City of Auburn#Mayors

{{see also|Municipality of Lidcombe}}

Prior to European settlement, the Wangal Aboriginal people lived around the Auburn area. European settlement began in the 1790s. The Auburn area was a farming area, known as "Liberty Plains", which became the name of the local parish.

The Borough of Auburn was proclaimed on 19 February 1892 and became the Municipality of Auburn in 1906.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222977417 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=122 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 February 1892 |access-date=14 November 2017 |page=1457 |via=National Library of Australia}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229309675 |title=PROCLAMATION |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |issue=184 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 June 1906 |access-date=15 November 2017 |page=3727 |via=National Library of Australia}} The secretary of the Newington Progress Association who led local efforts to join Auburn, future NSW premier Jack Lang, was elected to first position in the new ward in 1907, and served as Mayor of Auburn in 1909–1911.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85933576 |title=The New Area at Auburn. |newspaper=The Cumberland Argus And Fruitgrowers Advocate|volume=XVIII |issue=1318 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 July 1906 |access-date=15 November 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article86159336 |title=Auburn. |newspaper=The Cumberland Argus And Fruitgrowers Advocate |volume=XIX |issue=1396 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 April 1907 |access-date=15 November 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article86158672 |title=Municipal Election. |newspaper=The Cumberland Argus And Fruitgrowers Advocate |volume=XIX |issue=1398 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 April 1907 |access-date=15 November 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}

To the east, the Borough of Rookwood was proclaimed on 8 December 1891.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219926480 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=782 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 December 1891 |access-date=14 November 2017 |page=9683 |via=National Library of Australia}} 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. On 1 January 1949, with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, the Municipalities of Auburn and Lidcombe were amalgamated to form the new "Municipality of Auburn". In 1993, a change in the law meant that "municipality" ceased to be a legal category of local government area and Auburn Municipal Council became "Auburn Council".Auburn City Council (2011) [http://www.auburn.nsw.gov.au/Govern1/AccesstoInformation/GIPA%20Document%20Library/Publication%20Guide.pdf Publication Guide], p.4 (pdf)

File:Crowd gathered at the opening of the new Town Hall, Auburn, New South Wales, 12 July 1927.jpg The first meeting of the council was held in Lee's Temperance Hotel at the corner of Mary Street and Park Road, Auburn, in 1892, and the foundation stone of the first Auburn Town Hall, incorporating a post office, on Auburn Road was laid in 1896 by the Postmaster-General, Joseph Cook.{{cite web|title=Mayor's Report 1938-1941|url=https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2017-11/Mayors-Report-1938-1941-D.pdf|website=Cumberland Council – Auburn Local Studies Collection|publisher=Municipality of Auburn|access-date=14 April 2018|date=1941|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612041454/https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2017-11/Mayors-Report-1938-1941-D.pdf |archive-date=12 June 2018}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109650816 |title=AUBURN TOWN HALL. |newspaper=Evening News |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=30 June 1898 |access-date=14 April 2018 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}

This building was short-lived however, and was replaced in 1926–1927 on the same site by the second Town Hall which was designed by the mayor, Albert Thomas "Benny" Briggs, and built by H. M. Crouch.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108991221 |title=AUBURN TOWN HALL |newspaper=Construction and Local Government Journal|location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 July 1927 |access-date=14 April 2018 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106234972 |title=Ald. A. T. Briggs |newspaper=The Cumberland Argus And Fruitgrowers Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=30 December 1927 |access-date=14 April 2018 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}} The former Auburn mayor and then state Premier, Jack Lang, laid the foundation stone on 6 November 1926 and officially opened the building on 12 July 1927. On the official opening, Lang declared: "When the old Town Hall in Auburn, which is being demolished, was opened in 1898, the population did not exceed 2000; while to-day the town has grown so rapidly that, to say the population exceeds 20,000, is a conservative estimate, and Auburn has outgrown its Town Hall."{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104961594 |title=AUBURN NEWS |newspaper=The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 November 1926 |access-date=14 April 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16371852 |title=THE NEW TOWN HALL AT AUBURN. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 July 1927 |access-date=14 April 2018 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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. This continued until the completion of the Auburn Administrative Building, which was officially opened by the mayor, Stanley Hedges, on 10 July 1965. It was situated at the rear of the existing Town Hall on a block fronting Susan and Queen Street, Auburn and was completed at a final cost of AU£198,000.{{cite web |title=Municipality of Auburn Triennial Report 1963-1966 |url=https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2017-11/Auburn-Triennial-Report-1963-1965-D.pdf |website=Cumberland Council – Auburn Local Studies Collection |publisher=Municipality of Auburn |access-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619151656/https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2017-11/Auburn-Triennial-Report-1963-1965-D.pdf |archive-date=19 June 2018}}

