VPRS 9491 Lord Mayors and Town Clerks of Capital Cities Conference Papers

Sets of agendas, and background papers of Lord Mayors and Town Clerks for annual Conferences of Lord Mayors and Town Clerks of Capital Cities. Some sets of papers are annotated.Conferences of Lord Mayors and Town Clerks of Capital Cities were held annually from 1950 to discuss matters of State and Federal nature of interest to all states. The conferences provided a forum to share experience on problems that probably affected them all, and to prepare a united front in their representations to the Federal Government.Papers were circulated prior to the conferences, to assist in preparation for the meetings; during the conferences, delegates noted items of interest and motions put in the course of the conferences.Since 1966, the papers and official minutes of the conferences were distributed under the auspices of the Australian Capital Cities' Secretariat.Until 1965 the conferences were officially for Lord Mayors - with Town Clerks in attendance: Conferences of Lord Mayors of Capital Cities. Since 1966 Lord Mayors and Town Clerks were both included in the conference title: Conferences of Lord Mayors and Town Clerks of Capital Cities. From 1970, the name of the secretariat, Australian Capital Cities Secretariat (ACCS), was associated with the title: ACCS Conference of Lord Mayors and Town Clerks.Conference papers for meetings held prior to 1960 and since 1980 have not been located.There were no conference papers for 1973. No conference was held that year due to adjustment in meeting dates.