City of Sydney

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City of Sydney
New South Wales

Population:
• Density:		 122,211[1]
4,900/km²
Area: 25 km²
Mayor: Lord Mayor Clover Moore
Council Seat: Sydney CBD (Town Hall)
Region: Metropolitan Sydney
State District: Bligh, Heffron, Marrickville, Port Jackson
Federal Division: Sydney
Website: http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/
This article is about the local government area. For the wider metropolitan area, see Sydney.

The City of Sydney comprises the Sydney central business district and the surrounding inner west and inner city suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. It is a Local Government Area (LGA), and on 6 February 2004, the former LGA of the City of South Sydney was formally merged into the City of Sydney.

Suburbs within the boundaries of the City of Sydney before the merger include the actual downtown or central business district of Sydney itself, Pyrmont and Ultimo to the west, Haymarket to the south and Woolloomooloo to the east and other suburbs.

The CBD is roughly bounded by Circular Quay and the Harbour to the north, Macquarie Street to the east, the Western Distributor to the west and Liverpool Street to the south. Suburbs within the City of South Sydney before the merger included Alexandria, Darlington (now mostly occupied by the University of Sydney), Erskineville, Newtown, Redfern, Glebe, Waterloo, Paddington.

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[edit] Suburbs in the local government area

Suburbs in the City of Sydney are:

[edit] Localities in the local government area

Localities in the City of Sydney are:

[edit] History

Lower George Street, Sydney in about 1828
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Lower George Street, Sydney in about 1828

The "City of Sydney" was established in 1842 by the Corporation Act which encompasses present-day Woolloomooloo, Surry Hills, Chippendale and Pyrmont, an area of 11.65 km². There were six wards established by boundary posts. A boundary post still exists in front of Sydney Square.

The boundaries of the City of Sydney have changed fairly regularly since 1900. The Municipality of Camperdown was merged with the city in 1909. Added in 1949 were Alexandria, Darlington, Erskineville, Newtown, Redfern, Glebe, Waterloo, and Paddington. In 1968 the boundaries were changed and many of these suburbs moved to be part of a new municipality of South Sydney. South Sydney was brought back into the city in 1982, but became separate again under the City of Sydney Act of 1988 and then became smaller than its original size at 6.19 km². It grew again in February, 2004 with the merger of the two council areas, and now has a population of approximately 170,000 people.

The City of Sydney is a major supporter of the Sydney Peace Prize.

[edit] Politics

The coat of arms of Sydney
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The coat of arms of Sydney

As noted above, the electoral boundary of the City of Sydney have been significantly altered by state governments on at least four occasions since 1945, with advantageous effect to the governing party in the New South Wales Parliament at the time. Successive State governments of both major parties, the Labor Party and the Liberal Party, have re-drawn the electoral boundaries to include inner suburbs that are traditionally supportive of them, and to exclude suburbs that are traditionally hostile.

A 1987 Liberal re-organisation saw Sydney Council split, with southern suburbs forming a new South Sydney council. This was thought to advantage the Liberal government of the day, as the southern suburbs had traditionally voted Labor.

In 2004, the Labor State Government undid this change, again merging the councils of the City of Sydney and the City of South Sydney. Critics claimed that this was performed with the intention of creating a "super-council" which would be under the control of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), which also controlled the State Government. Subsequent to this merger, an election took place on 27 March 2004 which resulted in the independent candidate Clover Moore defeating the high-profile ALP candidate, former federal minister Michael Lee and winning the position of Lord Mayor. Critics of the merger claimed that this was a result of a voter backlash against the party for attempting to create the "super-council".

[edit] Sister cities

To encourage sharing of cultural, trade and tourist links, Sydney City Council maintains sister city relations with the following cities:[1]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Average population working in the CBD 293,000



Suburbs within the City of Sydney | Sydney

Alexandria | Beaconsfield | Camperdown | Chippendale | Darlinghurst | Darlington | Dawes Point | Elizabeth Bay | Erskineville | Eveleigh | Forest Lodge | Glebe | Haymarket | Millers Point | Moore Park | Paddington | Potts Point | Pyrmont | Redfern | Rosebery | Rushcutters Bay | Surry Hills | Sydney CBD | The Rocks | Ultimo | Waterloo | Woolloomooloo | Zetland |
List of Sydney suburbs
Localities within the City of Sydney | Sydney

Barangaroo | Broadway | Central | Chinatown | Circular Quay | Darling Harbour | The Domain | East Sydney | Goat Island | Garden Island | Green Square | Kings Cross | Macdonaldtown | Railway Square | Strawberry Hills | Wynyard |
List of Sydney suburbs


Regions of Sydney
CBD | Eastern Suburbs | Greater Western Sydney | Hills District | Inner West | Northern Beaches | North Shore (Lower and Upper) | Southern Sydney | St George | South-eastern Sydney | South-western Sydney
Local Government Areas of Sydney
Ashfield | Auburn | Bankstown | Baulkham Hills | Blacktown | Botany Bay | Burwood | Camden | Campbelltown | Canada Bay | Canterbury | Fairfield | Holroyd | Hornsby | Hunter's Hill | Hurstville | Kogarah | Ku-ring-gai | Lane Cove | Leichhardt | Liverpool | Manly | Marrickville | Mosman | North Sydney | Parramatta | Penrith | Pittwater | Randwick | Rockdale | Ryde | Strathfield | Sutherland | City of Sydney | Warringah | Waverley | Willoughby | Woollahra
List of Sydney suburbs edit box
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