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 Sydney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sydney is a significant global and domestic tourist destination and is regularly declared to be one of the most beautiful and liveable cities in the world, admired for its harbour, beautiful coastline, warm and pleasant climate and cosmopolitan culture.
Sydney is located in a coastal basin between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Blue Mountains to the west.
Sydney occupies two geographical regions: the Cumberland Plain, a relatively flat or rolling region lying to the south and west of the harbour, and the Hornsby Plateau, a plateau north of the harbour, up to 200 m in elevation, dissected by forested valleys.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sydney,_New_South_Wales   (3019 words)

  
 University of Sydney - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The University of Sydney, established in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia, and it is located in Sydney, the capital city of the state of New South Wales.
The motto of the University of Sydney is Sidere mens eadem mutato (the stars change, but the mind is constant), reflecting its status as the first university in Australia and its being modelled after the British University of Oxford and University of Cambridge.
The New England University College was founded as part of the University of Sydney in 1938, and separated to become the University of New England in 1954.
open-encyclopedia.com /University_of_Sydney   (1326 words)

  
 Leichhardt Council: News Archive: Boundary Discussions with City of Sydney - 07 March 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Leichhardt Council has voted to seek a written guarantee from the Lord Mayor of Sydney that Leichhardt staff and residents are treated fairly and not disadvantaged as a result of the transfer.
Leichhardt Council has voted to seek a written guarantee from the Lord Mayor of Sydney that Leichhardt staff and residents are treated fairly and not disadvantaged as a result of the transfer of the suburbs of Glebe and Forest Lodge to the City of Sydney.
A Mayoral Minute adopted by Council calls for an undertaking from the Lord Mayor that staff transferring to the City of Sydney are accorded the appropriate level of dignity and respect in being allowed to take up meaningful work without undue barriers being placed in their way.
www.leichhardt.nsw.gov.au /news/1047012544_6475.html   (234 words)

  
 List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Sydney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Sydney
This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Sydney Local Government Area, Sydney, Australia.
Categories: ‪Lists of Australian Mayors and Lord Mayors‬
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_Mayor_of_Sydney   (108 words)

  
 Sydney and Hobart Lord Mayor exchange City flags in Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race ceremony in CBD
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race sailed into the centre of Sydney today as some of the big name contenders and world’s best sailors gave their views on this year’s race to a lunchtime crowd.
Both Lord Mayors have agreed to fly each other’s flag for the duration of this year’s race as a symbol of the bond and the history shared by the two cities since the race’s inception in 1945.
The Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney, Clover Moore, MP said that Hobart and Sydney share a unique friendship through the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
www.yachting.org.au /?Page=14214&Format=print   (519 words)

  
 Lord Sydney - portraits
As Secretary of State for the Home Department, Lord Sydney was the minister responsible for recommending the adoption of a plan for a settlement in Australia.
Actually, Lord Sydney was in Opposition in the House of Commons before and during the revolutionary war and was Secretary of State for War and later Home Secretary in the Government which made peace with the American colonies.
The first of the three arms in Sydney's old and new coat-of arms and it's FLAG is the Townshend arms.
home.worldonline.co.za /~townshend/lordsydney.htm   (1308 words)

  
 Italy Down Under - Profile: Frank Sartor
Elected Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1991, he is a passionate reformer who has helped to breathe new life into the heart of the city.
The Lord Mayor’s own political success is a triumph for the son of poor Italian immigrants who began his life in the Riverina region of New South Wales.
When Sydney won the bid to host the Olympics, plans to upgrade the city were accelerated with new hotels, roads and other facilities built to cater for the hundreds of thousands of visitors.
www.italydownunder.com.au /issuesix/sartor.html   (1512 words)

  
 CNN - TravelGuide: Destination - Sydney
Sydney -- a shining example of urban elegance.
SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- Sydney is a beautiful and athletic city of more than 3.7 million people.
The total length of Sydney Harbour Bridge is 1,149 meters (1,256 yards).
www.cnn.com /TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9906/sydney.town.tour   (500 words)

