Municipality of Lidcombe
Municipality of Lidcombe | |||||||||||||
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Lidcombe (formerly Rookwood) Town Hall, on Church Street, was the seat of the council from 1897 to 1948. | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | Western Sydney | ||||||||||||
| Established | 8 December 1891 (Rookwood) 15 October 1913 (Lidcombe) | ||||||||||||
| Abolished | 31 December 1948 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Lidcombe Town Hall | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 22.3 km2 (8.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 20,281 (1947 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 909.5/km2 (2,355/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Liberty Plains St John Concord | ||||||||||||
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The Municipality of Lidcombe was a local government area in the Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The municipality was proclaimed as the Borough of Rookwood on 8 December 1891 and was renamed to the Municipality of Lidcombe, a portmanteau of two mayor's names, in order to differentiate itself from the expanding necropolis, from 15 October 1913. It included the modern suburbs of Rookwood, Lidcombe, Homebush Bay (now Sydney Olympic Park and Wentworth Point), Berala and parts of Newington, Silverwater, Homebush West and Regents Park. From 1 January 1949, the council was amalgamated into the Municipality of Auburn, with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948.