This remained the council seat until council commissioned in 2000 Michael Davies Architecture to create a new Civic Centre on the same site, incorporating council offices, chambers, city library and police station.{{cite web|title=Auburn Civic Precinct Redevelopment|url=http://michaeldaviesarchitecture.com/AuburnCivicPrecinct.html|website=Michael Davies Architecture|access-date=14 April 2018}} Council first met in the new Civic Centre on 26 September 2000. The Civic Centre project won the Local Government Property Award at the 2001 Australian Property Institute Excellence in Property Awards.{{cite news |title=Awards for Excellence |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald (Commercial Property) |date=4 August 2001 |page=68}}

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{{main|Auburn Botanic Gardens}}

The Auburn Botanic Gardens originated from the County of Cumberland planning scheme (1946–1951) which set aside the area along the banks of the Duck River for recreation. Both before and after the scheme, Auburn council dumped rubbish and sewage along the banks and in brick and tile clay-pits for many years. In July 1968, Eric Black, the chief engineer of Auburn Municipal Council from 1949 to 1979, presented a detailed report to the council on proposing a mixture of sporting grounds and intensive cultivation of the Duck River parklands. Black envisaged a series of gardens representing national styles from around the world. This vision was later reduced, though some elements survived, including the Japanese gardens and lake, the formal gardens and reflection pool, and the different Australian habitats.{{cite web |url= http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/auburn_botanic_gardens |title = Auburn Botanic Gardens | first = Edmund |last = Perrin |author2= Terry Kass | year = 2008 |work = Dictionary of Sydney |publisher = Dictionary of Sydney Trust |access-date = 29 June 2013}}

Construction work on the Botanic Gardens site began in 1969 and involved the excavation of the Japanese Gardens Lake. In 1973, hundreds of trees were planted in the Avenue of Remembrance, Garden of Trees and Woodland area. The gardens were opened by New South Wales governor Sir Roden Cutler on 11 September 1977.

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A project by Auburn Council to seek city status began in April 2006. A special poll held on 13 September 2008 found a large proportion (72.4%) of the electorate supported the project.{{cite web|title=Results – Auburn Poll|url=http://www.pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2008/result.Auburn.poll.html|website=2008 Local Government Elections|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|access-date=14 November 2017|date=2008}} 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".

In March 2013, Auburn council voted to dismiss the general manager since 2005, John Burgess, in a decision derided as entirely political and resulting from the general manager's release of information relating to the corrupt activities of former councillor and deputy mayor, Jack Au, to the ICAC, who was subsequently suspended by the Minister for Local Government. On his departure, the general manager noted "I think that there needs to be a high-level policy review to ensure that similar circumstances are not allowed to exist in other councils, [...] All general managers should be objectively assessed based on performance."{{cite news|last1=McKenny|first1=Leesha|title=Auburn council sacks whistleblowing general manager|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/auburn-council-sacks-whistleblowing-general-manager-20130314-2g2gj.html|access-date=22 November 2017|agency=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=14 March 2013}}

In 2015–16, council came under increasing scrutiny when the deputy mayor, Salim Mehajer was charged with threatening the father of one of the victims in the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis and was investigated over a conflict of interest when he voted on council matters regarding rezoning despite it being alleged that he had pecuniary interests in those matters. As a result, Mehajer was given a four-month suspension from Council on 29 January 2016.{{cite news |last1=McNally|first1=Lucy |title=Salim Mehajer: Auburn deputy mayor suspended for failing to disclose financial interests |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-29/auburn-deputy-mayor-salim-mehajer-suspended/7123726 |access-date=10 February 2016 |work=ABC News |date=10 February 2016}}

