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The Municipality of Parramatta was first incorporated on 28 November 1861. (1) On 27 October 1938, the Local Government (City of Parramatta) Act was passed by the Parliament of New South Wales and proclaimed by the Governor, Lord Wakehurst, naming the town the "City of Parramatta". (2)
From 1 January 1949 the "City of Parramatta" was re-formed following the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, when the councils of Ermington and Rydalmere (incorporated 1891), Dundas (incorporated 1889) and Granville (incorporated 1885) were merged into the council area. (3)
The Parramatta local government area was further expanded through the transfer of 10.7 km2 from the Municipality of Blacktown in 1972. (4)
On 12 May 2016 Parramatta City Council was abolished by the NSW Government and Cumberland Council was created by the amalgamation of the Woodville Ward of the former Parramatta City Council and parts of the Cities of Auburn and Holroyd. (5) The remainder of the former Parramatta City Council, Auburn City Council north of the M4 Western Motorway (including Sydney Olympic Park), and small parts of Hornsby Shire, Holroyd and The Hills Shire were merged into the re-formed "City of Parramatta". (6)
Endnotes
1. NSW Government Gazette, [No.265 (Third supplement)], 28 November 1861, p.2551.
2. Local Government (City of Parramatta) Act, 1938 (No.16, 1939).
3. Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 (No.30, 1948).
4. NSW Government Gazette, [No.35], 30 March 1972, p.1104.
5. Local Government (City of Parramatta and Cumberland) Proclamation 2016 under the Local Government Act 1993, cl.4(3) (2016 No 241); published NSW Legislation Website, 12 May 2016.
6. Ibid.
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