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1891

To the east, the Borough of Rookwood was proclaimed on 8 December 1891.

1898

Designed by E. A. Henry and built by Wilkins & Fewster of Granville, the town hall was also officially opened by Cook on 29 June 1898.

1906

On 20 June 1906, the hitherto unincorporated area around Silverwater and Newington was combined into the Municipality of Auburn, becoming the "Newington Ward" returning three aldermen.

1913

In 1913 Rookwood was renamed "Lidcombe", a portmanteau of the names of the two previous mayors, in an attempt to distance the municipality from the necropolis.

1949

Following amalgamation in 1949, council meetings were initially divided between the Lidcombe Town Hall and the Auburn Town Hall on Auburn Road, but eventually all functions were moved to the Auburn Town Hall.

1969

Construction work on the Botanic Gardens site began in 1969 and involved the excavation of the Japanese Gardens Lake.

1977

The gardens were opened by New South Wales governor Sir Roden Cutler on 11 September 1977.

2000

Council first met in the new Civic Centre on 26 September 2000.

2001

The Civic Centre project won the Local Government Property Award at the 2001 Australian Property Institute Excellence in Property Awards.

2006

A project by Auburn Council to seek city status began in April 2006.

2008

A special poll held on 13 September 2008 found a large proportion (72.4%) of the electorate supported the project.

2009

On 24 June 2009 Governor of New South Wales Marie Bashir issued a proclamation granting Auburn city status, which was gazetted on 17 July 2009 as "Auburn City Council".

2015

A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the City of Auburn merge with adjoining councils.

2016

At the last meeting of the Cumberland Council to be held at the Auburn Civic Centre on 21 December 2016, with the council chambers being taken over by the Auburn Library, the Administrator, Viv May, noted:

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