Randwick City Council
local government area in New South Wales, Australia
Randwick City Council is a local government area in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Randwick is the second-oldest local government area in New South Wales after the City of Sydney being established by proclamation in the New South Wales Government Gazette on 23 February 1859 as the Municipality of Randwick. It comprises an area of 36 square kilometres (14 sq mi) and as per the 2021 census had a population of 134,252.
The mayor of the City of Randwick is Dylan Parker, a member of the Australian Labor Party, who was elected on 8 October 2024.
Suburbs and localities in the local government area
Suburbs and localities in the City of Randwick are:
These localities are also serviced by Randwick Council:
History
The City of Randwick was first proclaimed the Municipality of Randwick on 23 February 1859 in the New South Wales Government Gazette and under the provisions of the Municipalities Act 1858. The municipality was officially proclaimed the City of Randwick with effect from 1 July 1990 by the Governor of New South Wales, Rear Admiral Sir David Martin on 27 June 1990.
The area was home to a few wealthy landowners and the poor residents of several shantytowns until the 1880s, when the coming of trams from Sydney brought extensive suburban development. The New South Wales University of Technology opened at Kensington in 1949 on the site of Kensington Racecourse, eventually becoming the University of New South Wales. The Randwick City Library service began in 1952, the municipality being one of the earliest to adopt the Library Act 1939. The city is home to the Malabar Wastewater Treatment Plant, which was opened in 1975, and is one of the largest wastewater treatment facilities in Sydney.
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