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The first Sydney public library began as the Australian Subscription Library, which opened on 1st of December, 1827, in the Sydney Dispensary building. [1] By 1858, there was a "great want" for a free public library in the city [2] and the council had begun to make plans by 1869, [3] though by 1883 no "definite plans" had yet been made, and the council were still deciding on the location for ...
The City of Sydney is the local government area covering the Sydney central business district and surrounding inner city suburbs of the Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established by Act of Parliament in 1842, the City of Sydney is the oldest, and the oldest-surviving, local government authority in New South Wales, and the second ...
Early publications included a street directory for Sydney and its suburbs, and this later expanded to include Newcastle and West Maitland. Advertisements for local business were also present throughout the directories. The name of the directory changed over time:
The strengths of the collection, now part of the Sydney University Museums, were in entomology, ethnography, scientific instruments, and historic photographs.Many of the biological specimens in the collection represented rare or extinct species, while some of the specimens have historic and cultural value [5] as they were collected by explorers like Charles Darwin and Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay.
The Dictionary is a partnership between the City of Sydney, the University of Sydney, the University of Technology Sydney, the State Library of New South Wales and the State Records Authority of New South Wales. It began in 2007 with Australian Research Council funding and launched on 5 November 2009. [1]
Established in 1993 as the City of Sydney Eisteddfod, [2] [3] the inagural compeititon took place from 9 to 26 August in the Sydney Town Hall and Paling's Concert Hall. The event attracted singificant public interest, with an illustrated souvenir programme sold for one shilling .
The list below is of works whose purpose is at least partly artistic and located in the New South Wales local government area of the City of Sydney.Outside the scope of this list are objects and installations that are: located in the suburbs of Greater Sydney; primarily water features, such as the fountains in Martin Place and in the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House; purely memorial objects ...
Town Hall House, Sydney at 456 Kent Street. Town Hall House is an office block in the city of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, Australia. It is located at 456 Kent Street, Sydney, at the back of Sydney Town Hall. It is also an official building of City of Sydney Council and the service centre of Town Hall. [1]