Hill End Borough and Aldermen 1873 – 1908

Up until 1873 the population of Hill End were content to let the Department of Works look after local issues such as road and street maintenance. However, with the increased population and associated problems which resulted from the boom period in 1872 the population were reluctantly forced into accepting responsibility for local control.

In September 1872 Henry Parkes addressed a “Monster meeting” of 3000 people in the school grounds where he promised all the necessary improvements for road infrastructure as well as a school of arts, a water supply and a hospital. However, the general population appears to have resisted and a public meeting then called at Wythes Hotel brought only six people who were in favour of the establishment of the Borough.

However, by April 1873, 587 citizens of the district had been convinced that the town would benefit from the local control of public finances needed to undertake the public works so desperately required and they petitioned Henry Parkes to form a Municipality under the name of the “Borough of Hill End.” A copy of this petition including the names can be found here.

According to Harry Hodge in “The Hill End Story” volume 1, the Council “took a straggling mining settlement and built it into a neat, well paved town, despite the handicaps of constantly decreasing revenue and shameful governmental humbugging”.

In 1907 Hill End was designated a Municipality and the aldermen could see that the financial battle to remain was lost and it was impracticable to carry on. The Council resolved to resign as a whole but were persuaded to remain until the municipality was absorbed into the Turon Shire. Trustees were appointed and the Council’s recreation ground, library and furniture were handed to the Turon Shire in trust for the benefits of the citizens of Hill End.  The council ceased to exist on 4 July 1908.

 

 

Further information about the Council can be obtained from “The Hill End Story, Book 1” by Harry Hodge.

Year	Mayor	Aldermen
1873	Thomas Wythes	Chapple	Stuart	Newman	Carroll	Holtermann	Kerr	Heinrich Fischer	Pullen
1874	Thomas Wythes	Peterson	Stuart	Vickery	Chapple	Barrie	Kerr	Rawsthorne	Pullen
1875	Thomas Wythes	Peterson	Fletcher	Vickery	Chapple	Barrie	Hugo L.Beyers	Rawsthorne	Bishop
1876	Hugo.L. Beyers	Peterson	Fletcher	Attwood	Carroll/Kerr	Barrie	Thomas Wythes (Jnr)	Cummins McKay (Res)	Bishop
1877	Hugo.L.Beyers	Rawsthorne	Attwood	Cummins	Bishop	Carroll	Thomas Wythes (Jnr)	Kerr	Bishop
1878	Robert Rawsthorne	Attwood	Heinrich Fischer	Cummins / Goodwin	Wallace / Fox	Carroll	Thomas Wythes (Jnr)	Totolos	Fox
1879	Rawsthorne then Fischer (acting)	Attwood	Love	Wallace	Heinrich Fischer	Goodwin	Thomas Wythes (Jnr)	Totolos	Fox
1880	Heinrich Fischer	Attwood	Love	Wallace	Hugh Marshall Wythes (Vacant)	Goodwin	Bullock	Totolos	Fox
1881	Heinrich Fischer	Joe Longton	Love	Bishop (died) James Kay	Hugh Marshall	Goodwin	Bullock	Major / Lowe	Hugh Marshall
1882	James Fox	Joe Longton	Heinrich Fischer	James Kay	Lowe	Goodwin	Bullock (died) Jacob Gustafson	James Rogers	Gustafson
1883	James Kay	Joe Longton	Bryant	Heinrich Fischer	Lowe	Goodwin	Alfred Bullock	James Rogers	Pymont
1884	James Kay	Benjamin Carver	Bryant	Bullock	Joe Longton	Goodwin	M. Ackermann	Paxton / Rogers	Pymont
1885	Hugo.L. Beyers	Benjamin Carver	Bryant	Bullock	James Kay	John Porter	M.Ackermann	Paxton	Pymont
1886	Hugo L. Beyers	Benjamin Carver	John Ackermann Jr.	Bullock	James Kay	John Porter	M.Ackermann	Paxton	Pymont
1887	Hugo L. Beyers	Benjamin Carver	John Ackermann Jr.	Bullock / Paten	James Kay	John Porter	M.Ackermann	Paxton	Pymont
1888	Hugo L. Beyers	Benjamin Carver	John Ackermann Jr.	Paten	James Kay	John Porter	M.Ackermann	H. Graham	Pymont
1889	HugoL. Beyers	Benjamin Carver	John Ackermann Jr.	Corry	James Kay	John Porter	M.Ackermann	H. Graham	Pymont
1890	Hugo.L. Beyers	Benjamin Carver	John Ackermann Jr.	Corry	James Kay	John Porter	M.Ackermann	H. Graham	Pymont
1891	Benjamin Carver	Robert Hall	John Ackermann Jr.	Beyers after Bullock died	Paten	John Porter	M.Ackermann	H. Graham	Pymont
1892	Benjamin Carver	Robert Hall	Thomas Burns	Reuben Denman	Paten	John Bellhorn	M.Ackermann	H. Graham	Pymont
1893	James Kay	Benjamin Carver / Hall	Thomas Burns	Reuben Denman	Paten	John Bellhorn	J. Ackermann	H. Graham	George Baker
1894	Benjamin Carver	James Kay	Thomas Burns	Reuben Denman	Paten	John Bellhorn	J. Ackermann	A. Pymont	George Baker
1895	Alfred Pymont	Kay (dec) H.Wallace	Thomas Burns	Millen	Paten	Geo Bell	J. Ackermann	A. Pymont	George Baker
1896	Alfred Pymont	H.Wallace	Thomas Burns	Millen	Paten	Dr Stanley	W.F.Hodge	G. Pymont	J. Bryant
1897	John Millen	Graham	Thomas Burns	Syd Marshall	Benjamin Carver	J.K.Foster	W.F.Hodge	G. Pymont	J. Bryant
1898	John Millen	Graham	A.P.Howard	T. Nicholas	Benjamin Carver	J.K.Foster	W.F.Hodge	G. Pymont	J. Bryant
1899	W.F.Hodge	G.Pymont (replaced by A.Pymont 30 May 1899	J. Bryant	T. Nicholas /replaced by Walter Hall 30 May 1899	Graham	A.P.Howard	J.K.Foster	Millen	Carver
1900	W.F.Hodge	A.Pymont	J.Bryant	Walter Hall	R.Cross	A.P.Howard	J.K.Foster	D.Lowden	Carver
1901	W.F.Hodge	A.Pymont	J.Carmichael	W.T.Carver	R.Cross	Howard	J.K.Foster
1902	A.P.Howard	Groves Carver (resigns)	J.Carmichael	Hall resigns Browning	W.T.Carver	Robert Cross	Alex Ross Snr	J Reid	W.Scott
1903	Albert. P.Howard	J. Groves	J.Carmichael	Browning	Resigns W.Beattie	Robert Cross	Alex Ross Snr	T. Ackland	Jenkins
1904	Robert Cross	J. Groves	J.Carmichael			Howard	R Walker
1905	Robert Cross	J. Groves						R. Northey
1906	W.Jenkyns	J. Groves							Robert Cross
1907	R.Cross	J. Groves
1908	R.Cross	Northey	Beattie		Walker	J.Carmichael	Howard	Browning	W.F.Hodge

 

 

This portrait of the Mayor, the Council and the Clerk was taken in recognition of the loyalty of the Borough fathers during the Record Reign [of Queen Victoria] “in order to show posterity that the Council was aware of the importance of the occasion”. It is on display in the Royal Hall in Hill End.