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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 ...
The urban planning of Sydney, Australia has been done formally and informally since at least the city's establishment in 1788.The city has been characterised as an 'accidental city', [1] with planning advocate JD Fitzgerald claiming that it was "a city without a plan, save whatever planning was due to the errant goat".
In 1856, Sydney had a worse proportion of childhood deaths than the cholera-infected London did in 1845. [13] However, the establishment of tram and train lines allowed for broader settlement. [12] For example, by 1861, 40% of Sydney's residents lived in suburbs. [14] In the 1870s, the City of Sydney began slum clearance. [11]
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.
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west ...
The office of lord mayor, along with the City of Sydney, was governed by the Sydney Corporation Act, 1932 until the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, which placed Sydney under the terms of the Local Government Act 1919, which governed all other local governments in the state. This meant that the election of lord mayor (until ...
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Since the early 1900s, Sydney has experienced rounds of urban renewal that continued to the 21st century with new plans and projects that contribute to the city's changing urban landscape. Sydney's urban redevelopment reflects the cycles of economic growth, with rapid housing development in periods of expansion, followed by the rise of poverty ...