Municipality of Petersham

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.

Municipality of Petersham New South Wales
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
LGAs around Municipality of Petersham: Leichhardt Camperdown Ashfield Municipality of Petersham Newtown Canterbury Marrickville

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]