City of Rockdale

Australian local government area, 1995–2016

This article is about the Former Australian local government area. For the Sydney suburb, see Rockdale, New South Wales. For other uses, see Rockdale (disambiguation).

City of Rockdale
New South Wales

Location in Metropolitan Sydney

Coordinates| 33°55′S 151°15′E﻿ / ﻿33.917°S 151.250°E﻿ / -33.917; 151.250
Population| 97,340 (2011)[1]
• Density| 3,476.4/km2 (9,004/sq mi)
Established| 13 January 1871
Abolished| 9 September 2016
Area| 28 km2 (10.8 sq mi)
Council seat| Rockdale Town Hall
Region| St George
Parish| St George
Website| City of Rockdale
| LGAs around City of Rockdale:

Canterbury-Bankstown | Inner West | City of Botany Bay
Georges River | City of Rockdale | Botany Bay
Georges River | Sutherland | Sutherland

The City of Rockdale was a local government area in southern and St George regions of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The city centre was located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south-west of the Sydney central business district, on the western shores of Botany Bay. First proclaimed on 13 January 1871, Rockdale was formerly known as the Municipality of West Botany until 1887 and the Municipality of Rockdale before being proclaimed as a City in 1995. Rockdale was amalgamated with the neighbouring City of Botany Bay on 9 September 2016 to form the new municipality of Bayside Council.

The last mayor of the City of Rockdale at amalgamation was Cr. Bill Saravinovski, a member of the Labor Party.

## Suburbs and localities in the local government area

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Suburbs in the City of Rockdale were:

* Arncliffe
* Banksia
* Bardwell Park
* Bardwell Valley
* Bexley
* Bexley North
* Brighton-Le-Sands
* Carlton (parts are located in Georges River Council)
* Dolls Point
* Kingsgrove (parts are located in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown & Georges River Council)
* Kogarah (parts are located in Georges River Council)
* Kyeemagh
* Monterey
* Ramsgate
* Ramsgate Beach
* Rockdale
* Sandringham
* Sans Souci (parts are located in Georges River Council)
* Turrella
* Wolli Creek

The City of Rockdale also managed and maintained the following localities:

* Bardwell Creek
* Cooks Cove
* Lady Robinson Beach
* Muddy Creek
* Rocky Point
* Sandringham Bay
* St Kilda Point

## History

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### West Botany

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The City of Rockdale was originally proclaimed as the "Municipal District of West Botany" on 13 January 1871 and covered 23 square kilometres (9 sq mi) with two Wards, West Botany Ward and Arncliffe Ward.[2] The proclamation followed a petition signed by 85 residents calling for incorporation that was published in the Government Gazette on 22 August 1870.[3] The first election was held on 8 February 1871 at the Tempe Family Hotel on Rocky Point Road.[4] The mayor of Marrickville, Charles St Julian, was appointed Returning Officer for the first election of six aldermen and two auditors, which was declared on 14 February 1871:[5]

The first Rockdale Town Hall (1888) on the corner of Rocky Point Road and Bryant Street, Rockdale, c. 1890, was demolished in 1940 to make way for the new Town Hall. Seat | Alderman | Notes

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Arncliffe Ward  | Thomas Woolacott  | Freeholder, Tempe.[5]
William Yates  | Freeholder, Rosebrook, Tempe. Elected Mayor.[5][6]
John McInnes  | Publican of the "Tempe Family Hotel", Arncliffe.[5]
West Botany Ward  | James Beehag  | Freeholder, Marsh Street, West Botany.[5]
Elias Godfrey  | Gardener, West Botany Street, West Botany.[5]
Charles Napper  | Freeholder, West Botany.[5]
Auditors  | Isaac Beehag  | Freeholder, Beach Street, West Botany.[5]
John Beaumont Mills  | Teacher, Arncliffe.[5]

On 28 February 1871, Frederick Keene was appointed the first Clerk.[7] Thomas Willmot was appointed Clerk on 13 August 1872.[8] Thomas Leeder was appointed Clerk on 7 August 1877.[9] Percival Somerville was appointed Clerk on 23 March 1905.[10][11] On 17 December 1886, West Botany Ward was split in two, adding Rockdale Ward and Scarborough Ward and bringing the number of Aldermen from six to nine.[12] Among the main developers during this period was Frederick Jamison Gibbes, a member of parliament whose name is perpetuated by Gibbes Street in Banksia.[13][14] From 1872, Council met in the first Council Chambers, a small purpose-built stone building on the western side of Rocky Point Road, Arncliffe built by Christopher Bush of St Peters. It continued in use until 11 December 1888, when a new Town Hall was opened by the mayor, William George Judd, on the corner of Rocky Point Road and Bryant Street, Rockdale.[15] The old Council Chambers building was eventually sold in 1904.[16]

