Paddington Council

The Municipality of Paddington was proclaimed in 1860.  Paddington continued to be administered by its own Council until 1949 when the Council was abolished and the Paddington was absorbed into the City of Sydney.  It remained there until 1968 when it was decided to split the suburb down Oxford street, the southern part remaining with the City of Sydney and the northern part transferring into the Municipality of Woollahra.

When Paddington Council existed it had four wards: Upper, Middle, Lower and Glenmore.  Cambridge Street was a part of the Middle Ward.  The above map from the City of Sydney archives is undated but clearly shows Cambridge Street in Middle Ward.  It is obviously old given it shows the Chinese Gardens in the place of White City and if it comes out well enough on your computer you will see there is no Lawson Street, with what is now Lawson Street being part of Alma Street which turns into Glenmore Road.  The second part of the subdivision of the Duxford Estate is also not shown on the map, with Norfolk and Suffolk streets missing.