Municipality of Petersham

Municipality of Petersham New South Wales
Established	14 December 1871
Abolished	31 December 1948
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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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 1907. 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

Years	Mayors	Notes
14 February 1872 – 10 February 1880	William Hilson Piggott	[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
10 February 1880 – 10 February 1881	Michael McMahon	[11]
10 February 1881 – 15 February 1882	William Henry Paling	[12]
15 February 1882 – 15 February 1884	John Gelding	[13][14]
15 February 1884 – 11 February 1885	Henry Hughes	[15]
11 February 1885 – 10 February 1886	William Lovel Davis	[16]
10 February 1886 – 11 February 1891	John Wheeler	[17][18][19][20][21]
11 February 1891 – 13 February 1894	Llewellyn Jones	[22][23][24]
13 February 1894 – 12 February 1897	Alfred Rofe	[25][26][27]
12 February 1897 – 10 February 1899	Percy Grose Hordern	[28][29]
10 February 1899 – 15 February 1901	Joseph Wetherill Cockbaine	[30][31]
15 February 1901 – 9 February 1903	Henry Davis	[32][33]
9 February 1903 – 16 February 1905	Percy Grose Hordern	[34][35]
16 February 1905 – February 1908	Frederick Lawrence Langdon	[36][37]
February 1908 – February 1910	Percy Grose Hordern	[38]
February 1910 – February 1912	Tom Hoskins

Petersham Town Hall

The original Petersham Town Hall was erected in 1882 and demolished in 1937, replaced by the existing Art Deco structure on the corner of Crystal and Frederick Streets in Petersham. Opened in 1938, the present Town Hall features a prominent hexagonal clock tower and was used by Marrickville Council from 1949 (after the two councils merged). After the construction of Marrickville Council's present administration building in 1974, the Council relocated most of its indoor operations to the new building, leaving the town hall to be used for functions and community services. Some of the dancing scenes from the 1992 film Strictly Ballroom were filmed in its main auditorium.^[39]

Petersham Town Hall

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