37-399: The Parramatta Advertiser is a weekly regional newspaper that serves the communities of Parramatta , Auburn and Holroyd local government areas and covers local news, sport, council decisions, and community events. This newspaper is published every Wednesday. It currently has a circulation of 79,598, and a readership of 78,000. The Parramatta Advertiser was launched on 15 June 1933 by
74-483: A cost of £500,000. Built of concrete and brick, with decorative facade panels and glass curtain walling, the Civic Centre was constructed by S. J. Wood & Co Lty Ltd, with A. S. Nicholson as the consulting engineer. The foundation stone for the Civic Centre was laid by Premier of NSW, Bob Heffron , on 17 June 1961, on the same occasion marking the change of Blacktown from a Shire to a Municipality. The Civic Centre
111-533: A fixed four-year term of office. The Lord Mayor is elected for a two-year term, with the Deputy Lord Mayor for one year, by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council, in order of election by ward, is as follows: The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, including its six councillors elected in 2017 . Blacktown City Council Blacktown City Council
148-476: A mayor and councillor by October 2019, due to the Local Government Amendment (Members of Parliament) Act, 2012 which requires state members of parliament to relinquish local government offices no more than two years after their election. With Bali's resignation on 9 October 2019, Cr Tony Bleasdale was elected Mayor. The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council
185-519: A population of 410,419, making it the most populous local government area in Sydney. The Mayor of Blacktown City Council is Councillor Brad Bunting following the death of then-mayor Tony Bleasdale OAM, a member of the Australian Labor Party who died 3 May 2024. These are the suburbs and localities in the local government area: The first road from Prospect to Richmond became known as
222-758: Is a local government area in Western Sydney , situated on the Cumberland Plain , approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the Sydney central business district , in the state of New South Wales , Australia. Established in 1906 as the Blacktown Shire and becoming the Municipality of Blacktown in 1961 before gaining city status in 1979, the City occupies an area of 246.9 square kilometres (95.3 sq mi) and has
259-616: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . City of Parramatta The City of Parramatta , also known as Parramatta Council , is a local government area located to the west and north-west of Sydney CBD in the Greater Western Sydney region. Parramatta Council is situated between the City of Ryde and Cumberland , where the Cumberland Plain meets the Hornsby Plateau , approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of
296-458: Is as follows: *A vacancy was created in Ward 5 following the death of then-Mayor Tony Bleasdale . The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election by ward, is: The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, including its five councillors elected in 2016 . After becoming a city in 1979, the council resolved to investigate and if possible obtain a coat of arms, making a request to
333-598: The Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 , when the councils of Ermington and Rydalmere (incorporated 1891), Dundas (incorporated 1889) and Granville (incorporated 1885) were merged into the council area. The Parramatta local government area was further expanded through the transfer of 10.7 km from the Municipality of Blacktown in 1972 taking in Winston Hills which has not serviced since this time. In recognition of Parramatta's role Bi-centennial (coinciding with
370-606: The Cumberland Newspaper Group . It eventually became the successor to The Cumberland Argus when it was incorporated into the Parramatta Advertiser in 1962. Originally a bi-weekly, it became Cumberland Newspaper Group's "flagship" regional newspaper, and at that time it was the largest regional newspaper in Australia. Since that time, it has been the main local newspaper for the City of Parramatta . In 1995,
407-684: The M4 Western Motorway ) and Parramatta City Council (Woodville Ward), and Holroyd City Council merged to form the Cumberland Council as a new local government area and the remainder of the Parramatta City Council, Auburn City Council north of the M4 Western Motorway (including Sydney Olympic Park ), and small parts of Hornsby Shire, Holroyd and The Hills Shire were merged into the reformed "City of Parramatta". Suburbs in
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#1732858910764444-516: The Municipalities Act, 1867 , and became a Municipality again following the 1906 Local Government Act. On 27 October 1938, the Local Government (City of Parramatta) Act was passed by the Parliament of New South Wales and proclaimed by the governor, Lord Wakehurst , making the town the "City of Parramatta". From 1 January 1949 the "City of Parramatta" was re-formed following the passing of
