| Municipality of Erskineville New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Erskineville Town Hall in 2006. | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 6,881 (1947 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,966/km2 (5,090/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 23 May 1872 | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 31 December 1948 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Erskineville Town Hall | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Inner West | ||||||||||||||
| County | Cumberland | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Petersham | ||||||||||||||
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The Municipality of Erskineville was a local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The municipality was proclaimed as the "Municipal District of Macdonald Town" on 23 May 1872 and, with an area of 0.8 square kilometres, was one of the smallest local government areas in Sydney and included the modern suburb of Erskineville, part of Eveleigh and the locality of Macdonaldtown. The council was amalgamated, along with most of its neighbours, with the City of Sydney to the north with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948. From 1968 to 1982 and from 1989 to 2004, the area was part of the South Sydney councils, with the former Town Hall serving as its council chambers.
- ^ Spearritt, Peter (2000). Sydney's Century: A History. Sydney: UNSW Press. pp. 272–273.