  
 The Guardian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The decision of the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Lucy Turnbull to withdraw from events at which the Sydney Peace Award to Dr Hanan Ashrawi will be presented has highlighted a sickness in Australian society and it is not anti-Semitism.
The Lord Mayor claimed that Dr Ashrawi "is on record as one of the few members of the Palestinian National Council to vote against the Oslo peace accord and a two-state solution in the Middle East".
It appears that the Lord Mayor was misinformed and overstepped her authority.
www.cpa.org.au /garchve03/1161edit.html   (616 words)

  
 The World Today - Sydney Lord Mayor to boycott peace prize
Well, Lord Mayor Lucy Turnbull says Dr Ashrawi is an unsuitable recipient for the prestigious award because she doesn't speak the language of peace.
For example, in 1996, she was one of a small minority of the, on the Palestinian National Council who voted against removing the clauses in the Palestinian Charter asking for the destruction of Israel.
JO MAZZOCCHI: The Lord Mayor says she's convinced the Palestinian activist is dismissive of the Road Map for Peace within the Middle East, but the group who awarded her the prize in the first place, the Sydney Peace Foundation, disagrees.
www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2003/s972644.htm   (964 words)

  
 Lord Sydney - Thomas Townshend 1733-1800
The name of Sydney derives originally from Normandy and in Old English meant 'dweller of the wide well-watered land', which is not a bad description of the Sydney metropolitan area today.
Lord Sydney has been at least equally successful in defining moral and material limits from the one extremity in vogue on the stage to the other which is affected in the palace....
THOMAS TOWNSHEND, baron Sydney of Chiselhurst; one of his majesty's most honourable privy council, one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, president of the commission for the control of the affairs of the East India company, one of the lords commissioners of trade and plantations, and a governor of the Charter House.
home.worldonline.co.za /~townshend/lordsydney2.htm   (3064 words)

  
 iafrica.com | news | world news Sydney angered over 'PC Christmas'
Sydney's Lord Mayor has angered citizens of Australia's largest city and Prime Minister John Howard by decorating the town hall with a single tree in a modest festive show seen as an effort to avoid offending non-Christian immigrants.
The symbol of Sydney's Christmas is a lonely tree on the town hall balcony, the paper said, adding: "2004 is the year Sydney forgot Christmas and across the city, people are infuriated."
Sydney, with its population of almost four million, has a large multicultural community with immigrant groups representing all major religions.
iafrica.com /news/worldnews/396650.htm   (323 words)

  
 University of Sydney celebrates its graduates
Sydney Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s University of Sydney Graduate Dinner, to be held later this month.
Clover Moore has been Lord Mayor of Sydney since 2004 and the Independent MLA for the seat of Bligh in the NSW Parliament since 1988.
Like the previous Lord Mayor of Sydney, Frank Sartor, she is also a graduate of the University of Sydney (BA ’69, DipEd).
www.usyd.edu.au /news/84.html?newscategoryid=1&newsstoryid=773   (353 words)

  
 Bristol Cancer Help Centre - About Us
Frank Sartor, the charismatic and well known Lord Mayor of Sydney, today made the Bristol Cancer Help Centre his first port of call on his fact finding mission to the UK to seek out best practice models of cancer treatment and supportive care.
Mr Sartor has held this post since September 1991, and is the first independent Lord Mayor of Sydney in more than 70 years.
“We are delighted and honoured that the first port of call for the Lord Mayor of Sydney on his fact finding visit to the UK was the Bristol Cancer Help Centre.
www.bristolcancerhelp.org /news/lordmayor   (1014 words)

