Petersham
New South Wales
Location of the parish within Cumberland
Established1835
LGA(s)Inner West Council
CountyCumberland
Hundred (former)Sydney
Lands administrative divisions around Petersham:
Hunters Hill Willoughby St Andrew
Concord Petersham Alexandria
St George St George Botany

Petersham Parish is one of the 57 parishes of Cumberland County, New South Wales,[1] a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It is located to the south of Iron Cove, Rozelle Bay and the Parramatta River, and to the north of Cooks River.[2] It includes the suburbs of Balmain, Leichhardt, Petersham, Newtown, Marrickville, Tempe, Glebe and St Peters.[3] It roughly corresponds to the eastern half of the Inner West region, with the neighbouring Parish of Concord making up the western half.

33°51′54″S 151°10′04″E / 33.86500°S 151.16778°E / -33.86500; 151.16778

References

  1. "Petersham". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  2. Map of Petersham 1886-1888, Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney.
  3. Parish of Petersham, County of Cumberland , Sydney : Dept. of Lands, 1916.


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