Unique IDAG-0067DescriptionThe Municipalities Act 1858 allowed for the incorporation of areas of NSW (other than the City of Sydney which functioned under its own 1842 legislation) as municipalities with local government organisations. The approval process required a petition from at least fifty householders in an area. A new municipality could be created from an area previously unincorporated, or from an area within the boundary of an existing municipality.
This agency has been created by the City of Sydney Archives to cover all the corporate and administrative offices of the Macdonaldtown Municipal Council. Apart from the corporation (the group of Alderman headed by the Mayor) the suburban municipalities surrounding the City of Sydney usually employed only a Town Clerk and a handful of other administrative staff.
Macdonaldtown changed its name to Erskineville in 1893, but there were no changes of boundaries, functions, or aldermen or officers.
A map of the municipality, dating from the 1880s, is attached. It shows the municipal boundaries and the Ward divisions.CreationNSW Gazette, 23 May 1872AbolitionResolution of Macdonaldtown Council 27 March 1893
Start date23rd May 1872End date27th March 1893Relationship legacy dataRELATED TO: Macdonaldtown Municipal Council OR-0013 (23/05/1872 to 27/03/1893)
RELATED TO: Suburban municipal government FN-0029 (23/05/1872 to 27/03/1893) Source System ID67