### Rockdale Municipality

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The second Rockdale Town Hall (1940), built on the site of the first Town Hall, on 2 June 1953 during celebrations for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

The name "Rockdale" for the West Botany area was first suggested in 1878, and that name gained more credence when the local railway station on the new Illawarra rail line, opened on 15 October 1884, was also given the name Rockdale.[17][18] However, by the time the neighbouring Boroughs of Botany and North Botany (Mascot from 1911) were proclaimed on 29 March 1888, it was clear that a name change was desirable. On 17 May 1888 the Parliament of New South Wales passed the Rockdale Municipality Naming Act (No.33, 1888), and West Botany became the "Municipal District of Rockdale".[19] On 31 December 1900, a fourth ward was added, Hopetoun Ward, named after the soon-to-be first Governor-General of Australia, bringing the number of aldermen to twelve.[20] The 1887 Town Hall was replaced by the current Rockdale Town Hall in 1940, and was designed by Rockdale architect Douglas Gardiner.[21]

The area of the municipality was reduced when the mouth of Cooks River was moved further south of its original position in the mid-1940s, to allow for the extension of Sydney Airport at Mascot. Under the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, the Municipality of Bexley, which was located immediately to the West and had separated from Hurstville in 1900, became the First Ward of Rockdale Municipality.[22] Rockdale was declared a city in 1995 as the "City of Rockdale".[17][23]

### 2002 corruption inquiry

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City of Rockdale signpost, Stoney Creek Road, Kingsgrove

During 2002, two elected officials of Rockdale City Council were at the centre of an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) inquiry. The inquiry revealed that the deputy mayor, Adam McCormick (Labor) and Councillor Andrew Smyrnis (Liberal) engaged in corrupt conduct with two property developers Con Chartofillis and Terry Andriotakis via two intermediaries, Manuel Limberis and Tony Retsos. The ICAC recommended to the New South Wales Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) that charges be laid against all six individuals under the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) and the ICAC Act 1998 (NSW) s 87.[24][25] Both councillors resigned from council and a by-election was held on 31 August 2002 to replace the two disgraced councillors.

Following consideration of the briefs and evidence involved, the DPP commenced action. It was successful in recording convictions, and the known determinations made by the Courts are as follows:

* Smyrnis was sentenced to two years periodic detention.[26][27]
* Retsos was fined $80,000 and sentenced to three years periodic detention.[28]
* McCormick, protested his innocence; with Smyrnis agreeing to testify against him.[26] McCormick was sentenced to a maximum of five years in custody for receiving $70,000 in bribes in return for delivering Labor Party support for a development application and for lying to the inquiry.[29][30]

### Amalgamation

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A 2015 review of local government boundaries[broken anchor] by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the City of Botany Bay merge with the City of Rockdale to form a new council with an area of 50 square kilometres (19 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 153,000.[31] In response to the merger proposal, Rockdale Council indicated their preference to merge with the City of Kogarah and the City of Hurstville, forming a single "St George Council".[32][33]

With the proclamation of the majority of council amalgamations on 12 May 2016, Botany Bay Council appealed the decision in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, thereby delaying the proposed amalgamation until a decision was made by the Court. The Supreme Court rejected the appeal in early September 2016, and the Minister for Local Government, Paul Toole, moved quickly to proclaim the formation of Bayside Council on 9 September 2016, with the general manager of Rockdale since 2011, Meredith Wallace, appointed as the new general manager of Bayside Council.[34][35][36][37] On 9 September 2017, the first council consisting of fifteen councillors across 5 wards was elected, and the former mayor of Rockdale, Bill Saravinovski, was elected as the first mayor on 27 September.[38]

## Demographics

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At the 2011 Census, there were 97,340 people in the Rockdale local government area, of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population. The median age of people in the City of Rockdale was 36 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 50.9% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.[1]

Population growth in the City of Rockdale between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 5.09%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 5.66%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in the Rockdale local government area was on par with the national average.[39] The median weekly income for residents within the City of Rockdale was on par with the national average.[1][40]

The proportion of residents who stated their ancestry was Macedonian was 6.5 times the New South Wales and national averages; the proportion of households where Macedonian is spoken at home is in excess of eight times the state and national averages; and the proportion of residents who stated an affiliation with Eastern Orthodox religion was in excess of six times the state and national averages.[1]