On 10 February 2016, the Council was suspended while a public enquiry into allegations of "councillors misusing their positions" was conducted. An administrator, former Mosman Council General Manager Viv May, was appointed to manage the affairs of the council in the interim. On 18 February the administrator reversed decisions for two major developments that were set to benefit Mehajer.{{cite news |title=Auburn Council administrator reverses decisions set to benefit Salim Mehajer|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-17/auburn-council-administrator-reverses-salim-mehajer-decision/7178732 |access-date=18 February 2016 |work=ABC News |date=18 February 2016}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-10/auburn-council-suspended-for-public-inquiry-by-nsw-government/7155110|title=Salim Mehajer's Auburn Council suspended by NSW Government during public inquiry|first=Lucy|last=McNally |access-date=10 February 2016 |work=ABC News |date=10 February 2016}}{{Cite press release |url=https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/news/public-inquiry-auburn-council |title=Public inquiry into Auburn Council |last=daniel.kielly |website=www.olg.nsw.gov.au |access-date=8 March 2016}} ([https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/160121%20Public%20inquiry%20into%20Auburn%20Council.pdf pdf version]){{cite news|last1=Thomson|first1=Warren|title=Salim Mehajer should be the only Auburn councillor dismissed, argues suspended Mayor Le Lam|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/parramatta/salim-mehajer-should-be-the-only-auburn-councillor-dismissed-argues-suspended-mayor-le-lam/news-story/97e32eefdfefce25fa7c8016143b692a|access-date=13 November 2017|agency=Parramatta Advertiser|date=11 February 2016}} The former Liberal mayor, Ronney Oueik, later appeared before the state government public inquiry conducted by Commissioner Richard Beasley SC, and denied suggestions that he had shown favouritism in several planning decisions, as well as opposing developments of political opponents.{{cite news|last1=Robertson|first1=James|title=Former Auburn mayor Ronney Oueik denies showing favouritism|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/former-auburn-mayor-ronney-oueik-denies-showing-favouritism-20160616-gpkm8f.html|access-date=13 November 2017|agency=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=16 June 2016}} Oueik later sued NSW opposition leader (and Member for Auburn), Luke Foley, whom he had stood against as the Liberal candidate at the 2015 election, for defamation following Foley's comments to media that he had represented "self-interest, not community interest" during his time as mayor. This defamation suit was thrown out of court in October 2017.{{cite news|last1=Whitbourn|first1=Michaela|title=Court throws out former mayor's defamation case against Opposition Leader Luke Foley|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/court-throws-out-former-mayors-defamation-case-against-opposition-leader-luke-foley-20171003-gyt9hw.html|access-date=13 November 2017|agency=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=3 October 2017}} In April 2018, Mehajer was convicted on multiple counts of electoral fraud relating to his election at the 2012 Auburn Council election.{{cite news|last1=Whitbourn|first1=Michaela|title=Salim Mehajer convicted of electoral fraud|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/salim-mehajer-convicted-of-electoral-fraud-20180411-p4z8vt.html|access-date=15 April 2018|agency=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=11 April 2018}} He was sentenced on 22 June 2018 to 21 months in prison with a non-parole period of 11 months.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/salim-mehajer-jailed-for-electoral-fraud-20180622-p4zn1x.html|title=Salim Mehajer jailed for electoral fraud|last=Whitbourn|first=Michaela|date=22 June 2018|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=30 June 2018}}

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. The government considered two proposals. The first proposed a merger of parts of Auburn, Holroyd and Parramatta to form a new council with an area of {{convert|72|km2}} and support a population of approximately 219,000.{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/94273c346ec006e434a2a495f103c0cb/Auburn-Holroyd-Parramatta-South-Split.pdf |title=Merger proposal: Auburn City Council (part), Holroyd City Council (part), Parramatta City Council (part) |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=January 2016 |access-date=22 February 2016 |page=7 }} The second proposed a merger of parts of Parramatta, Auburn, The Hills, Hornsby, and Holroyd to form a new council with an area of {{convert|82|km2}} and support a population of approximately 215,725.{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/c09edbfa583792e6cb733ea8da8aaf58/Greater-Parramatta.pdf |title=Merger proposal: Parramatta City Council (part), Auburn City Council (part), The Hills Shire Council (part), Hornsby Shire Council (part), Holroyd City Council (part) |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=January 2016 |access-date=22 February 2016 |page=8 }}

