Paddington Area Development, 1968

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Series 4

Content Summary:

In February 1968 Bunning was appointed a commissioner to inquire and report on the plans of the New South Wales Government to construct three major traffic outlets through Paddington, an inner Sydney suburb. The Minister for Local Government, P.H. Morton, following protests from residents of Paddington and Woollahra, ordered the inquiry. It lasted five days and fifty-four witnesses gave evidence.

In his report to the Minister in March 1968, Bunning recommended that Paddington be declared an historical area protected from highway traffic. In addition to the report there is an album of newspaper cuttings concerning the inquiry. The album also contains some general cuttings about Bunning and his wife.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Walter Bunning presented his papers to the National Library in December 1976, ten months before his death.

Names:

Walter Bunning

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