Municipality of Petersham New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 29,451 ( 1947 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 8,410/km2 (21,790/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 14 December 1871 | ||||||||||||||
Abolished | 31 December 1948 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Petersham Town Hall | ||||||||||||||
Region | Inner West | ||||||||||||||
Parish | Petersham | ||||||||||||||
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The Municipality of Petersham was a local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The small municipality was proclaimed as a borough in 1871 and was centred on the suburbs of Lewisham, Petersham and Stanmore. [2] It was bounded by Parramatta Road in the north, Cardigan and Liberty Streets in the east, Stanmore and New Canterbury Roads in the south, and Old Canterbury Road in the west. [3] The municipality was divided into three wards: South Kingston, Annadale and Sydenham, all the names of early farms. The boundaries remained fairly stable, with only minor changes on the east and western sides. The borough became a municipality in 1906. In 1949 under the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, Petersham council was merged with the larger neighbouring Marrickville Council which was located immediately to the south.
Mayors | Party | Term start | Term end | Notes | |
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William Pigott | n/a | 14 February 1872 | 10 February 1880 | [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] | |
Michael McMahon | 10 February 1880 | 10 February 1881 | [12] | ||
William Henry Paling | 10 February 1881 | 15 February 1882 | [13] | ||
John Gelding | 15 February 1882 | 15 February 1884 | [14] [15] | ||
Henry Hughes | 15 February 1884 | 11 February 1885 | [16] | ||
William Davis | 11 February 1885 | 10 February 1886 | [17] | ||
John Wheeler | 10 February 1886 | 11 February 1891 | [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] | ||
Llewellyn Jones | 11 February 1891 | 13 February 1894 | [23] [24] [25] | ||
Alfred Rofe | 13 February 1894 | 12 February 1897 | [26] [27] [28] | ||
Percy Hordern | 12 February 1897 | 10 February 1899 | [29] [30] | ||
Joseph Wetherill Cockbaine | 10 February 1899 | 15 February 1901 | [31] [32] | ||
Henry Davis | 15 February 1901 | 9 February 1903 | [33] [34] | ||
Percy Hordern | 9 February 1903 | 16 February 1905 | [35] [36] | ||
Frederick Lawrence Langdon | 16 February 1905 | February 1908 | [37] [38] | ||
Percy Hordern | February 1908 | February 1910 | [39] | ||
Tom Hoskins | February 1910 | February 1912 | [40] [41] | ||
Richard Barry | February 1912 | 17 September 1912 | [42] [43] [44] | ||
John Wheeler | 20 September 1912 | 31 January 1914 | [45] | ||
Charles Henry Crammond | 3 February 1914 | 2 February 1915 | [46] | ||
Tom Hoskins | 2 February 1915 | February 1916 | [47] [48] | ||
John Henry Albert Weekley | February 1916 | 11 February 1918 | [49] | ||
Richard Gendle | 11 February 1918 | February 1920 | [50] [51] | ||
Abraham Cropper | February 1920 | December 1920 | |||
John Allworth Clark | December 1920 | December 1921 | [52] | ||
William John Bastion | December 1921 | 7 December 1922 | [53] | ||
David Robert Cooper | 7 December 1922 | December 1923 | [54] | ||
Joseph Johnson | December 1923 | December 1924 | [55] | ||
Walter Lawrence Maundrell | December 1924 | December 1925 | [56] | ||
John Henry Albert Weekley | December 1925 | December 1926 | [57] | ||
Gilbert Barry | December 1926 | December 1927 | [58] [59] | ||
Arthur Whiteley | December 1927 | December 1928 | [60] | ||
Thomas Casserley | December 1928 | December 1929 | [61] [62] | ||
James Bain | December 1929 | December 1930 | [63] [64] | ||
Ernest Albert McKinley | December 1930 | January 1932 | [65] | ||
Arthur Whiteley | January 1932 | December 1932 | [66] | ||
Joseph Johnson | December 1932 | December 1933 | [67] | ||
Jacob Lauder Raith | December 1933 | December 1934 | [68] | ||
Walter Lawrence Maundrell | December 1934 | December 1935 | [69] | ||
John Alexander Stewart | December 1935 | December 1936 | [70] [71] | ||
Robert John Hoskins | December 1936 | December 1937 | [72] | ||
Joseph Johnson | December 1937 | December 1938 | [73] | ||
Walter Lawrence Maundrell | December 1938 | December 1939 | [74] | ||
Fred Cahill | Labor | December 1939 | December 1940 | [75] [76] [77] | |
Sydney Hastie Bain | December 1940 | December 1941 | [78] | ||
John Friel Laxton | December 1941 | December 1943 | [79] | ||
Hilton Gregory Clifford | December 1943 | December 1944 | [80] | ||
John Friel Laxton | December 1944 | 31 December 1948 | [81] [82] [83] [84] |