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Municipality of St Peters

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The Municipality of St Peters was a local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was originally proclaimed as the Municipal District of St Peters on 13 January 1871. With an area of 4.2 square kilometres, it included the modern suburbs of St Peters, Tempe and Sydenham. The council was amalgamated with the Municipality of Marrickville, along with the Municipality of Petersham, with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, and is now part of the Inner West Council.

CountryAustralia
Established13 January 1871
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Municipality of St Peters
St Peters Town Hall, on Unwins Bridge Road, Sydenham, seat of the council from 1927–1948.
St Peters Town Hall, on Unwins Bridge Road, Sydenham, seat of the council from 1927–1948.
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
RegionInner West
CitySydney
Established13 January 1871
Abolished31 December 1948
Council seatSt Peters Town Hall
Area
  Total
3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population
  Total12,404 (1947 census)[1]
  Density4,000/km2 (10,360/sq mi)
ParishPetersham
LGAs around Municipality of St Peters
Marrickville Marrickville Newtown
Canterbury Municipality of St Peters Alexandria
West Botany/Rockdale Botany North Botany/Mascot
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Council history

The Municipal District of St Peters was first proclaimed on 13 January 1871.[2] At the time the population was at about 3500, with 1088 houses within the municipal area.[3] The Mayor of Marrickville, Charles St Julian, was appointed as the Returning Officer conducting the first election, and the first council was declared elected on 14 February 1871.[4] The council comprised six aldermen elected to two wards, St Peter's Ward and Cook's River Ward, which each returned three aldermen.[5] On 2 May 1878 a third ward, Brompton Ward, was added, bringing the total number of aldermen to nine.[6]

The first elected council:

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Cook's River Ward George Alfred Tucker Superintendent of a Lunatic Asylum, Bay View House, Cook's River Road.[7]
Christopher Henry Lenehan Grocer, Cook's River Road.[5]
George Rose Freeholder, Unwin's Bridge Road.[5]
St Peter's Ward Thomas Percival Gardener, Albert Street.[5]
James Turner Leaseholder, Cook's River Road.[5]
Emanuel Harber Brickmaker, Silver Street.[5][8]
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By the late 1890s, the municipality had grown in population to around 7000, with manufacturing and industry playing a greater role, particularly brickworks fed by clay from the Cooks River.[9] An 1899 profile of the suburb in the Australian Town and Country Journal noted in this regard: "St. Peters is mainly a residential suburb, but it can boast of some industries, and on its borders are situated a number of very prosperous brickworks. There are portions of the district which are admirably adapted for manufacturing purposes, and no doubt in course of time full advantage will be taken of these opportunities."[3] On 18 December 1903, the wards were rearranged to North Ward, Bellevue Ward and Tempe Ward.[10] On 17 December 1919, a fourth ward was added when Brompton Ward was recreated.[11]

Later history

By the end of the Second World War, the NSW Government had come to the conclusion that its ideas of infrastructure expansion could not be realised by the present system of the mostly-poor inner-city municipal councils and the Minister for Local Government, Joseph Cahill, passed a bill in 1948 that abolished a significant number of those councils. Under the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, St Peters Municipal Council was merged, along with Petersham council, with the neighbouring Municipality of Marrickville which was located to the North.

