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Electoral District Of Balmain
Balmain is an New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Regions of Sydney, Sydney's Inner West. It is currently represented by Kobi Shetty of the Greens New South Wales, Greens. Geography On its current boundaries, Balmain includes the suburbs and localities of Annandale, New South Wales, Annandale, Balmain, New South Wales, Balmain, Balmain East, New South Wales, Balmain East, Birchgrove, New South Wales, Birchgrove, Forest Lodge, New South Wales, Forest Lodge, Glebe, New South Wales, Glebe, Glebe Island, New South Wales, Glebe Island, Leichhardt, New South Wales, Leichhardt, Lilyfield, New South Wales, Lilyfield, Rozelle, New South Wales, Rozelle, White Bay (New South Wales), White Bay and parts of Camperdown, New South Wales, Camperdown and Ultimo, New South Wales, Ultimo. History Balmain was established in 1880 and from 1882, it e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NSW Electoral District 2023 - Balmain
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral Sea, Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory are Enclave and exclave, enclaves within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. , the population of New South Wales was over 8.3 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Almost two-thirds of the state's population, 5.3 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a British penal colony in 1788. It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its Western Australia border, western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825. The colony then also includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birchgrove, New South Wales
Birchgrove is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Birchgrove is located five kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Inner West Council. Birchgrove is located on the north-west slope of the Balmain peninsula, overlooking Sydney Harbour, and includes Yurulbin and Ballast Points. Balmain is the only adjacent suburb. The long waterfront provides views of the Parramatta River with Cockatoo Island dominating the foreground. It is one of the wealthier suburbs of Sydney thanks to its harbour frontages. Until former Leichhardt Council extended its boundaries in the first decade of the twenty first century, Birchgrove was a much smaller suburb bounded by Grove and Cove Streets. History Birchgrove was named after Birchgrove House, built by Lieutenant John Birch, paymaster of the 73rd regiment, around 1812. He added 'grove' to his surname when naming the house because of the large nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Annandale
Annandale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894, with the abolition of multi-member constituencies, from part of Balmain, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Annandale. With the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Balmain. It was recreated in 1927, but was abolished in 1950, and partly replaced by Newtown-Annandale. Members for Annandale The seat was first held by the Free Trade Party's William Mahony who won the inaugural election in 1894 without an absolute majority. He won the following election in 1895 with an increased swing of 22%. The 1898 election saw Mahony returned with a reduced majority. He also defeated Isaiah Reginald Cohen, a candidate he would go on defeat a further two times. Prior to the first election after federation in 1901, the and parties merged to form the Liberal Reform Party. Mahony, standing as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Balmain South
Balmain South was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1894. It was abolished in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum A referendum concerning the reduction of the members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was put to voters on 16 December 1903, in conjunction with the 1903 federal election. The referendum was conducted on the basis of optional preferen ..., which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90 and was reabsorbed into the district of Balmain. Members for Balmain South Election results References Former electoral districts of New South Wales Constituencies established in 1894 1894 establishments in Australia Constituencies disestablished in 1904 1904 disestablishments in Australia {{NewSouthWales-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Balmain North
Balmain North was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1894. It was abolished in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum A referendum concerning the reduction of the members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was put to voters on 16 December 1903, in conjunction with the 1903 federal election. The referendum was conducted on the basis of optional preferen ..., which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90, and was reabsorbed into the district of Balmain. Members for Balmain North Election results References Former electoral districts of New South Wales Constituencies established in 1894 1894 establishments in Australia Constituencies disestablished in 1904 1904 disestablishments in Australia {{NewSouthWales-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Electoral Commission
The New South Wales Electoral Commission, known as the NSWEC or the NSW Electoral Commission is a statutory agency with responsibility for the administration, organisation, and supervision of elections in New South Wales. It reports to the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet. Responsibilities The NSW Electoral Commission is responsible for the administration, organisation and supervision of elections in New South Wales for state government, local government, industrial and Aboriginal organisations, as well as registered clubs and statutory bodies. It also manages the enrolment of electors and prepares electoral rolls. It also regulates the electoral environment in New South Wales, investigating possible offences and enforcing breaches of electoral, funding and disclosure, and lobbying laws The Electoral Districts Redistribution Panel determines electoral boundaries conducting a redistribution, which provides for an approximate equal number of electors in each electora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultimo, New South Wales
