Minutes of Council Meetings

Randwick Borough, as it was first known, was incorporated on 22 February 1859. 

The Randwick Minute Books stand as a record of the decisions made by the elected officials for one of the oldest local government areas in Sydney. They record the business decisions for every year of Randwick City Council's existence since 1859. Randwick Council has been known as a Borough, Municipality and a City, as changes in state government legislation and population over time have reflected and informed how Council operates. The boundaries of the City of Randwick have remained largely unchanged since incorporation in 1859. On several occasions over the course of its history in 1948 and most recently 2016 Randwick Council has survived amalgamation with other neighbouring local government areas to remain an autonomous area.

The Randwick Council Minutes include copies of all reports that are tabled by the sub-committees of Council, for each year. The elected officials for each year are recorded in the metadata.

This a digital collection replicating the original minute books series, to enable ease of access to the original materials, whilst conserving the original volumes. 

The Minutes from the first meeting in April 1859 to April 1911 are handwritten and from May 1912 are typed or printed until 2001. The volumes are digitised and are available for access. The typed minutes have been OCR enabled and the text is searchable.

From 2002 onwards the business papers and minutes of Council were born digital and are accessible via the Randwick City Council website. 

For the Minutes of Council Meetings from 2002 to present day.