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.

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

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

References

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  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.