Municipality of Lidcombe

Municipality of Lidcombe
New South Wales
Lidcombe (formerly Rookwood) Town Hall, on Church Street, was the seat of the council from 1897 to 1948.
Population20,281 (1947 census)[1]
 • Density909.5/km2 (2,355/sq mi)
Established8 December 1891 (Rookwood)
15 October 1913 (Lidcombe)
Abolished31 December 1948
Area22.3 km2 (8.6 sq mi)
Council seatLidcombe Town Hall
RegionWestern Sydney
ParishLiberty Plains
St John
Concord
LGAs around Municipality of Lidcombe:
Auburn Parramatta River Concord
Auburn Municipality of Lidcombe Homebush
Strathfield
Auburn Bankstown Enfield

The Municipality of Lidcombe was a local government area in the Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The municipality was proclaimed as the Borough of Rookwood on 8 December 1891 and was renamed to the Municipality of Lidcombe, a portmanteau of two mayor's names, in order to differentiate itself from the expanding necropolis, from 15 October 1913. It included the modern suburbs of Rookwood, Lidcombe, Homebush Bay (now Sydney Olympic Park and Wentworth Point), Berala and parts of Newington, Silverwater, Homebush West and Regents Park. From 1 January 1949, the council was amalgamated into the Municipality of Auburn, with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948.

  1. ^ Spearritt, Peter (2000). Sydney's Century: A History. Sydney: UNSW Press. pp. 272–273. ISBN 9780868405131. Retrieved 3 November 2017.