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Report or plan

Type - Report or plan
Census 1828
Census 1846
Census 1851
Census 1861
Census 1901
Census 1911
Census 1921
Census 1933
Census 1947
Census 1966
Census 1971
Census 1991
Census 2006
Central Sydney Strategy
Cities for the 21st Century
County of Cumberland Plan
Devonshire Street Remodelling and Housing Scheme
Endeavour Project
Heads of a Plan proposal 1786
Living City: Sydney City Council's Blueprint for Sydney
Macarthur Growth Centre Plan
Manly Planning Scheme Review
New South Wales Government Metropolitan Strategy Report 2006
North Sydney Heritage Study
Our Common Future
Plan of the village of Ryde, Kissing Point, New South Wales 1841
Register of the National Estate
Report from the Select Committee on the public prisons in Sydney and Cumberland 1861
Report of the Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and its Suburbs 1909
Report on the Limits of Sydney
Return of Aboriginal Natives
Shaping Our Cities
Shaping Western Sydney
Sydney Region Outline Plan 1968
Sydney into its Third Century: Metropolitan Strategy for the Sydney Region
Warringah Shire Council Town Planning Scheme 1956

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Report or plan

Census 1828

The first census held in November 1828 and the only census to survive in full to the present day. Its purpose was to record all inhabitants of the colony, both convict and free. Inhabitants are listed alphabetically according to surname.

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Census 1846

Census held in 1846 which included areas of what are now Victoria and Queensland.

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Census 1851

Census held in 1851 which included areas of what are now Victoria and Queensland.

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Census 1861

Population count conducted on 5 April 1861.

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Census 1901

Census held on 31 March 1901.

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Census 1911

Census held on 2 April 1911.

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Census 1921

Census held on 4 April 1921.

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Census 1933

Census taken on 30 June 1933.

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Census 1947

Census held on 30 June 1947.

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Census 1966

Census held on 30 June 1966.

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Census 1971

Census held on 30 June 1971.

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Census 1991

Census held on 12 March, 1991.

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Census 2006

Census held on 8 August 2006.

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Central Sydney Strategy

Town planning strategy created by Sydney City Council in 1988.

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Cities for the 21st Century

An integrated urban management plan for Sydney, Newcastle, the Central Coast and Wollongong.

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County of Cumberland Plan

Planning scheme for the County of Cumberland gazetted in 1951.

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Devonshire Street Remodelling and Housing Scheme

Slum clearance plan for the area bounded by Devonshire, Marlborough, Lansdowne, Belvoir and Clisdell streets in Surry Hills. Demolition of over 240 homes and businesses along the narrow streets began in the 1950s.

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Endeavour Project

Plan for an assimilated village on Aboriginal land at La Perouse.

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Heads of a Plan proposal 1786

Proposal for the establishment of a colony at Botany Bay written in 1786.

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Living City: Sydney City Council's Blueprint for Sydney

Urban planning framework launched by the City of Sydney Council in 1994.

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Macarthur Growth Centre Plan

Civic improvement plan centred on Campbelltown.

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Manly Planning Scheme Review

Town planning review of buildings, townscape, landscape, residential land use, workforce characteristics, education and tourism within the local government area.

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New South Wales Government Metropolitan Strategy Report 2006

Report incorporating public feedback on the transport plan and the first five-yearly review of the plan for Sydney's future.

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North Sydney Heritage Study

Basis for listing and reviewing the cultural resources of the municipality.

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Our Common Future

United Nations sponsored report on the environment and sustainable development (1987) also known as the Brundtland Report

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Plan of the village of Ryde, Kissing Point, New South Wales 1841

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Map of a proposed subdivision of land to create the village of Ryde in 1841 that is held in the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW.

Register of the National Estate

List of natural and cultural heritage places in Australia compiled between 1976 and 2003 by the Australian Heritage Commission.

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Report from the Select Committee on the public prisons in Sydney and Cumberland 1861

Report by a committee of the Legislative Council chaired by Henry Parkes, that resulted from an inquiry into gaols in the Sydney area in 1861.

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Report of the Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and its Suburbs 1909

Report of the commission of 1908 which emphasised the practical issues of traffic, beautification, slum areas and housing reform, and the future growth of the city.

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Report on the Limits of Sydney

Report by Surveyor General Thomas Mitchell in 1834 which attempted to bring order into the laying out of roads, urban growth and other town planning matters.

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Return of Aboriginal Natives

Report and census recording the Aboriginal inhabitants of various areas across the state conducted between 1832 and 1844.

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Shaping Our Cities

Planning strategy for the greater metropolitan region of Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong and the Central Coast.

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Shaping Western Sydney

Planning report for the future of the western region of Sydney

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Sydney Region Outline Plan 1968

Plan to guide the development of Sydney between 1970 and 2000 particularly the growth of new corridors to areas such as Green Valley, Campbelltown and Blacktown.

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Sydney into its Third Century: Metropolitan Strategy for the Sydney Region

Plan to co-ordinate a government strategy for the Sydney metropolitan region.

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Warringah Shire Council Town Planning Scheme 1956

Planning document designed to guide the development of the Warringah Shire.

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