City of Sydney

- 33.866666666667151.2Koordinaten: 33 ° 52 ' S, 151 ° 12' O The City of Sydney is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of New South Wales.

Geography

The City of Sydney is the center of the metropolis Sydney, capital of New South Wales. The area is 27 square kilometers in size and has about 169,000 inhabitants. The population density is 6,259 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The City of Sydney is located in the south of the harbor about 7 kilometers from the coast and forms the center of the metropolis of Sydney. 48 districts are wholly or partly in the area of the LGA: Alexandria, Beaconsfield, Broadway, Chinatown, Chippendale, Church Hill, Circular Quay, Dawes Point, Elizabeth Bay, Erskineville, Eveleigh, Forest Lodge, Garden Iceland, Glebe, Goat Iceland, Golden Grove, Haymarket, HMAS Kuttabul, Kings Cross, Macdonaldtown, Millers Point, Moore Park, Parliament House Sydney, Potts Point, Pyrmont, Rushcutters Bay, St James, Strawberry Hills, East Sydney, The Rocks, Ultimo, University of Sydney, Waterloo, Woolloomooloo, Zetland and parts of Annandale, Camperdown, Centennial Park, Darling Harbour, Darlinghurst, Darlington, Newtown, Paddington, Redfern, Rosebery, St Peters, Surry Hills and Sydney. The administrative headquarters of the council is located in the northern district of Sydney LGA.

History

1770 explored James Cook on his first South Seas travel the area. On January 26, 1788 British ships of the First Fleet arrived with about 1,000 men and women, including about three-quarters of convicts, under the command of Arthur Phillip at Port Jackson. They set up at the port, the first white settlement of Australia. The new settlement was named Sydney, in honor of the then British Home Secretary, Thomas Townshend Sydney.

The place was given city rights on 20 July 1842. It included the districts of Woolloomooloo, Surry Hills, Chippendale and Pyrmont. The 11.65 -square-mile area, there were six districts, which were characterized by border post. A border post still exists today at Sydney Square. The boundaries of the city have changed since 1900 several times. 1909 were incorporated Camperdown and 1949, Alexandria, Darlington, Erskineville, Newtown, Redfern, Glebe, Waterloo and Paddington.

In 1968, the boundaries were changed again and many of these places part of the new LGA Municipality of South Sydney. South Sydney was then 1982-1988 once again part of the City of Sydney. After the restructuring of the South Sydney City of Sydney was a bit smaller than originally with 6.19 square kilometers. On February 6, 2004 South Sydney has been re- incorporated into the City of Sydney. After the merger of the two LGA 's, the area grew to 25 square kilometers.

Management

The City of Sydney is a administrative region (English LGA = Local Government Area ) that the actual center of Sydney (English CBD = Central Business District ) and the inner parts of the city (English Inner City Suburbs ) includes the metropolitan area of ​​Sydney. Today's administrative structure was created after February 6, 2004, the following districts were grouped together with the CBD to the City of Sydney: Pyrmont, Ultimo, Haymarket and Woolloomooloo.

The Council of the City of Sydney has ten members, nine Councillors and ( e) Chairperson (s), who are elected by the residents of the LGA. Sydney City is not divided into districts, however, includes a number of districts.

The President of the Council bears the title of Lord Mayor. He is not only mayor of the LGA, but fulfilled the ceremonial duties of a head of the city of Sydney.

From 1945 to 1964, the territory of the Cumberland County was subordinated, but its jurisdiction was limited to urban planning.

The elected City Council is responsible for a number of tasks that were assigned to it by the state government of New South Wales. Many tasks but are perceived by the state itself. These include public transport, main roads, traffic control, police, education from primary school level, and planning of major infrastructure projects.

Twinning

The City of Sydney maintains with the following cities partnerships.

  • Italy Florence, Italy
  • People's Republic of China Guangzhou, PR China
  • Japan Nagoya, Japan
  • France Paris, France
  • United Kingdom Portsmouth, United Kingdom
  • United States San Francisco, United States
  • Japan Tokyo, Japan
  • New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand
States and territories of Australia Local government areas of Australia Waterloo, New South Wales Darlinghurst, New South Wales Redfern, New South Wales Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney Australian Bureau of Statistics
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