Unique IDAG-0125DescriptionSouth Sydney Municipal Council was a corporation elected under the Local Government (City of Sydney Boundaries) Act No. 48 of 1967. The Council was formed by excising the Northcott Ward of Sydney City Council and creating a separate municipality, which was known until 1 December 1968 as Northcott Municipal Council.
The first meeting of the Council was held on 1 August 1968. Until elections were held in 1969, the Council was three Commissioners, the Chief Commissioner Vernon H Treatt, the Deputy Chief Commissioner and Deputy Mayor John Alexander Lachlan Shaw, and Commissioner W W Pettingell. These three were also the Commissioners for Sydney City Council.
The last meeting of the Commissioners was 24 September 1969. The first meeting of an elected Council was 7 October 1969.
The Council ceased to exist on 31 December 1981. From 1 January 1982 it was amalgamated with Sydney City Council.CreationLocal Government (City of Sydney Boundaries) Act 1967AbolitionLocal Government (City of Sydney Boundaries) Act 1981
Start date1st August 1968End date31st December 1981Relationship legacy dataPRECEDED BY: Sydney City Council AG-0100 (01/08/1968)
RELATED TO: South Sydney Municipal Council OR-0011 (01/08/1968 to 31/12/1981)
RELATED TO: Governance of the Council FN-0021 (01/08/1968 to 31/12/1981) Source System ID125
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