Physical description

Printed booklet. Stapled binding with stiff paper cover. Glossy internal paper pages. Not paginated. 12 pages.

Summary

A commemorative council notice paper produced for a special meeting of the Shire of Bacchus Marsh on 18th October 1962. This meeting was held to commemorate the first meeting of the Bacchus Marsh Road District Board on the 14 November 1856 and the first meeting of the Bacchus Marsh and Maddingley District Road Board on 22 November 1862. The booklet contains the text of a council motion commemorating the foundation of local government in the Bacchus Marsh area. The booklet also contains historical information such as reproductions of the Victoria Government Gazette issues of 1856 and 1862 proclaiming the creation of Road Boards in Bacchus Marsh and Maddingley, a list of Councillors as of 1962, selected reproductions of Council minutes from 1856 and 1862, and a list of Chairmen, Presidents and senior officers of the Shire from 1856 until 1962.
Printed by Crisp and Sons Printers, Bacchus Marsh, 1962.
BMDHS Location: AR/SU5