On 12 May 2016, Auburn City Council was abolished by the NSW Government. Parts of Auburn City Council (south of the M4 Western Motorway) and Parramatta City Council (Woodville Ward), and Holroyd City Council merged to form the Cumberland Council as a new local government area.{{cite web |url=http://www.auburn.nsw.gov.au/Welcome/News/Pages/New%20Council%20Announced%20-%20Cumberland%20Council.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615210715/http://www.auburn.nsw.gov.au/Welcome/News/Pages/New%20Council%20Announced%20-%20Cumberland%20Council.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 June 2016 |title=New Council Announced – Cumberland Council |website=www.auburn.nsw.gov.au |publisher=Auburn City Council |date=12 May 2016 |access-date=13 May 2016 }} The remainder of the Auburn City Council area north of the M4 Western Motorway (including parts of the Sydney Olympic Park) was merged into the City of Parramatta Council.{{cite news |last1=Saulwick|first1=Jacob |last2=Kembrey|first2=Melanie |last3=McKenny|first3=Leisha |title=NSW council amalgamations announced |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-council-amalgamations-announced-by-premier-mike-baird-20160512-gotczo.html |access-date=25 August 2016 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=14 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=Local Government (City of Parramatta and Cumberland) Proclamation 2016 [NSW]|url=https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/~/view/regulation/2016/241/historical2016-05-12|publisher=NSW Government|access-date=14 November 2017|date=12 May 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: {{quote|"It is no secret that in recent years these Chambers bore witness to behaviour by a select few Councillors and staff that did not meet the minimum standards of probity, transparency or decency that the public has every right to expect from its public officials. If not for the intervention of other arms of Government or the continued efforts of other Councillors, this behaviour would have continued. To dwell on the negative is to omit from this story the wonderful contributions of many people who did seek to act in the interest of the public, including past Alderman, Councillors and Council Staff. Their public service is honoured and recognised."{{cite web|last1=May|first1=Viv|title=Administrator's Minute – Auburn Council Chambers|url=https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2017-10/Administrators-Minute-Auburn-Council-Chambers.pdf|website=Meeting of the Council 21 December 2016|publisher=Cumberland Council|access-date=14 April 2018|date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320071503/https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2017-10/Administrators-Minute-Auburn-Council-Chambers.pdf|archive-date=20 March 2018|url-status=dead}}}}

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Suburbs within the Auburn City boundaries immediately prior to its abolition were:

• Auburn
• Berala
• Lidcombe
• Newington
• Regents Park (With parts within the City of Bankstown)
• Rookwood
• Silverwater
• Sydney Olympic Park
• Wentworth Point
• Granville (Parts within City of Parramatta and City of Holroyd)

Homebush Bay had previously been a suburb but was subsequently divided between Sydney Olympic Park, Wentworth Point and Lidcombe.

At the 2011 Census, there were {{formatnum:73738}} people in the Auburn local government area, of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population. The median age of people in the Auburn area was 31 years, which is significantly lower than the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.5% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 53.2% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

Population growth in the Auburn area between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 16.31%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 13.51%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in Auburn local government area was double the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Auburn area was lower than the national average, being one of the factors that place the City in an area of social disadvantage.

At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Auburn local government area who stated their ancestry as Chinese, or as Lebanese, was in excess of six times the national average. The proportion of residents who stated an affiliation with Islam was in excess of eleven times the national average. Meanwhile, as at the Census date, the area was linguistically diverse, with Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Turkish, and Korean languages spoken in households, and ranged from five times to 22 times the national averages.

Following the dismissal of the councillors on 10 February 2016 and until the council's abolition on 12 May 2016, it was managed by a government-appointed administrator, Viv May {{post-nominals|country=AUS|PSM}}, a former general manager of Mosman Council, who reported directly to the Minister for Local Government.

