON
MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
1897-1956
J.T.McKITTRICK 1897·8
1900·05· 08·09
W.J.HAWTHORNE 1899
A.E.SCHWINGHAMMER 1901
C.T.SCHWINGHAMMER SEN.
1902·03·04 1911·12·1924·1926
J.REID 1906·13·14
D.CARLTON 1907
G.A.E. BLANCH 1910
R. DOBIE BAWDON 1915·16
·17 PT 18
DR.EARLE PAGE PT 1918
·19·20
T.J.ROBERTS 1921
C.LEE PT 1922
W.C.QUINN PT 1922·23
S.A.JONES 1925·1927 PT 28
D,MAXWELL PT 1928
P.McCOSKER PT 1929
J. FLAHERTY PT 1929·30·31
C.T.SCHWINGHAMMER JNR.
1932·33·34·35·36·37·38 PT39
M.V.McNAMARA 1941
J.C.LANE 1942·43·44·45
46·47·48·49·50
W.E.CRISP PT 1939·40 PT 41
1951·52·53·54·55·56

 

Source: MA
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