Selected historical census data for Rockdale local government area

Census year | 2001[39] | 2006[40] | 2011[1]
Population | Estimated residents on Census night | 87,657 | 92,126 | 97,340
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales |  |  |
% of New South Wales population |  |  | 1.41%
% of Australian population | 0.47% |  0.46% |  0.45%
Cultural and language diversity |  |  |
Ancestry,
top responses | Australian |  |  | 12.4%
English |  |  | 12.2%
Chinese |  |  | 10.0%
Greek |  |  | 9.2%
Lebanese |  |  | 6.1%
Language,
top responses
(other than English) | Greek | 9.7% |  9.4% |  9.2%
Arabic | 8.3% |  9.0% |  9.0%
Mandarin | 3.2% |  4.3% |  5.1%
Macedonian | 6.3% |  5.4% |  5.0%
Cantonese | 4.5% |  4.5% |  4.6%
Religious affiliation |  |  |
Religious affiliation,
top responses | Catholic | 25.6% |  24.2% |  23.3%
Eastern Orthodox | 19.2% |  18.9% |  18.3%
No religion | 9.5% |  11.2% |  13.7%
Islam | 8.2% |  9.7% |  10.6%
Anglican | 12.9% |  10.3% |  8.6%
Median weekly incomes |  |  |
Personal income | Median weekly personal income |  | A$457 | A$555
% of Australian median income |  | 98.1% | 96.2%
Family income | Median weekly family income |  | A$1,035 | A$1,443
% of Australian median income |  | 100.8% | 97.4%
Household income | Median weekly household income |  | A$1,163 | A$1,276
% of Australian median income |  | 99.3% | 103.4%

## Council

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Rockdale City Council administration building Rockdale City Council Town Hall

### Final composition and election method

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Rockdale City Council was composed of fifteen councillors elected proportionally as five separate wards, each electing three councillors. All councillors were elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor was elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The last election was held on 8 September 2012, and the final makeup of the council was as follows:[41][42][43][44][45]

Ward | Councillor | Party | Notes

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First Ward[41] |  | Andrew Tsounis  | Labor |
| Peter Poulos | Liberal | Deputy Mayor 2008–2009
| Mark Hanna  | Independent |
Second Ward[42] |  | Tarek Ibrahim  | Labor  | Elected to Bayside Mascot Ward, 2016.
| Nicholas Mickovski  | Liberal  |
| Michael Nagi  | Independent  | Deputy Mayor 2015–2016. Elected to Bayside Mascot Ward, 2016.[46]
Third Ward[43] |  | Petros Kalligas  | Liberal  | Elected to Bayside Rockdale Ward, 2016.
| Lydia Sedrak  | Liberal  |
| Bill Saravinovski  | Labor  | Mayor 2015–2016, Deputy Mayor 2005–2006 Sep-Dec 2009. Elected to Bayside Rockdale Ward, 2016.[46]
Fourth Ward[44] |  | Liz Barlow  | Independent  | Deputy Mayor 2002–2004 2012–2015. Elected to Bayside Bexley Ward, 2016.[47][48]
| Paul Sedrak  | Liberal  | Elected to Bayside Port Botany Ward, 2016.
| Joe Awada  | Labor  | Elected to Bayside Bexley Ward, 2016.
Fifth Ward[45] |  | Ron Bezic  | Liberal  | Elected to Bayside Bexley Ward, 2016.
| Shane O'Brien  | Labor  | Mayor 2012–2015[47][48]
| James Macdonald  | Independent  | Deputy Mayor 2010–2011. Elected to Bayside Botany Bay Ward, 2016.

## Mayors

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Mayor  | Party  | Term  | Notes