481-464: The Parramatta central business district which is one of the key suburban employment destinations for the region of Greater Western Sydney. First incorporated on 27 November 1861 as the "Municipality of Parramatta", the first mayor was emancipated convict John Williams who arrived in the colony in 1835. The council became known as the "Borough of Parramatta" on 23 December 1867 following the enactment of
518-646: The Parramatta Advertiser was split into 3 separate editions: City (Parramatta) North, Auburn, and Holroyd. The online edition of the paper is now under the umbrella of the Daily Telegraph , a major Australian daily newspaper. The Parramatta Advertiser's death and other notices are indexed by the Ryerson Index . Previous copies of the newspaper are archived on microfilm at the State Library of New South Wales . This Australian newspaper-related article
555-589: The Sydney central business district , in New South Wales , Australia . The city occupies an area of 84 square kilometres (32 sq mi) spanning across suburbs in Greater Western Sydney including the Hills District , and a small section of Northern Sydney to the far north east of its area. According to the 2021 census , City of Parramatta had an estimated population of 256,729. The city houses
592-654: The "Black Town Road" and in 1860 the Railway Department gave the name of "Black Town Road Station" to the railway station at the junction of the railway and the Black Town Road, with the name shortening to "Blacktown" by 1862. The Blacktown area was first incorporated on 6 March 1906 as the "Shire of Blacktown" alongside 132 other new shires across the state as a result of the passing of the Local Government (Shires) Act, 1905 . The first five-member temporary council
629-573: The Australian Bi-centennial), the title of 'Lord Mayor' was granted on 12 December 1988 by Queen Elizabeth II on the recommendation of Premier Nick Greiner . This made Parramatta the third Australian city that was not a capital to receive such an honour, after Newcastle and Wollongong . A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that
666-476: The City of Blacktown between the 2001 census and the 2006 census was 6.47 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census , population growth was 10.82 per cent. At the 2016 census, the population in the local government area increased by 11.91 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in Blacktown local government area
703-417: The City of Parramatta are: The City of Parramatta Council operates a central library, heritage centre and six branch libraries at Carlingford , Constitution Hill , Dundas Valley , Epping , Ermington and Wentworth Point . It also provides a public swimming pool at Epping, five childcare centres and over ten community centres. The heritage-listed Parramatta Town Hall was completed in 1883 and houses
740-507: The City of Parramatta be reformed, adding areas from several adjoining councils. The NSW Government subsequently proposed a merger of parts of Parramatta (Woodville Ward), Auburn and Holroyd and a second merger of parts of the rest of Parramatta and parts of Auburn, The Hills , Hornsby , and Holroyd to form a new council. On 12 May 2016, Parramatta City Council was abolished by the NSW Government. Parts of Auburn City Council (south of
777-458: The Minister for Public Works and Local Government, Eric Spooner . By the early 1960s, Blacktown Council resolved to develop a new council seat and 'civic centre' and an International style design by Parramatta architects, Leslie J. Buckland & Druce (George Harley, project architect), for a multi-storey administration building, a performance hall, library and basement parking was accepted at
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#1732858910764814-833: The Town Clerk of Blacktown, Max Webber, and the Max Webber Library was officially opened by the Deputy Premier Jack Ferguson on 8 March 1980. A new branch library, the Dennis Johnson Branch Library (named after a former Town Clerk), opened in Stanhope Gardens on 7 August 2009. At the 2021 census , there were 396,776 people resident in the Blacktown local government area, of these 49.9 per cent were male and 50.1 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0 per cent of
851-472: The consolidation of all council departments in a single location. The extensions were constructed by McNamara Constructions Pty Limited. In 1947, Blacktown Shire Council formally adopted the Library Act 1939 , which had been passed to encourage (including by giving financial subsidies to) local governments to establish free public libraries, but no further action was taken due to a lack of finance. However it
888-496: The council discussed two schemes from architect Leslie J. Buckland for the new council chambers, with the scheme that created a new wing facing Flushcombe Road while retaining the old council chambers for other uses being the most favoured. Designed in the modernist Inter-war Functionalist style by Buckland and constructed by J. H. Abbey of Epping at a cost of £7,000, the Council Chambers were officially opened on 29 July 1939 by
925-594: The good of the people of the Municipality of Blacktown". On 10 April 1967, the old 1939 Council Chambers were transformed into the first Blacktown Municipal Library, which was later demolished and became the Max Webber Library from 1980. In 1984, with the Civic Centre being overcrowded and suffering from lack of space, the council approved significant extensions to the Civic Centre at a cost of $ 2,781,550 that added 2,000 square metres of office floor space and enabled
