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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 ...
Campbelltown City Library Service (City of Campbelltown) [16] Canterbury Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centres (City of Canterbury Bankstown) [17] City of Canada Bay Libraries (City of Canada Bay) [18] City of Parramatta Libraries (City of Parramatta) [19] City of Ryde Libraries (City of Ryde) City of Sydney Library (City of Sydney)
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 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 ...
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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 Women's Library has been built on the efforts of volunteers and the donations of thousands of women since its establishment. It continues to be fully managed and staffed by volunteers and the collection of donated books and periodicals numbers approximately 20,000 items. [1] It is an example of an urban commons. [2] [3]
It represents a formalisation of a widely understood linear spatial relationship between Greater Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong. It consists of the following areas: Lower Hunter and Greater Newcastle City - consisting of the City of Cessnock, City of Lake Macquarie, City of Maitland, City of Newcastle, and Port Stephens local government areas