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Title
Petition to the Trustees of Gladstone Park, Balmain with two letters regarding the trusteeship of the park, 1883-1902
Call number
MLMSS 8121
Level of description
fonds
Date

1883-1902
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
950165
Physical Description
0.02 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript and typescript
Scope and Content
Handwritten petition dated March 23, 1895, signed by various ministers and office bearers of the Protestant Churches in Balmain, requesting that the Trustees of Gladstone Park in Balmain refuse permission for the Coldstream Band to play in the park on Sunday afternoons.

The petition is accompanied by two letters, one handwritten and signed by Henry Parkes, dated 1883, asking two MP's to take charge of the park until Trustees are appointed. The other typed, from the Under Secretary of the Dept. of Lands dated 1902, seeking a resignation of the 'Trusteeship of Gladstone Park, Balmain, in favor (sic.) of the local Municipal Council'.
Copying Conditions
Copyright status:: In copyright
Research & study copies allowed: Authors have been deceased for more than 50 years
Creator/Author/Artist
Parkes, Henry, Sir, 1815-1896
Name
Trustees of Gladstone Park, Balmain
Subject
Petitions--New South Wales.
Parks--New South Wales--Sydney.
Place
Gladstone Park (Balmain, N.S.W.)

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