Municipality of Waterloo
Municipality of Waterloo | |||||||||||||
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Waterloo Town Hall on Elizabeth Street, c. 1916. | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Established | 16 May 1860 | ||||||||||||
| Abolished | 31 December 1948 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Waterloo Town Hall | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 11,241 (1947 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 3,310/km2 (8,560/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Alexandria | ||||||||||||
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The Municipality of Waterloo was a local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The municipality was proclaimed on 16 May 1860 and, with an area of 3.4 square kilometres, included the modern suburbs of Waterloo, Zetland and Rosebery. The suburb of Alexandria was originally included as the Western Ward of the council but seceded as a separate municipality in 1868. After several attempts to amalgamate with various neighbours in the mid-1920s, the council was amalgamated with the City of Sydney, along with most of its neighbours, with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, although parts of the former council area were transferred in 1967 to the City of South Sydney.