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. 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. 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 Act 1948, Petersham council was merged with the larger neighbouring Marrickville Council which was located immediately to the south.

Mayors

TermMayorsNotes
14 February 1872 – 10 February 1880William Hilson Piggott
10 February 1880 – 10 February 1881Michael McMahon
10 February 1881 – 15 February 1882William Henry Paling
15 February 1882 – 15 February 1884John Gelding
15 February 1884 – 11 February 1885Henry Hughes
11 February 1885 – 10 February 1886William Lovel Davis
10 February 1886 – 11 February 1891John Wheeler
11 February 1891 – 13 February 1894Llewellyn Jones
13 February 1894 – 12 February 1897Alfred Rofe
12 February 1897 – 10 February 1899Percy Grose Hordern
10 February 1899 – 15 February 1901Joseph Wetherill Cockbaine
15 February 1901 – 9 February 1903Henry Davis
9 February 1903 – 16 February 1905Percy Grose Hordern
16 February 1905 – February 1908Frederick Lawrence Langdon
February 1908 – February 1910Percy Grose Hordern
February 1910 – February 1912Tom Hoskins
February 1912 – 17 September 1912R. A. Barry
20 September 1912 – 31 January 1914John Wheeler
3 February 1914 – 2 February 1915Charles Henry Crammond
2 February 1915 – February 1916Tom Hoskins
February 1916 – 11 February 1918John Henry Albert Weekley
11 February 1918 – February 1920Richard Gendle
February 1920 – December 1920Abraham Cropper
December 1920 – December 1921John Allworth Clark
December 1921 – 7 December 1922William John Bastion
7 December 1922 – December 1923David Robert Cooper
December 1923 – December 1924Joseph Johnson
December 1924 – December 1925Walter Lawrence Maundrell
December 1925 – December 1926John Henry Albert Weekley
December 1926 – December 1927Gilbert Barry
December 1927 – December 1928Arthur Whiteley
December 1928 – December 1929Thomas Casserley
December 1929 – December 1930James Bain
December 1930 – January 1932Ernest Albert McKinley
January 1932 – December 1932Arthur Whiteley
December 1932 – December 1933Joseph Johnson
December 1933 – December 1934Jacob Lauder Raith
December 1934 – December 1935Walter Lawrence Maundrell
December 1935 – December 1936John Alexander Stewart
December 1936 – December 1937Robert John Hoskins
December 1937 – December 1938Joseph Johnson
December 1938 – December 1939Walter Lawrence Maundrell
December 1939 – December 1940Fred Cahill
December 1940 – December 1941Sydney Hastie Bain
December 1941 – December 1943John Friel Laxton
December 1943 – December 1944Hilton Gregory Clifford
December 1944 – 31 December 1948John Friel Laxton