Municipality of Alexandria Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°54′36″S 151°11′35″E / 33.910°S 151.193°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 8,060 (1947 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 1,919/km2 (4,970/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 27 August 1868 | ||||||||||||||
Abolished | 31 December 1948 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 4.2 km2 (1.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Alexandria Town Hall | ||||||||||||||
Parish | Alexandria | ||||||||||||||
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The Municipality of Alexandria was a local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Originally part of the municipalities of Redfern from 1859 and Waterloo from 1860, the Borough of Alexandria was proclaimed on 27 August 1868. With an area of 4.2 square kilometres, it included the modern suburbs of Alexandria, Beaconsfield and parts of Eveleigh, St Peters and Erskineville. After a minor boundary change with the Municipality of Erskineville in 1908, the council was amalgamated with the City of Sydney, along with most of its neighbours, with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, although the former council area was later transferred in 1968–1982 and 1989–2004 to the South Sydney councils.