Mayors

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YearsMayorNotes
14 February 1871 – 19 February 1873George Alfred Tucker[12][13]
19 February 1873 – 9 July 1873William Price[14]
9 July 1873 – 30 April 1877John Tangelder Gorus[15][16][17][18][19]
30 April 1877 – 11 February 1878William George Judd[20]
11 February 1878 – 10 July 1878Thomas George McCauley[21][22]
17 July 1878 – 10 February 1881William George Judd[23][24][25]
10 February 1881 – 18 February 1882Samuel Henry Terry[26]
18 February 1882 – 20 March 1882George Alfred Tucker[27]
20 March 1882 – 14 February 1883Samuel Henry Terry[28]
14 February 1883 – 13 February 1884William George Judd[29]
13 February 1884 – 11 February 1885William Edwards[30]
11 February 1885 – 12 February 1886George Godfrey Geering[31]
12 February 1886 – 10 February 1887William Walmsley[32]
10 February 1887 – 16 February 1888Archibald McKechnie[33]
16 February 1888 – 14 February 1889James Fallick[34][35]
14 February 1889 – 14 February 1891Robert Hewlett Judd[36][37]
14 February 1891 – 11 February 1892William Edwards[38]
11 February 1892 – 16 February 1893Elias James Harber[39]
16 February 1893 – 15 February 1895Robert Hewlett Judd[40][41]
15 February 1895 – 7 February 1898Alexander Stuart[42][43][44]
7 February 1898 – 14 February 1899George Farr[45]
14 February 1899 – 13 February 1902James Campbell[46][47]
13 February 1902 – 12 February 1903John Benbow[48]
12 February 1903 – 7 February 1908Edwin Spackman[49][50][51][52][53]
7 February 1908 – February 1912William S. Baker[54][55][56][57]
February 1912 – 10 February 1913William Henry Swain[58]
10 February 1913 – 4 February 1914William Stanley Farr[59][60]
4 February 1914 – February 1915Francis Sanderson[61][62]
February 1915 – February 1918John Harvey Camp Bradshaw[63][64]
February 1918 – 13 February 1919William Digby Rowe[65]
13 February 1919 – February 1920William Pickering[66]
February 1920 – December 1920Henry Adams[67]
December 1920 – December 1921John Thomas Lane[68]
December 1921 – December 1922William Ralph Green[69][70]
December 1922 – 7 December 1923George Alfred Rowswell[71]
7 December 1923 – 10 December 1926Edward Joseph Burrows[72][73][74]
10 December 1926 – December 1927George Alfred Rowswell[75]
December 1927 – 10 December 1928Edward Joseph Burrows[76]
10 December 1928 – 6 December 1929Edwin Joseph O'Gradey[77]
6 December 1929 – 8 December 1930Stanley Wycliffe Harvey[78]
8 December 1930 – December 1931George Alfred Rowswell[79]
December 1931 – 8 December 1933Henry Morton Holbeach[80][81]
8 December 1933 – 7 December 1934Frederick Luck[82]
7 December 1934 – 11 June 1935Henry Morton Holbeach[83]
11 June 1935 – 10 January 1936William Henry Gleeson[84]
10 January 1936 – 8 December 1936Spencer Thomas William Annabel[85]
8 December 1936 – 8 December 1937Arthur Edward Bridge[86]
8 December 1937 – 9 December 1940Guy Frank Applebee (ALP)[87][88][89]
9 December 1940 – 19 December 1941James Trenear[90]
19 December 1941 – 14 December 1942William Jacob Hogan[91]
14 December 1942 – 13 December 1943Keith Thomas Smith (ALP)[92]
13 December 1943 – 17 December 1945William Edgar Kendrick[93]
17 December 1945 – 6 December 1946William Jacob Hogan (ALP)[94]
6 December 1946 – 15 December 1947Keith Thomas Smith (ALP)[95]
15 December 1947 – 31 December 1948Charles Lawrence Gillam (ALP)[96]
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Town Clerks

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YearsTown ClerkNotes
February 1871 – 1 August 1873Frederick Keene[97]
1 August 1873 – 23 March 1885Thomas King Leeder[98][99]
23 March 1885 – 9 November 1886Samuel McCauley[100]
9 November 1886 – 3 September 1890Andrew Thompson Gibson[101]
3 September 1890 – 23 September 1891Frederick Weston Thompson[102]
23 September 1891 – 10 July 1899Archibald Mackintosh[103]
10 July 1899 – 21 May 1900George Hugh Melville[104][105]
21 May 1900 – 28 August 1911Walter Grist Salmon[106][107]
28 August 1911 – 1 November 1912William Irvine Donald[108][109][110][111]
18 November 1912 – 30 June 1913John McCormack[112][113]
July 1913 – August 1919Donald Morrison[114]
August 1919 – 31 December 1948Frank H. Terry[115][116]
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