Waverley Municipal Council

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Waverley Council
state = nsw


caption =
pop = 62,290
density = 7000
area = 9
est = 16 June 1859
seat = Bondi Junction
mayor = Cr. Ingrid Strewe
region = Metropolitan Sydney

url = http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/
stategov = Coogee, Vaucluse
fedgov = Wentworth
near-nw =
near-n = Municipality of Woollahra
near-ne =
near-e = Pacific Ocean
near-w = City of Sydney
near-sw =
near-s = City of Randwick
near-se =

Waverley Municipal Council (WaMC; also just Waverley Council) is a Local Government Area in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

History

There is clear evidence - in the form of significant Aboriginal rock carvings in particular - that Aboriginal people occupied sites in the area now known as Waverley in the period before European settlement.

A number of place names within Waverley - most famously Bondi - have been based on words derived from Aboriginal languages of the Sydney region.

The Municipality of Waverley was established under the Municipalities Act of 1858, and a proclamation of the municipality was published on 16th June, 1859.

The first council meeting was held on 16th June, 1859, but there was no permanent office for the conduct of council duties some early meetings were held in the Charing Cross Hotel and others in the old School of Arts building in Bronte Road.

In December, 1860 the Council accepted an offer from Francis O 'Brien of a site for a Council Chambers, free of cost, in Bondi Road. The cost of building was to be limited to 500 pound, although approximately 700 pound was eventually spent.

The foundation stone was laid in 1861, and a first meeting of Council was held there on 21st November, 1861, the first Council building erected by any municipality under the Municipalities Act of 1858.

Discussions were held during the early 1900 s over the need for new Council Chambers, and in 1913 a portion of the north-west corner of Waverley Park was dedicated as the site for a new building. A report of the same year stated that the original building was too small for the staff, and had poor ventilation and lighting. It was later sold for 1,600 pound.

The new building was completed by the end of 1913, and on January 6, 1914 the Council met for the first time in the new chambers.

Parts of the 1913 chambers still form the shell of the present Council Chambers, although extensive alterations in 1962, and further development in 1976 and 1977 have altered its appearance considerably.

Politics

Traditionally a safe Liberal area, the council is held by the Liberal Party of Australia.

Suburbs in the local government area

Suburbs serviced by Waverley Council are:
* Bondi
* Bondi Beach
* Bondi Junction
* Bondi North
* Bronte
* Dover Heights
* Queens Park
* Rose Bay
* Tamarama
* Waverley

These localities are also serviced by Waverley Council:
* Ben Buckler
* Bondi South
* Bronte Beach
* Charing Cross
* Diamond Bay
* Lugar Brae
* Mill Hill
* Nelson Bay
* Rose Bay North
* Tamarama Bay

External links

* [http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/talktous/council.asp List of Councillors on Waverley Council]
* [http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[e-mail]/Lookup2001Census/74C18E2930B889C0CA256BBE00837CB1 2001 Census Information]