The City of Sydney comprises the central business district and surrounding Inner West suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. It is a Local Government Area (LGA), and on 6 February 2004, the former LGA of the City of South Sydney was formally merged into the City of Sydney.

Suburbs within the boundaries of the City of Sydney before the merger include the actual downtown or central business district of Sydney itself, Pyrmont and Ultimo to the west, Haymarket to the south and Woolloomooloo to the east and other suburbs.

The CBD is roughly bounded by Circular Quay and the Harbour to the north, Macquarie Street to the east, the Western Distributor to the west and Liverpool Street to the south. Suburbs within the City of South Sydney before the merger include: Alexandria , Darlington (now mostly occupied by the University of Sydney), Erskineville , Newtown, Redfern, Glebe, Waterloo, Paddington.

History

The "City of Sydney" was established in 1842 by the Corporation Act which encompasses present-day Woolloomooloo, Surry Hills, Chippendale, and Pyrmont, an area of 11.65 km². There were six wards established by boundary posts. A boundary post still exists in front of Sydney Square.

The boundaries of the City of Sydney have been been changing fairly regularly since 1900. The Municipality of Camperdown was merged with the city in 1909. Added in 1949 were Alexandria, Darlington, Erskineville, Newtown, Redfern, Glebe, Waterloo, and Paddington. In 1968 the boundaries were changed and many of these suburbs moved to be part of a new municipality of South Sydney. South Sydney was brought back into the city in 1982, but became separate again under the City of Sydney Act of 1988 and then became smaller than its original size at 6.19 km². It grew again in February, 2004 with the merger of the two council areas, and now has a population of approximately 170,000 people. The first elections for the new council area were held on 27 March, 2004. The election resulted in the independent candidate Clover Moore taking the position of Lord Mayor.

The City of Sydney is a major supporter of the Sydney Peace Prize.

External links

• Official website for the City of Sydney
• Boundaries and map of the City of Sydney
• The Sydney Festival

Footnotes

• ¹ Average population working in the CBD 293,000