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| William Yates  | Independent  | 14 February 1871 – 15 February 1872  | [6]
| James Beehag  | Independent  | 15 February 1872 – 11 February 1874  | [49][50]
| Elias Godfrey  | Independent  | 11 February 1874 – 10 February 1875  | [51]
| James Beehag  | Independent  | 10 February 1875 – 12 February 1877  | [52][53]
| James Collins  | Independent  | 12 February 1877 – 12 February 1878  | [54]
| John Bowmer  | Independent  | 12 February 1878 – 7 February 1885  | [55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]
| William George Judd  | Independent  | 7 February 1885 – 31 July 1889  | [63][64][65][66][67][68]
| Edwin Godfrey  | Independent  | 31 July 1889 – 12 February 1891  | [69][70]
| Alfred George Carruthers  | Independent  | 12 February 1891 – 2 May 1892  | [71]
| William Taylor | Independent  | 2 May 1892 – 12 February 1895  | [72][73][74]
| John Horatio Clayton  | Independent  | 12 February 1895 – February 1898  | [75][76]
| William George Judd  | Independent  | February 1898 – 5 March 1900  | [77][78]
| John Francis Hegerty  | Independent  | 5 March 1900 – 12 February 1902  | [79][80]
| Joseph Henry Trevarthen  | Independent  | 12 February 1902 – 11 February 1904  | [81][82]
| William Taylor | Independent  | 11 February 1904 – February 1909  | [83][84][85][86]
| Henry George Broe  | Independent  | February 1909 – 12 February 1914  | [87][88][89][90][91][92]
| William Monahan KC | Independent  | 12 February 1914 – 1 February 1917  | [93][94][95][96][97]
| Alfred Edward Green  | Independent  | 8 February 1917 – July 1918  | [98][99][100]
| Henry George Broe  | Independent  | July 1918 – 16 July 1920  | [101][102][103]
| George Edward Fortescue  | Independent  | July 1920 – December 1926  | [104][105][106][107][108][109][110]
| Edward John Gardiner  | Independent  | December 1926 – 6 December 1928  | [111][112]
| Ernest George Barton  | Independent  | 6 December 1928 – 6 December 1934  | [113][114][115][116][117]
| Frederick William Beehag  | Independent  | 6 December 1934 – 27 April 1939  | [118][119][120][121][122][123]
| John Banks Burrows  | Independent  | 4 May 1939 – 2 December 1940  | [124][125][126]
| George James McGuire  | Independent  | 2 December 1940 – 11 December 1941  | [127]
| Enoch Jones  | Independent  | 11 December 1941 – December 1946  | [128][129][130][131][132]
| Norman Cecil Guess  | Independent  | December 1946 – 22 December 1948  | [133][134]
| Enoch Jones  | Independent  | 22 December 1948 – 14 December 1953  | [135][136][137]
| Ronald Thorneycroft Gosling MBE | Independent  | 14 December 1953 – December 1956  | [138][139][140]
|  |  | –  |
| Ronald William Rathbone  | Independent  | December 1968 – September 1972  | [141][142][143]
|  |  | September 1972 – September 1980  |
| Ronald William Rathbone  | Independent  | September 1980 – September 1983  | [141]
| Phil Lang  | Labor  | September 1983 – September 1984  | [144]
|  |  | September 1984 – September 1985  |
| Ronald William Rathbone OAM | Independent  | September 1985 – September 1987  | [141][145]
| Steve Holroyd  |  | September 1987 – September 1989  | [146]
|  |  | September 1989 – September 1992  |
| Ronald William Rathbone OAM | Independent  | September 1992 – September 1993  | [141]
|  |  | September 1993 – September 1994  |
| Ronald William Rathbone OAM | Independent  | September 1994 – September 1995  | [141][147]
| Bill Saravinovski  | Labor  | September 1995 – September 1996  |
| Peter Bryant  |  | September 1996 – September 1997  |
| Brian Simpson  |  | September 1997 – September 1998  |
| Geoff Hedge  |  | September 1998 – September 1999  | [148]
| Kent Johns  | Labor  | September 1999 – September 2000  | [149][150]
Shaoquett Moselmane | September 2000 – September 2002  | [151]
| Yvonne Bellamy  | Independent  | September 2002 – March 2004  | [152][153]
| John Flowers | Liberal  | April 2004 – September 2005  | [154]
| Shaoquett Moselmane | Labor  | September 2005 – September 2006  | [154]
Bill Saravinovski  | September 2006 – September 2007  | [154]
| John Flowers | Liberal  | September 2007 – September 2008  | [155]
| Bill Saravinovski  | Labor  | September 2008 – September 2009  | [155]
Shaoquett Moselmane | September 2009 – December 2009  | [156][157]
Bill Saravinovski  | January 2010 – September 2012  | [156]
Shane O'Brien  | September 2012 – 16 September 2015  | [47][48]
Bill Saravinovski  | 16 September 2015 – 9 September 2016  | [46]

## Library

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Rockdale first tried to establish a library service in the late 1880s, with the council appointing the first Librarian, William Henry Hardwick, on 31 October 1890.[158] The Rockdale Free Library was officially opened in the Town Hall by Sir Henry Parkes on 10 April 1893 with a modest collection of 200 books.[159] This library, however did not see much use and by 1900 the library's books were described that they would go mouldy but for the moving they get when the attendant dusts them." Rockdale Council therefore resolved to divest council of the library and move the collection to the Rockdale School of Arts.[160][161]

The new Rockdale Library (left) next to the Town Hall, opened in 2016.

