Municipality of Camperdown

Camperdown Town Hall
Camperdown Town Hall, on the corner of Parramatta Road and Mallett Street, 1911
General information
Architectural style	Victorian Italianate
Groundbreaking	13 November 1886 (1886-11-13)
Completed	November 1887 (1887-11)
Demolished	1917 (1917)
Cost	A£5,000
Height	34 feet (10 m)
Design and construction
Architect	William Martin
Developer	E. E. Ayles

The Municipality of Camperdown was a local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The municipality was proclaimed in 1862 and, with an area of 1.6 square kilometres, covered the entire suburb of Camperdown, as well as small parts of Annandale, Newtown and Stanmore. The municipality unified in February 1870 with the Municipality of Cook, which had also been established in 1862 to the north. After years of financial difficulties, the Camperdown council was formally amalgamated with the City of Sydney on 22 December 1908.

The area of Camperdown, bounded by Orphan School Creek and Parramatta Road to the north, Johnstons Creek in the west, and Newtown Road in the east, was first incorporated on 13 November 1862 when a petition of residents was accepted, and was proclaimed by Governor Sir John Young in the Government Gazette. The first election of Aldermen occurred in February 1863. The Aldermen did not elect a chairman for the small council, in contrast to Cook, prior to the enactment of the Municipalities Act, 1867, when the first mayor was elected in February 1868. Under the enactment of The Municipalities Act of 1867, the title of 'Chairman' for the council was changed to be 'Mayor' and both councils also were renamed as the Borough of Camperdown and the Borough of Cook.

The northern part of the Camperdown municipality was originally gazetted as the Municipality of Cook on the same day as Camperdown. However its small size proved highly unsustainable and on 1 May 1869 a petition was presented to the NSW Government which expressed the general opinion that: