Manly Council was a local government area on the northern beaches region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, first incorporated in 1877.

[9] In April 1927, Alderman Alfred Reid passed through a motion to petition the NSW Government for upgrading Manly to City status.

[10] This petition was rejected by Minister for Local Government Eric Spooner in May 1938, citing that Manly did not fulfill the requirements of such a status.

[17] The median weekly income for residents within the Manly Council area was significantly higher than the national average.

[1][18] Manly Council was composed of nine councillors, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office.

The image of two indigenous men standing by the shore watching the approach of the first Europeans to visit Manly in 1788, has been modified several times over the decades, with the earliest found version dating from 1905.

[22] A later Manly council seal from 1913 omitted the approaching Europeans, but they returned in the last version, which was designed by Susan Hammond and introduced in 1990.