Sydney Harbour Trust (sold)
Sydney Harbour Trust (November 1, 1900 - 1936) was an Australian extragovernmental organization established to Navigation Department and Marine Board of Sydney Harbour. Prior to the founding of the trust Sydney's many wharves and piers were privately controlled and constructed without an overall scheme in mind. The Trust changed all of that. Among other duties, the Trust was responsible for the improvement and preservation of Sydney's port, movement of vessels and handling of cargo, dredging operations, licensing, erections of piers, wharfage tax, and more. All foreshores, lighthouses and tugs within the harbour which belonged to the Government were vested in the Trust, as well as the power to reclaim land. It was run by a parliament consisting of three appointed commissioners. The trust was decommissioned in 1946 and replaced with the Maritime Services Board.
Rare view of Sydney Harbour following the reconstruciton of 1900 - 1913.
Birds Eye View of General Wharfage Scheme West of Dawes Point as it will appear when completed.
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A scarce 1913 William Hardy Wilson chromolithographic view of Sydney Harbor, Australia. The view looks southward from somewhere high above Goat Island. Dawes Point, Barangaroo, and the Central business district appear on the left, Pyrmont is center, and Balmain is on the right. The focus of the view are Sydney's large harbors, Darling Harbour, Backwattle Bay, Rozelle Bay, White Bay, and Johnstons Bay. It illustrates proposed subaqueous tunnels and is illustrated with numerous cargo ships throughout. (more details)