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Roebourne Municipal Council

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Date: 1862 [unknown]
Location: Roebourne, Western Australia, Australiamap
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Roebourne Municipal Council

Elections

Roebourne Municipal Council - Election Results

Chairman, Mayors and Presidents

Chairman, Mayor & President - Roebourne Municipal Council

Meetings


5 December 1890 - Public Meeting at Roebourne

Mayor: John James Broomhall (1861-1933) presided [1]
Agenda items:
  1. To consider matters connected to the Constitution Bill. The meeting discussed Colony boundaries, separation from the south at the 26th or 28th latitude, or separation from the east at the 121st east meridian. Discussed merits of separation or not.

3 August 1891 - Roebourne Municipal Council

The following were elected [2]:

Mayor: John James Broomhall (1861-1933)
J J Broomhall, Mayor
Councillor Sholl
Councillor Hyde
Councillor Wilson
Councillor Watson
Agenda items:
  1. Mackay's Slaughteryard
  2. Arrears of Rates
  3. Election of the Auditor
  4. Widening of Sholl Street
  5. Repairs to the spring and fences
  6. Chinese gardeners found water in a well

4 January 1892 - Roebourne Municipal Council

The following were elected [3]:

Mayor S Hyde
Councillor Johnson
Councillor Shepheard
Councillor Watson
Councillor Church

20 January 1892 - Roebourne Roads Board

The following persons were elected [4]:

Late Chairman - Hyde
Mr Watson was elected Chairman for the following year
Councillor Watson
Councillor Johnson
Councillor Osborn

Location: Jubilee Hotel, Roebourne

Jubilee Hotel, Roebourne
Agenda items:
  1. Election of a Chairman
  2. Accounts for the Year 1891
  3. Election of Auditors
  4. Letters Read:
    1. Mr R D O'Grady - requesting repairs to creek crossings between Chingingarra and Mardie
    2. Messers W A Robinson & Sons - Referencing the trough at the Tambrey Well - near Meares and Straker's Station
    3. Public Works Commission - requesting statement of expenditure for the Loan Fund in 1891, estimate of construction work for 1892, estimate of repair work for 1892
  5. Roebourne-Cossack Road
  6. New Tableland Road
  7. Cart and Carriage Licences for 1892


Mayor and Councillors, 1904

Mayor and Councillors, Roebourne
  1. Mayor T Porter

Sources

  1. THE RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT QUESTION. (1890, January 6). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved August 27, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3131091
  2. ROEBOURNE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL. (1891, August 8). Nor'West Times and Northern Advocate (Roebourne, WA : 1891 - 1894), p. 3. Retrieved August 27, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article260937650
  3. ROEBOURNE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL. (1892, January 16). Nor'West Times and Northern Advocate (Roebourne, WA : 1891 - 1894), p. 2. Retrieved August 27, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article260938729
  4. ROEBOURNE ROADS BOARD. (1892, January 30). Nor'West Times and Northern Advocate (Roebourne, WA : 1891 - 1894), p. 4. Retrieved August 27, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article260938799




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