The City of Sydney is the local government area encompassing the Sydney central business district and the surrounding inner city suburbs of Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established by a
Lower George Street, Sydney, 1829, by J. Carmichael
City Council chambers, Sydney, 1840s
The Municipality of Waterloo was a local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The municipality was proclaimed on 16 May 1860 and, with an area of 3.4 square kilometres, included the
Waterloo Town Hall on Elizabeth Street, c. 1916.
William Powell, Mayor 1910–1911 and 1913–1914, dressed in the mayoral robes.
Thomas Bavin, Leader of the Opposition, later Premier, led the political opposition to the Waterloo bill in parliament.
Patrick Hogan, Mayor 1877–1879, 1881–1883.