Auburn Council was composed of ten councillors elected proportionally as two separate wards, each electing five councillors. All councillors were elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor and deputy mayor were elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council, typically in September. The last election was held on 8 September 2012 and the council was suspended on 10 February 2016. The final makeup of the council, prior to suspension, was as follows:

{{excerpt|List of mayors of Auburn, New South Wales|section=1892−2016}}

The Local Government Act, 1993 removed the requirement that the administrative head of a council be a "Town or Shire Clerk" and specified that the head was to be known as the "General Manager". Auburn Council had previously recognised the changing nature of role in appointing the last Town Clerk as a "Town Clerk and General Manager", which lasted from 1992 to 1993.

{{excerpt|Results of the 2012 New South Wales local elections|section=Auburn}}

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|image = Coat of Arms of Auburn (NSW), granted 13 July 1970.jpg

|year_adopted = 13 July 1970

|crest = On a wreath of the colours, within a circlet of six mullets of eight points or, amid rushes an Eastern Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus melantus) close proper.

|torse =

|helm =

|escutcheon = Per fess wavy vert and or, a pile reversed counter changed, three falcons' heads erased erminois on the vert and three millrinds sable on the or.

|supporters = On either side a Pegasus vert, wings addorsed argent, maned. hooved and gorged with a cable pendent therefrom by the ring an anchor or, and breathing flames proper.

|compartment =

|motto = Liberty With Steady Zeal

|banner =

|badge =

|symbolism = Escutcheon: The wavy line across the centre represents the Duck River, while the green and gold divides represent the colours of the Blaxland family. The Blaxland Arms also inspire the three falcons' heads in gold with black ermine spots. The triangular figure in the centre suggests the letter "A" for Auburn. The millrinds in the centre of gold divides allude to the estate agent firm of Mills & Pile, who arranged the first land sales in the area, and as a symbol of engineering and industry.{{cite web|title=Municipality of Auburn Triennial Report 1969-1971|url=https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2017-11/Auburn-Triennial-Report-1969-1971-D.pdf|website=Cumberland Council|publisher=Municipality of Auburn|access-date=14 April 2018|date=1971|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612041326/https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2017-11/Auburn-Triennial-Report-1969-1971-D.pdf |archive-date=12 June 2018}}
Crest: The closed helmet represents the civic nature of the arms, while the decorative mantling is in the green and gold colours of the Blaxland family. The Eastern Swamphen among rushes alludes to the local fauna and the naming of the "Duck River". The circlet of gold eight pointed stars is from the State Arms.
Supporters: Refer to Auburn's importance to state services, with the iron horse breathing flames symbolising the railways. Each horse is collared with a gold cable and anchor, taken from the Admiralty flag, alluding to the role of the Navy in the area, including the presence of the RAN Armament Depot Newington. The horses have white wings, making them a Pegasus, representing the RAAF.
Motto: "Liberty" refers to the Parish of Liberty Plains and that the local area was first developed by free settlers rather than convicts. "With Steady Zeal" is taken from Oliver Goldsmith's poem The Deserted Village, the first line of which ("Sweet Auburn! loveliest village of the plain") inspired the area's name.

}}

The council logo used until amalgamation in 2016 was based on the local Eastern Swamphen.{{cite web|title=Auburn Council Logo|url=http://www.auburn.nsw.gov.au/uploadedFiles/AuburnWeb/About/Auburn%Council%Logo%Description.pdf|publisher=Auburn Council|access-date=14 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720034133/http://www.auburn.nsw.gov.au/uploadedFiles/AuburnWeb/About/Auburn%20Council%20Logo%20Description.pdf|archive-date=20 July 2008}}

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• {{Citation | author1=Municipality of Auburn| title=Liberty Plains, A history of Auburn N.S.W | year=1982 | publication-date=1982 | publisher=Council of the Municipality of Auburn |url= http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/25951792| isbn=978-0-9592628-0-3 }}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160417234419/http://www.auburn.nsw.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx Auburn City Council website (Archived)]
• [https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/auburnpublicinquiry Auburn City Council Public Inquiry website]

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