Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

City of Sydney Council

Governing body of the City of Sydney, incorporated as a city in 1842. Boundaries of the city have changed over the years, although it has always focused on the old centre of Sydney.

Milestone
Incorporated
1948
Incorporated
31 Dec 1948
Incorporated
1949
Incorporated
1949
Incorporated
06 Feb 2004
Name
Alternate
Sydney City Council
Alternate
Sydney Municipal Council
Alternate
Sydney District Council
1843 - 1858
Occupation
01 Nov 1845 - 31 Oct 1849
1948 - 1956
1953 - 1956
Position
1842
1842
1842 - 1843
01 Nov 1842 - 31 Oct 1844
01 Nov 1842 - 31 Oct 1851
01 Nov 1842
01 Nov 1842 - 31 Dec 1851
01 Nov 1842 - 31 Dec 1853
01 Nov 1842 - 02 Mar 1843
01 Nov 1842 - 16 Aug 1847
01 Nov 1842 - 17 Aug 1846
01 Nov 1842 - Sep 1843
1843 - 1844
1843 - 1844
1843 - 1887
27 Jul 1843 - 1857
07 Oct 1843 - Oct 1853
01 Nov 1843 - 31 Oct 1847
01 Nov 1843 - 19 Feb 1844
1844 - 1845
01 Nov 1844 - 30 Oct 1847
01 Nov 1844 - 09 Feb 1853
1845 - 1849
1846
02 Nov 1846 - 31 Oct 1847
02 Nov 1846 - 18 Nov 1847
1847
1847 - 1851
01 Nov 1847 - 31 Dec 1853
1848
1849
01 Nov 1849 - 18 Apr 1853
1850
02 Nov 1850 - 31 Dec 1853
1851 - 1852
1852 - 1863
01 Nov 1852 - 31 Dec 1853
1853
1854 - 1856
1854 - 1856
1854 - 1856
12 Feb 1856 - 16 Dec 1870
1857
1857 - 1863
11 Apr 1857 - 1858
11 Apr 1857 - Nov 1861
11 Apr 1857 - 30 Nov 1858
11 Apr 1857 - 01 Dec 1867
30 Apr 1857 - 30 Nov 1868
01 Dec 1857 - 1860
01 Dec 1857 - 30 Nov 1859
1858
1858 - 1862
07 Sep 1858 - 01 Dec 1867
01 Dec 1858 - 30 Nov 1866
1859
1859 - 1870
01 Aug 1859 - 16 Dec 1870
01 Dec 1859 - 30 Nov 1871
1860
01 Dec 1860 - 30 Nov 1862
01 Dec 1860 - 01 Dec 1872
1861
1861 - 1877
1862
1862 - 1870
1863
01 Dec 1863 - 30 Nov 1865
01 Dec 1863 - 30 Nov 1869
1864
1865
1865 - 1869
1866
1866 - 1874
01 Dec 1866 - 06 Dec 1900
01 Dec 1866 - 30 Nov 1870
1867 - 1869
25 Oct 1867 - 13 May 1883
01 Dec 1868 - 01 Dec 1878
1869
1869 - 1870
1869 - 1883
1870 - 1876
01 Dec 1870 - 05 Oct 1893
1871 - 1872
1871 - 1886
01 Dec 1871 - Jul 1872
1872 - 1876
1872 - 1887
1873
1874
1874 - 1883
1875 - 1876
1875 - 1893
1877
1877 - 1880
1878
1878 - 1882
1879 - 1888
1879
1879 - 1894
01 Dec 1879 - Apr 1882
1880
1881 - 1883
1883 - 1928
1883 - 30 Nov 1927
1883 - 1900
1884
1885
01 Dec 1885 - 30 Nov 1891
1886 - 1911
1887
1887 - 1901
01 Dec 1887 - 06 Dec 1900
1888 - 1889
Jan 1890 - Apr 1891
1891 - 1894
1891 - 09 Sep 1914
1893 - 1898
1896 - 1897
1898 - 1901
1898 - 05 Oct 1900
1898 - 1900
28 Nov 1898 - 30 Nov 1902
1899 - 1927
1900 - 1904
07 Dec 1900 - 30 Nov 1904
1901
1901 - 1921
1902
1902 - 1912
1902 - 1924
1903
1904
1904 - 1906
1904 - 1915
1904 - 1919
1904 - 1927
1905 - 1906
1905 - 1914
1906 - 1910
17 May 1906 - 01 Dec 1912
1907 - 1908
09 Jul 1908 - 30 Nov 1915
1909 - 1912
1909 - 1924
1909 - 1935
1909 - 1924
1912
1913
1914 - 1915
09 Sep 1914 - 05 Sep 1922
1915 - 1924
01 Dec 1915 - 30 Nov 1918
1916 - 1917
1918
1918 - 1921
1918 - 1921
02 Dec 1918 - 31 Dec 1927
1919 - 1920
1919
1920
1920 - 1927
1921
1922
1923 - 1924
1924 - 1927
1924 - 1927
1924 - 1927
1924 - 1927
01 Dec 1924 - 31 Dec 1927
1925 - 1926
1925 - 1926
1927
1930 - 1934
1930 - 1947
1930
1930 - 1935
1930 - 1941
1930 - 1935
1930 - 1935
1930 - 1946
1930 - 1965
1931 - 1944
1931
1932
1933
1934 - 1935
1934 - 1941
1934 - 1941
1935
1935 - 1950
1935 - 1948
1936 - 1937
1937 - 1948
1938 - 1950
1938 - 1939
1939 - 1945
1940 - 1942
1941 - 1959
1943 - 1944
1944 - 1962
1945 - 1950
1945
1946 - 1948
1948 - 1956
1949 - 1952
1950
1953 - 1956
1953 - 1956
1956 - 1959
1956 - 1965
1957 - 1965
1959 - 1965
1962 - 1967
1967
1969 - 1977
1969 - 1972
24 Sep 1973 - 26 Sep 1975
1975 - 1978
1980 - 1987
1984 - 1988
1984
1984 - 2003
14 Apr 1984 - 25 Mar 1987
1985
1985
1985
1985
1985
1985
1985
1985
1985
1985
1985
1985
1985
1985
1985
1991 - 1999
1991 - 2003
2003
27 Mar 2004 -
Property
Owner of
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Administers
Comprises
Owner of
1904 - 1936
Occupied
1990 -
Owner of
2004 -
Owner of
Apr 2019 -
Type

Sydney's Boundary Markers

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2013

When Sydney was declared a town, Governor Bourke had eight stones erected to mark the boundaries. Less than a decade later, Governor Gipps declared Sydney to be a city, marking out the boundaries of the 1842 wards with a series of cast iron posts. Where are those early markers now?