Municipality of Petersham

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Municipality of Petersham
New South Wales
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Population29,451 (1947 census) [1]
 • Density8,410/km2 (21,790/sq mi)
Established14 December 1871
Abolished31 December 1948
Area3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Council seat Petersham Town Hall
Region Inner West
Parish Petersham
LGAs around Municipality of Petersham:
Leichhardt Camperdown
Ashfield Municipality of Petersham Newtown
Canterbury Marrickville

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.

Petersham Town Hall, which replaced an earlier town hall built in 1882, was the seat of the council from 1938-1948. PetershamTH.JPG
Petersham Town Hall, which replaced an earlier town hall built in 1882, was the seat of the council from 1938–1948.

Mayors

MayorsPartyTerm startTerm endNotes
William Pigott n/a14 February 187210 February 1880 [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Michael McMahon10 February 188010 February 1881 [12]
William Henry Paling10 February 188115 February 1882 [13]
John Gelding15 February 188215 February 1884 [14] [15]
Henry Hughes15 February 188411 February 1885 [16]
William Davis 11 February 188510 February 1886 [17]
John Wheeler 10 February 188611 February 1891 [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
Llewellyn Jones 11 February 189113 February 1894 [23] [24] [25]
Alfred Rofe13 February 189412 February 1897 [26] [27] [28]
Percy Hordern 12 February 189710 February 1899 [29] [30]
Joseph Wetherill Cockbaine10 February 189915 February 1901 [31] [32]
Henry Davis15 February 19019 February 1903 [33] [34]
Percy Hordern 9 February 190316 February 1905 [35] [36]
Frederick Lawrence Langdon16 February 1905February 1908 [37] [38]
Percy Hordern February 1908February 1910 [39]
Tom Hoskins February 1910February 1912 [40] [41]
Richard BarryFebruary 191217 September 1912 [42] [43] [44]
John Wheeler 20 September 191231 January 1914 [45]
Charles Henry Crammond3 February 19142 February 1915 [46]
Tom Hoskins 2 February 1915February 1916 [47] [48]
John Henry Albert WeekleyFebruary 191611 February 1918 [49]
Richard Gendle11 February 1918February 1920 [50] [51]
Abraham CropperFebruary 1920December 1920
John Allworth ClarkDecember 1920December 1921 [52]
William John BastionDecember 19217 December 1922 [53]
David Robert Cooper7 December 1922December 1923 [54]
Joseph JohnsonDecember 1923December 1924 [55]
Walter Lawrence MaundrellDecember 1924December 1925 [56]
John Henry Albert WeekleyDecember 1925December 1926 [57]
Gilbert BarryDecember 1926December 1927 [58] [59]
Arthur WhiteleyDecember 1927December 1928 [60]
Thomas CasserleyDecember 1928December 1929 [61] [62]
James BainDecember 1929December 1930 [63] [64]
Ernest Albert McKinleyDecember 1930January 1932 [65]
Arthur WhiteleyJanuary 1932December 1932 [66]
Joseph JohnsonDecember 1932December 1933 [67]
Jacob Lauder RaithDecember 1933December 1934 [68]
Walter Lawrence MaundrellDecember 1934December 1935 [69]
John Alexander StewartDecember 1935December 1936 [70] [71]
Robert John HoskinsDecember 1936December 1937 [72]
Joseph JohnsonDecember 1937December 1938 [73]
Walter Lawrence MaundrellDecember 1938December 1939 [74]
Fred Cahill  Labor December 1939December 1940 [75] [76] [77]
Sydney Hastie BainDecember 1940December 1941 [78]
John Friel LaxtonDecember 1941December 1943 [79]
Hilton Gregory CliffordDecember 1943December 1944 [80]
John Friel LaxtonDecember 194431 December 1948 [81] [82] [83] [84]

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