The Municipality of Newtown was a local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The municipality was proclaimed as a borough in 1862 and, with an area of 1.9 square kilometres, was cent
William Rigg, Mayor (1892–1895, 1898–1899, 1911–1913), MLA for Newtown-St Peters (1894–1901).
Arthur Greenup, Mayor (1941–1943), MLA for Newtown-Annandale (1950–1953) and MHR for Dalley (1953–1955).
Ernie Wright, final Mayor (1948), MLC (1943–1973) and Chairman of Committees (1953–1967).
The Municipality of Petersham was a local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The small municipality was proclaimed as a borough in 1871 and was centred on the suburbs of Lewisham,
Petersham Town Hall, which replaced an earlier town hall built in 1882, was the seat of the council from 1938 to 1948.