Former local government area in New South Wales, Australia
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.
Mayors
Mayors
Party
Term start
Term end
Notes
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]
References
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33°53′42″S 151°09′27″E / 33.8949°S 151.1574°E / -33.8949; 151.1574