Municipality of Redfern New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 18,637 (1947 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 11,000/km2 (28,400/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 11 August 1859 | ||||||||||||||
Abolished | 31 December 1948 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 1.7 km2 (0.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Redfern Town Hall | ||||||||||||||
Parish | Alexandria | ||||||||||||||
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The Municipality of Redfern was a local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The small municipality was proclaimed in 1859 as one of the first municipalities proclaimed under the new provisions of the Municipalities Act, 1858, and was centred on the suburbs of Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington and Surry Hills. 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.