Despite several attempts to recreate this library service, Rockdale Council did not devote any time to the project until 1954 when it decided to start a 'Mobile Library' service as a first act to gauge the level of public interest.[162][163]

Beginning in November 1955, the Rockdale mobile library, with five stops and 9,500 books, was funded through a special library levy on ratepayers of 25 pence in the pound. With more than 2500 borrowers registered in the first five weeks, the demand required council to increase the number of stops from five to eleven and employ two extra library staff. This demand continued to grow and Rockdale moved to re-establish a permanent library, opening the first Rockdale library in February 1958 with a stock of 8,002 books. Located behind the Town Hall, in September 1983 the library building was demolished to make way for the Rockdale Council Administration Centre and the Town Hall was refurbished for the Rockdale Central Library opened in September 1984.[164]

The Rockdale Central Library remained in the Town Hall in a northern wing dedicated for the purposed until this section was demolished to make way for a new library, designed by Brewster Hjorth Architects. The new Rockdale Library fronting the Princes Highway was officially opened on 30 July 2016 as the central library for the new Bayside Council.[165][166]

## Coat of arms

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Coat of arms of City of Rockdale

Notes
The arms of the City of Rockdale were granted in 1971 by the College of Arms and designed by H. Ellis Tomlinson.[167]
Motto
"Crescit Eundo" (It thrives by progress)
Symbolism
The blue field and the gold wavy chief represent Botany Bay and the beaches of the municipality. The inclusion of Captain James Cook, who arrived at Botany Bay in 1770, as a supporter, and his ship the HM Bark Endeavour in the compartment is also in reference to this. The other supporter depicts the local Darug Aborigines. The Banksia flower was first seen here and named after Sir Joseph Banks, the Cook expedition's botanist. The five banksia flowers represent the five wards of the municipality in 1969 and the torch in the crest was the original seal of Rockdale. The two blue wings with stars refer to Kingsford Smith, Sydney's international airport. The compartment, with red sandstone 'rock' on a grassy 'dale' is a pun on the name of the City.

## Sister cities

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* Takéo, Cambodia
* Tianjin, Tanggu, China
* Bitola, North Macedonia
* Glyfada, Greece
* Rockdale, Texas, US
* Bint Jbeil, Lebanon
* Yamatsuri, Fukushima, Japan
* Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia[168]

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NSW Local government areas abolished or expanded by the NSW Local Government (Areas) Act 1948

Councils
expanded|

* Sydney
* Parramatta
* Penrith
* Fairfield
* Campbelltown
* Camden
* Auburn
* Strathfield
* Burwood
* Marrickville
* Rockdale
* Leichhardt
* Botany
* Windsor
* Ryde
* Woollahra
* Liverpool

Councils
abolished|

* Alexandria
* Darlington
* Erskineville
* The Glebe
* Newtown
* Paddington
* Redfern
* Waterloo
* Granville
* Dundas
* Ermington and Rydalmere
* Castlereagh
* St Marys
* Nepean
* Cabramatta and Canley Vale
* Ingleburn
* Lidcombe
* Enfield
* St Peters
* Petersham
* Bexley
* Annandale
* Balmain
* Mascot
* Richmond
* Eastwood
* Vaucluse

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NSW local government areas created, expanded and abolished in 2016

Councils
created|

* Armidale
* Bayside
* Canterbury Bankstown
* Central Coast
* Cootamundra-Gundagai
* Cumberland
* Dubbo
* Edward River
* Federation
* Georges River
* Hilltops
* Inner West
* Mid–Coast
* Murray River
* Murrumbidgee
* Northern Beaches
* Parramatta
* Queanbeyan–Palerang
* Snowy Monaro
* Snowy Valleys

Councils
abolished|

* Armidale Dumaresq
* Ashfield
* Auburn
* Bankstown
* Bombala
* Boorowa
* Botany Bay
* Canterbury
* Conargo
* Cooma-Monaro
* Cootamundra
* Corowa
* Deniliquin
* Dubbo
* Gloucester
* Gosford
* Great Lakes
* Greater Taree
* Gundagai
* Guyra
* Harden
* Holroyd
* Hurstville
* Jerilderie
* Kogarah
* Leichhardt
* Manly
* Marrickville
* Murray
* Murrumbidgee
* Palerang
* Pittwater
* Queanbeyan
* Rockdale
* Snowy River
* Tumbarumba
* Tumut
* Urana
* Wakool
* Warringah
* Wellington
* Wyong
* Young

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