Ultimo is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is adjacent to the Sydney central business district in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Sydney west of the Darling Harbour area, and is bordered by Pyrmont, New South Wales, Pyrmont to the north, the Sydney CBD and Chinatown, Sydney, Chinatown/Haymarket, New South Wales, Haymarket to the east, Broadway, Sydney, Broadway and Chippendale, New South Wales, Chippendale to the south, and Glebe, New South Wales, Glebe and Wentworth Park to the west. Ultimo is considered to be the leading technology, media and startup hub of Sydney, with the University of Technology Sydney, TAFE NSW, TAFE NSW Ultimo and JMC Academy having campuses within the suburb. Ultimo boasts the highest density of startups of anywhere else in Australia and is a central pillar of the NSW Government's Tech Central precinct. The suburb is also home to the headquarters of the national non-profit organisation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camperdown, New South Wales
Camperdown is an inner western suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Camperdown is located 4 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Inner West region. Camperdown lies across the local government areas of the City of Sydney and Inner West Council. Camperdown is a heavily populated suburb and is home to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, the University of Sydney and the historic Camperdown Cemetery. It was also once home to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, which was relocated to be next to Westmead Hospital in Sydney's west. The hospital buildings and grounds have been redeveloped into apartment complexes. History Camperdown takes its name from the Battle of Camperdown (or Camperduin in Dutch). It was named by Governor William Bligh who received a grant of 240 acres (1 km2) of land covering present day Camperdown and parts of Newtown. The land passed to Bligh's son-in-law Maurice O'Connell, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Bay (New South Wales)
White Bay is a bay on Sydney Harbour with a surrounding locality near the suburbs of Balmain and Rozelle in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. History White Bay is named after John White, the naval surgeon aboard the First Fleet to Australia in 1788. Since the nineteenth century the bay has been used for water-based transport and industrial activities. In conjunction with adjacent Glebe Island it has been a multipurpose port, owned and controlled by the Government of New South Wales since 1901. White Bay was the first port in New South Wales to handle containerised shipping, opening in 1969 on reclaimed land. In the 1970s there were several companies operating container terminals, with rail transfer via the Metropolitan Goods line to larger holding yards at Chullora. Container handling moved out of White Bay in late 2004 moving to Port Botany. The White Bay Cruise Terminal opened in April 2013 replacing a terminal at Wharf 8 on Darling Harbour. White Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rozelle, New South Wales
Rozelle is a suburb in the Inner West (Sydney), inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 4 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Inner West Council. Location Rozelle sits between the suburbs of Balmain, New South Wales, Balmain to the north-east and Lilyfield, New South Wales, Lilyfield to the south-west. Iron Cove, New South Wales, Iron Cove is on the north-west border whilst Rozelle Bay, White Bay and Johnstons Bay make up the south-east border. These three bays surround the container port of Glebe Island which has been attached to the shoreline as part of the extensive reclamation of Rozelle Bay and White Bay which had begun in the 1890s.Land and Property Information NSW, Central Mapping Authority Sheets U0945-32, U0945-33, note 33 History By 1877, the population of Balmain West had increased and the Balmain post office was inadequate for their ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilyfield, New South Wales
Lilyfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lilyfield is located 6 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Inner West Council. Lilyfield is nestled in between the suburbs of Annandale, Rozelle and Leichhardt and is bounded to the west by Iron Cove. Originally a working-class area, today Lilyfield like many inner-city suburbs is becoming increasingly gentrified. Property investors, eager to capitalise on the suburb's proximity to the Sydney CBD, have purchased many of the original workers' cottages to renovate or develop. History Popular belief has it that the area was once farmland and was named for the lilies that reportedly grew in the fields. However, its name origin remains unclear. Lilyfield was originally part of the suburb of Leichhardt. The most dominant landmark in the area is the former Callan Park hospital. This was built on land acquired from the Callan Est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leichhardt, New South Wales
Leichhardt () is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Leichhardt is located 5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district (CBD) and is the administrative centre for the local government area (LGA) of the Inner West Council. The suburb is bordered by Haberfield to the west, Annandale to the east, Lilyfield to the north and Petersham, Lewisham and Stanmore to the south. History Aboriginal anthropology Leichhardt was once an area broadly inhabited by the Wangal band of the Dharug (Eora) language group. The 'Eora people' was the name given to coastal Aboriginal people around Sydney – Eora means ''from this place'' – local Aboriginal people used this word to describe to Europeans where they came from, and in time the term became used to define Aboriginal people themselves. Wangal country was known as 'wanne' and it originally extended from the suburbs of Balmain and Birchgrove in the east to Silverwater and Auburn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