  
 Sydney Ports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The vessel will be officially welcomed today by Councillor Lucy Turnbull, Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney, followed by the customary plaque presentation by Sydney Ports to the ship’s Captain.
“Sydney’s domestic cruise liners, Pacific Sky and Pacific Princess, will also be a feature of the February rush with almost 4,500 locals cruising the South Pacific.
“Sydney’s pilots will also be kept busy ensuring the safe navigation of these luxury liners through the Harbour to the cruise terminal berths.
www.sydneyports.com.au /MediaRoom/story.asp?pageid=185&pageversionid=374   (431 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Games are a bonanza for Sydney
SYDNEY — If you're an Olympic Games supporter, Sydney's Lord Mayor Frank Sartor was saying all the right things today.
In addition to that, the city of Sydney gave $10 million directly to the organizing committee and spent another $300 million on infrastructure to get ready for the Games.
Sartor, who was first elected to office in 1991, is the longest-serving lord mayor of Sydney.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,195017808,00.html   (420 words)

  
 Bulletin - Lucy Turnbulll Lord Mayor of Sydney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
But then again Lucy Turnbull, Sydney’s new Lord Mayor, is the kind of gal who packs into a day what most of us spread over a week.
She’s the daughter of legendary QC and former Liberal attorney-general Tom Hughes, niece of New York-based art critic Robert Hughes, and wife of Malcolm Turnbull, the treasurer of the Liberal Party and backer of the Menzies Centre.
Deputy mayor for the past 3½ years, she inherited the mayoralty from a state parliament-bound Frank Sartor two months ago.
bulletin.ninemsn.com.au /bulletin/EdDesk.nsf/printing/FEADE9E0F6D26FB1CA256D3F00284A8A   (1884 words)

  
 Australian Museum - Australian Museum immortalises Lord Mayor
The 23-million-year-old species was named Priscakoala lucyturnbullae in honour of the Lord Mayor’s role as a past Australian Museum Trustee and generous benefactor to the Museum’s President’s Circle.
Presenting the scientific illustration to the Lord Mayor on 21 November to mark the occasion, the Museum Director, Professor Mike Archer, said the Museum was very grateful for Lucy Turnbull’s generous assistance.
The Lord Mayor said "The Museum is a fantastic opportunity to discover Australia’s natural history and cultural diversity.
www.austmus.gov.au /archive.cfm?id=1510   (567 words)

  
 Australian Memories Of The Holocaust
I remember that in May 1933 a rally was held in the Sydney Town Hall to protest against the Nazi persecution of the Jews.
It was convened by the Lord Mayor of Sydney and there were prominent speakers.
Sydney Telegraph 2.5.44 mentions 3 million Poles and Jews massacred and refers to Treblinka camp.
www.holocaust.com.au /mm/i_sydney.htm   (741 words)

  
 The Pedestrian Council : Sydney Lord Mayor believes car free day merits serious investigation
Sydney Lord Mayor believes car free day merits serious investigation
Sydney Lord Mayor, Clover Moore MP today gave her support to a serious investigation into the idea of an annual "car free day".
Cr Moore said that the reduction in car use during the Olympics suggests that it was possible for Sydney residents to manage without their cars for short periods.
www.walk.com.au /pedestriancouncil/Page.asp?PageID=746   (366 words)

  
 Europe Business Review: Sydney observed
Ms Turnbull is a lawyer, deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney and wife of merchant banker Malcolm Turnbull (leader of Australia's Republicans).
The Complete Sydney Guide is by Time Out, a London publisher which rivals Lonely Planet in assembling detailed, and sometimes unconventional, information for serious travellers.
Sydney: Fifty Magic Moments by Andrew Conway and Sue Bennett is a loving list of many things to see and do.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0GYN/is_1_3/ai_61534082   (591 words)

