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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 ...
Macquarie Street and 1 Shakespeare Place, Sydney central business district, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Type: State Library: Established: 1826; 199 years ago () Reference to legal mandate: Library Act 1939: Collection; Size: 5 million items (5,000,000) Legal deposit: Since 1879 [1] Other information; Budget: A$ 91.7 million [2 ...
An automated multi-ride ticket system called MetroTen, based on optical mark recognition rather than magnetic stripe technology, was used on Sydney's government buses from 1985 until 1992. [1] In general, however, many Sydney commuters used paper tickets specific to the mode of transport on which they were purchased until the mid-1980s.
The City of Sydney is traditionally the governing authority for Sydney's city centre. However, the boundaries of the City of Sydney have always been larger than the city centre or CBD. For example, Pyrmont has been in the City of Sydney since 1842 but is usually considered to be an inner western suburb, not a part of the Sydney city centre or CBD.
The CBD is Sydney's city centre, or Sydney City, and the two terms are used interchangeably. Colloquially, the CBD or city centre is often referred to simply as "Town" or "the City". The Sydney CBD is Australia's main financial and economic centre, [2] as well as a leading hub of economic activity for the Asia Pacific region.
This is a list of all 33 local government areas of Greater Metropolitan Sydney. As a group they have no special administrative status, but are separated out from the other local government areas of New South Wales for convenience.
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]