Municipality of Enfield (New South Wales)
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Municipality of Enfield New South Wales |
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Enfield Council Chambers, council seat from 1930 to 1948.
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| Population | 17,231 (1947 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 4,790/km2 (12,400/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 17 January 1889 | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 31 December 1948 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Enfield Council Chambers | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Inner West | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Concord | ||||||||||||||
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The Municipality of Enfield was a local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The municipality was proclaimed as the Borough of Enfield on 17 January 1889 and, with an area of 3.6 square kilometres, included the modern suburbs of Croydon, Croydon Park and Strathfield South ("Druitt Town" until 1890s), with parts of Enfield, Belfield and Greenacre included in the West Ward. In 1949, the council was split into two, with Central and East Wards being added to the Municipality of Burwood and the West Ward being added into the Municipality of Strathfield, with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948.
Although originally very much of a rural character, by 1888 the population of Enfield area had reached 1500 and 153 local residents submitted a petition on 22 August 1888 to the NSW Governor, Lord Carrington, requesting the formation of a municipality with the name of the "Borough of Enfield" with three wards. The petition was subsequently accepted and the Enfield Borough Council was incorporated on 22 January 1889, consisting of three wards, Central Ward, West Ward and East Ward. The first council was elected on 26 March 1889, with three aldermen elected for each ward:
The council first met on 30 March 1889, with Alderman James Eve elected as the first mayor. Initially renting premises for the council chambers in Tennyson Parade at first, the council moved to a new Town Hall on the corner of Liverpool Road and The Parade, Enfield, in 1893. On 10 May 1889, the first Town Clerk was appointed, Edward A. Pyman. From 28 December 1906, following the passing of the Local Government Act, 1906, the council was renamed as the "Municipality of Enfield".
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