962-441: The national averages. Blacktown City Council is composed of fifteen councillors elected proportionally as five separate wards , each electing three councillors. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council and since 2016 has served a two-year term. The mayor from 2014 to 2019, Stephen Bali was required to stand down from council as
999-434: The opening of Library Branches at Lalor Park (1968), Mount Druitt (1977) and Riverstone (1978). In 1979, Blacktown council commissioned a new Blacktown branch library, with the old library and 1939 Council Chambers building demolished and replaced by a new building designed by architects Allen Jack & Cottier, and constructed by R. W. Tims (Builders) Pty Ltd. On 31 October 1979, Council resolved to name this new library after
1036-500: The original council chamber meeting rooms as well as other function rooms. The City of Parramatta also operates a new waste collection service, FOGO . It started on 11 November 2024, and is aimed to reduce food scraps in landfill . At the 2016 census , there were 226,149 people in the City of Parramatta local government area that comprised 84 square kilometres (32 sq mi), of these 50% were male and 50% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of
1073-562: The population, similar to the NSW and Australian averages of 3.4 and 3.2 per cent respectively. The median age of people in the City of Blacktown was 34 years, which was slightly lower than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 22.7 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 52.6 per cent were married and 9.5 per cent were either divorced or separated. Population growth in
1110-473: The population. The median age of people in the City of Parramatta was 34 years; notably below the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 55.4% were married and 9% were either divorced or separated. At the 2016 Census, the Parramatta local government area
1147-495: Was appointed on 15 May 1906 and first met on 20 June in the Rooty Hill School of Arts. The Blacktown Shire became the "Municipality of Blacktown" on 17 June 1961 and was granted city status on 9 March 1979, becoming the "City of Blacktown". In 1937 Blacktown council discussed the need for new Council Chambers, with the present arrangements seen as inadequate and unable to accommodate growing staff needs. In August 1938,
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1184-568: Was approximately six times the national average, with the median weekly income for residents slightly above the national average. Between May 2016 and September 2017, the council was managed by an administrator appointed by the Government of New South Wales, Amanda Chadwick, until the first election for councillors took place on 9 September 2017. The City of Parramatta Council comprises fifteen councillors elected proportionally , with three councillors in each ward . All councillors are elected for
1221-435: Was in excess of 35% more than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the City of Blacktown was generally on par with the national average. At the 2021 census, the proportion of residents in the Blacktown local government area who stated their ancestry as Filipino , was in excess of five times the national average. The proportion of residents who stated a religious affiliation with Hinduism
1258-401: Was in excess of four times the national average; the proportion of Catholics was 4.7 per cent above the national average; and the proportion of residents with no religion about half the national average. Meanwhile, as at the census date, the area was linguistically diverse, with Tagalog , Hindi , Punjabi , or Gujarati languages spoken in households, and ranged from two times to five times
1295-430: Was linguistically diverse, with a significantly higher than average proportion (54.2%) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 22.2%); and a significantly lower proportion (41.47) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 72.7%). The most commonly reported religious affiliation was "No Religion", at 24.5%. The proportion of residents who stated a religious affiliation with Hinduism
1332-541: Was not until the 1960s, with the significant growth in the area's population, the Council identified a clear need for a library service, and when the Civic Centre opened in 1965, council appointed the first Chief Librarian in 1966 and resolved to establish the first library in the old 1939 Council Chambers building on the opposite side of Flushcombe Road. The first Blacktown Municipal Library was officially opened on 10 April 1967. The Blacktown City Libraries service expanded with
1369-418: Was officially opened on 25 October 1965 by the Minister for Local Government and Highways, Pat Morton , with the mayor, Alfred Ashley-Brown , declaring "It is my sincere wish we will as a council cherish the heritage which brings us here tonight – that this chamber will be a place wherein good government within our sphere of responsibility will be made manifest, and that all decisions which are made shall be for
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