Reg Bartley

Reginald James (Reg) Bartley (3 February 1899 – 16 January 1982)[1] was a businessman, company director[2] and Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1943–1944 and 1946–1948.[3] He was succeeded by Ernest Charles O'Dea. A Civic Reform Association member, Bartley was attacked by a member of the Communist Party of Australia over a proposal to demolish "Maramonah", a mansion in central Sydney, inhabited by 600 squatters, in order to build a park. Bartley's plan was eventually taken up, and the site of the mansion is the Fitzroy Gardens in King's Cross. Bartley later said that he regretted the incident had become one between "communists and lawful authority".[2]

In March 1946 Bartley was instrumental in moving to demolish the Sydney Mint and the Hyde Park Barracks, stating that they should "make way for modern structures".[4]

Bartley's service to the City of Sydney is commemorated by the naming of Reg Bartley Oval at Rushcutters Bay[5] and Bartley Street, Chippendale.[6] The City of Sydney Florence Bartley Library was named in honour of Bartley's wife and Lady Mayoress Florence.[7]

Bibliography
  • Bartley, Reg (1979). The Court is Open- A Guide to the Magistrates Court. Petty Publishing and Marianne Publishing.[8]

References
  1. "BARTLEY Reginald James". Ryerson Index. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  2. Spearritt, Peter (2000). Sydney's Century. UNSW Press. p. 84. ISBN 0-86840-513-2.
  3. "Reginald James Bartley, Sydney's Aldermen - City of Sydney". City of Sydney. Retrieved 23 November 2008. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Lucas, Clive. "The Mint Restoration" (PDF). National Trust of Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  5. "Reg Bartley Oval". dunbarrovers.com. 3 January 2010. Archived from the original on 12 February 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  6. "Streets of Sydney". City of Sydney. Archived from the original on 8 September 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  7. "Florence Bartley Library". cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  8. The court is open / by Reg Bartley. Trove. 1996. ISBN 9780947205461. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Stanley Crick		 Lord Mayor of Sydney
1943-1944		 Succeeded by
William Neville Harding
Preceded by
William Neville Harding		 Lord Mayor of Sydney
1946-1948		 Succeeded by
Ernest Charles O'Dea


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