Former local government area in New South Wales
TheCity of Armidale was alocal government area in theNew England region ofNew South Wales , Australia, encompassing the regional city ofArmidale from 1863 to 2000.
It was proclaimed as theMunicipality of Armidale on 13 November 1863 by GovernorSir John Young .[ 1] The first aldermen were elected at a public meeting in the Armidale courthouse in December 1863, and the first mayor elected in January 1864.[ 2] The number of aldermen was increased from six to nine in September 1868.[ 3]
It became the City of Armidale when it was deemed to be a city in March 1885.[ 4] The boundaries of the city were expanded in 1960 to include areas formerly part of the surroundingDumaresq Shire .[ 5]
The City of Armidale was amalgamated withDumaresq Shire to formArmidale Dumaresq Council on 21 February 2000.[ 6]
The mayors of the municipality were:[ 2] [ 7]
George Allingham (1863-1864) Thomas Bryan Fitzgerald (1865) John Moore (1866) Thomas Bryan Fitzgerald (1867-1868) James McLean (1869) Thomas John Oliver (1870) Bernard Naughten (1870) Peter Speare (1871) Bernard Naughten (1872) John Moore (1873-1875) James E. Salmon (1876) William Proctor (1877-1879)Alexander Richardson (1880-1881) John Moore (1882-1885) Albert W. Simpson (1886) George Holmes (1887) William Butler (1888) John Trim (1889) Charles Wilson (1890)William Drew (1891-1892) William Murray (1893) Charles Wilson (1894-1895)George Wigan (1896-1897) John B. Fitzgerald (1898-1899) David P. Claverie (1900-1901) Charles Wilson (1902)William H. Watson (1903) William Cyril Higinbotham (1904) David P. Claverie (1905) James Jones (1906) William Cyril Higinbotham (1906) James Jones (1906-1907) James P. Bonnar (1907) Charles Wilson (1908)Walter J. Hawke (1909) William Curtis (1910) Walter David Solomons (1911-1912) James A. Glass (1912) Sydney Kearney (1913)Herbert Lane (1914-1915)William Curtis (1916) Alfred Purkiss (1917-1918) Walter J. Hawke (1919) William Curtis (1920) Alfred Purkiss (1921-1922) Morgan Stephens (1923-1927) Alleine Horner Fletcher (1928) William H. Watson (1929-1932) Moses H. O’Connor (1933-1937) William H. McBean (1938-1941) Dalrymple D. H. Fayle (1942) Leonard E. Dawson (1943-1944) Dalrymple D. H. Fayle (1945-1948) Leonard E. Dawson (1949-1950) William P. Ryan (1951) Thomas Monckton (1952) William P. Ryan (1953) Davis Hughes (1954-1956)Cyril Carey (1957) Percy G. Love (1958-1961) Lloyd St Clair Piddington (1963-1968) John W. Failes (1969-1972) Douglas Hewitt (1973-1974) Peter Poggioli (1975-1977) Douglas Hewitt (1978-1979) Claude Cainero (1979-1983) Douglas Hewitt (1983-1986) Antony C. Deakin (1987) Rosemary Leitch (1988-1993) Joe Harrold (1994-1995) Richard Torbay (1996-2000)
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Metropolitan Sydney
Mid North Coast Murray Murrumbidgee Hunter Illawarra Richmond Tweed Southeastern Northern Armidale, City of (C)Armidale Dumaresq Ashford Bannockburn Barraba, Municipality of Barraba Shire Bingara, Municipality of Bingara Shire Boolooroo Boomi Cockburn Dumaresq Glen Innes Gostwyck Gunnedah, Municipality of Guyra Inverell Gwydir (former) Liverpool Plains (former) Macintyre Mandowa Manilla, Municipality of Manilla Shire Moree Namoi Narrabri, Municipality of Nundle Parry Peel Quirindi, Municipality of Quirindi Shire Severn Tamarang Tamworth, City of (C)Tenterfield, Municipality of Uralla, Municipality of Walcha, Municipality of Warialda Yallaroi Central West North Western Others