  
 International Civic Heraldry- Australia - SYDNEY
Above the crown and anchor are simplified versions of the arms of: Thomas Townshend (Markgrave Sydney and British Home Secretary at the time of European settlement), after whom Sydney was named; Explorer Captain James Cook, superimposed on the naval flag of England, the St George Cross and Thomas Hughes, the first Lord Mayor of Sydney.
Together these represent the naming of "Sydney", the British contribution to the establishment of Sydney, and Sydney's emergence as a great city.
The serpent bears the markings used by the Eora people, who lived in the area on which Sydney was founded, and represents the Rainbow Serpent, a creator-being said to have formed the landscape in the Dreamtime as it travelled through the country.
www.ngw.nl /int/aus/sydney.htm   (281 words)

  
 Printer version - Steve Price, dog attacks, council bans and victim sympathy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
I mean, Mr Sartor is the Lord Mayor of Sydney but this is all coming from the state government.
It is deplorable that City of Sydney funds are being squandered so recklessly to advance the boundary pretensions of a Lord Mayor who covets control of all local government from Glebe to Bondi.
The Lord Mayor is engaged in a disturbing waste of ratepayers' resources, especially given his criticisms of other councils' financial management.
www.crikey.com.au /media/2002/04/03-icedog.print.html   (2873 words)

  
 Clover Moore is off to Town Hall - National - www.smh.com.au
A landslide of "people power" has installed independent MP Clover Moore as Sydney Lord Mayor and given her team control of the new super council.
One of the humiliated lord mayoral candidates, former state opposition leader Peter Collins, may face disciplinary action by the Liberal Party after giving his final preferences to Labor's Mr Lee.
Last night's stunning victory was a personal milestone for Mrs Moore because she was denied the Lord Mayor's job 17 years ago.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/03/27/1080330993068.html   (618 words)

  
 Rudolph Vs Jesus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Lucy Turnbull, restricts song list for Thursday night’s Christmas tree lighting in Martin Place demanding Rudolph be sung over Away In A Manger.
“The Lord Mayor might as well remove Christ from Christmas and not have a Christmas tree at all if she is trying not to offend persons of others religious beliefs.
The Lord Mayor seems to have forgotten that Christmas is a religious celebration celebrated by Christians throughout the world,” said Rev Fred Nile.
www.christiandemocratic.org.au /fed/mr/031203bf.asp   (311 words)

  
 Ausflag - Ausflag Media Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
At noon tomorrow (Sunday 28 January 1996) the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Councillor Frank Sartor, will officially hoist the new Ken Done/Ausflag new Australian flag designs at the entrance to the Sydney Town Hall.
The Lord Mayor will be accompanied by the Hon Sir Richard Kirby AC, Chairman of Ausflag and Mr Ken Done AO, the internationally renowned Australian artist/designer, the Executive Director of Ausflag, Mr Harold Scruby said today.
This follows the submission of a Lord Mayoral Minute which was formally adopted by Sydney City Council on 7 December 1995 to:
www.ausflag.com.au /debate/amr/amr18.html   (278 words)

  
 Forums - If you were elected Lord Mayor of Sydney, what's the first thing you would do/change?
The Lord mayor really doesnt have that much say in how the city is run and the policies which affect us.
The Lord Mayor and her department is essentially responsible for the planning of the city of sydney and now south sydney.
That gives the Lord mayor enormous influence over the direction of development of the Sydney CBD and south sydney.
www.inthemix.com.au /forum/showthread.php?t=104939   (1456 words)

  
 Sydney Lord Mayor urges Australians to dig deep on NYE :: Sydney Media :: City of Sydney
Sydney Lord Mayor urges Australians to dig deep on NYE :: Sydney Media :: City of Sydney
Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore, MP and Oxfam today launched a special New Year's Eve appeal to the public to donate to the Oxfam Tsunami Emergency Fund with a significant donation of $50,000 from the City of Sydney to kick-start the campaign.
The Lord Mayor is offering this terrific opportunity to capitalise on the media and public attention that the Sydney NYE celebrations attract.
www.sydneymedia.com.au /html/2592-sydney-lord-mayor-urges-australians-to-dig-deep-on-nye.asp?orig=Home   (309 words)

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