AGY-2460 | Hill End Borough Council

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Hill End Borough Council was constituted on 6 August 1873. (1) A petition signed by 587 people was published in the NSW Government Gazette on 1 April 1873, requesting a council to be formed in Hill End district, in the county of Wellington. Population was recorded as being less than 4,000. The proposed boundaries were as follows: commencing from point 30 chains east and 30 chains south of the south-west corner of section n13 in the village of Hill End and bounded by a line bearing west 1 mile and a line north to the dividing range into Hill End and Tambaroora Creeks, thence by such dividing range north-easterly to a line north from the point of commencement. (2) The first Mayor was Thomas Wythes. The following Aldermen were elected: William Toft Pullen, Alfred Chapple, Bernard Otto Holtermann, Henry Stuart, Thomas Kerr, Hennich Christian Fischer, Alfred Newman and Walter John Carroll. (3) On 11 June 1908 Turon Shire absorbed Hill End Borough. Turon Shire was divided into three ridings with boundaries. The Government Gazette of 10 June 1908 states the revocation of parts of the population areas. (4) Notes: (1) NSW Government Gazette 6 August 183 p2197. (2) NSW Government Gazette 1 April 1873 p693. (3) NSW Government Gazette 14 November 1873 p3174. (4) NSW Government Gazette 17 June 1908 p3242.