| Municipality of Newtown New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 24,933 (1947 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 13,100/km2 (34,000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 12 December 1862 | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 31 December 1948 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.9 km2 (0.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Newtown Town Hall | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Inner West | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Petersham | ||||||||||||||
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The Municipality of Newtown was a local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The municipality was proclaimed as a borough in 1862 and, with an area of 1.9 square kilometres, was centred on the suburb of Newtown, including parts of Erskineville and Enmore. The municipality was divided into four wards: Kingston, Enmore, O'Connell and Camden. In 1949 under the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, Newtown Municipal Council was merged with the larger neighbouring City of Sydney which was located immediately to the North, although parts were subsequently, from 1968, moved into Marrickville Council.[2] Mayors included Lilian Fowler (1938–1939), the first female mayor in Australia.[3]
- ^ Spearritt, Peter (2000). Sydney's Century: A History. Sydney: UNSW Press. pp. 272–273.
- ^ "Local Government Boundaries". Newtown Sesquicentenary Project. City of Sydney – Archives. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ^ Chubb, William (1912). "Jubilee Souvenir of the Municipality of Newtown" (PDF). Sydney Archives – Newtown Project. Newtown Municipal Council. Retrieved 15 August 2013.