City of Canterbury (New South Wales)
City of Canterbury New South Wales | |||||||||||||
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Location in Metropolitan Sydney | |||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°55′S 151°06′E / 33.917°S 151.100°ECoordinates: 33°55′S 151°06′E / 33.917°S 151.100°E | ||||||||||||
Population | 146,314 (2012)[1] | ||||||||||||
• Density | 4,303.45/km2 (11,145.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Established |
17 March 1879 (Municipality) 16 November 1993 (City) | ||||||||||||
Abolished | 12 May 2016 | ||||||||||||
Area | 34 km2 (13.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Mayor | Brian Robson (Labor) | ||||||||||||
Council seat | Canterbury Administration Building, Campsie | ||||||||||||
Website | City of Canterbury | ||||||||||||
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The City of Canterbury was a local government area in the south–west region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The City of Canterbury was primarily residential and light industrial in character. The city was home to over 130 nationalities, with a majority of its residents being born overseas, with the council calling itself "the City of Cultural Diversity." First incorporated as the Municipality of Canterbury in 1879, the council became known as the City of Canterbury in 1993.
The last Mayor of the City of Canterbury Council was Cr. Brian Robson, a member of the Labor Party, until 12 May 2016 when the City was amalgamated with the City of Bankstown, forming Canterbury-Bankstown Council.
Suburbs in the local government area
Suburbs in the former City of Canterbury were:
- Ashbury (with a minor portion within the Municipality of Ashfield)
- Belfield (with parts within the Municipality of Strathfield)
- Belmore
- Beverly Hills (with parts within the City of Hurstville)
- Campsie
- Canterbury
- Clemton Park
- Croydon Park (with parts within Burwood Council and the Municipality of Ashfield)
- Earlwood
- Hurlstone Park (with a minor portion with the Municipality of Ashfield)
- Kingsgrove (with parts within the City of Hurstville & City of Rockdale)
- Lakemba
- Narwee (with parts within the City of Hurstville)
- Punchbowl (with parts within the City of Bankstown)
- Riverwood (with parts within the City of Hurstville)
- Roselands
- Wiley Park
Council
Final composition and election method
Canterbury City Council was composed of ten Councillors, including the Mayor, elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor was directly elected since 1976 while the nine other Councillors were elected proportionally as three separate wards, each electing three Councillors. The final election was held on 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the Council, prior to its abolition, was as follows:[2][3][4][5]
The last Council, elected in 2012 until its abolition in 2016, in order of election by ward, was:
Ward | Councillor | Party | Notes | |
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Mayor[2] | Brian Robson | Labor | Mayor | |
Central Ward[3] | Mark Adler | Labor | ||
Ken Nam | Liberal | |||
Fadwa Kebbea | Labor | |||
East Ward[4] | Con Vasiliades | Liberal | ||
Esta Paschalidis-Chilas | Labor | |||
Linda Eisler | The Greens | |||
West Ward[5] | Karl Saleh | Labor | Deputy Mayor | |
Michael Hawatt | Liberal | |||
Pierre Azzi | Labor |
History
Indigenous Australians lived in this area for thousand of years. In 1770, the land along the Cooks River was explored by officers from HM Bark Endeavour. In 1793, the area's first land grant was made to the chaplain of the First Fleet, the Reverend Richard Johnson, and given the name Canterbury Vale.
Residential development began picking up in the area during the 1880s and the was extended to Canterbury in 1895, encouraging further suburban development which led to the area becoming heavily populated. A leading developer at this time was Frederick Gibbes, a Member of Parliament for the seat of Newtown.
After much petitioning of the State Government by local residents, the Municipality of Canterbury was proclaimed on 17 March 1879. The council first met in the home of the first mayor, Alderman John Sproule and premised were then leased in the St Paul's Church schoolroom at 47-49 Canterbury Road, Canterbury. The Canterbury Town Hall, located on Canterbury Road between Canton and Howard Streets, was opened in 1889 by the Premier of New South Wales, Sir Henry Parkes. However, over time, Campsie became a more important centre and in recognition of this the city administration moved there in 1963, with the Canterbury Municipal Administration Building, designed by architects Whitehead and Payne, being opened on Beamish Street by the mayor, James S. Scott, on 21 September 1963. The City of Canterbury was proclaimed on 16 November 1993 by the Governor of New South Wales, Rear Admiral Peter Sinclair.
Amalgamation
A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the City of Canterbury merge with the City of Bankstown to form a new council with an area of 110 square kilometres (42 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 351,000.[6] Following an independent review, on 12 May 2016 the Minister for Local Government announced that the merger with the City of Bankstown would proceed with immediate effect, creating a new council with an area of 72 square kilometres (28 sq mi).[7]
Mayors and General Managers
Mayors
Mayor | Party | Term | Notes | |
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John Sproule | Independent | 16 June 1879 – 10 February 1880 | [8] | |
John Campbell Sharp | Independent | 10 February 1880 – 19 February 1883 | [9][10][11] | |
Thomas Austen Davis | Independent | 19 February 1883 – 14 February 1884 | [12] | |
Benjamin Taylor | Independent | 14 February 1884 – 3 February 1886 | [13][14] | |
James Slocombe | Independent | 3 February 1886 – 13 February 1888 | [15][16] | |
John Campbell Sharp | Independent | 13 February 1888 – 24 August 1889 | [17][18] | |
James McBean | Independent | 24 August 1889 – 12 February 1890 | ||
James Charles Stone | Independent | 12 February 1890 – 11 February 1891 | [19] | |
John Quigg | Independent | 11 February 1891 – 19 February 1892 | [20] | |
Patrick Joseph Scahill | Independent | 19 February 1892 – 15 February 1895 | [21] | |
Sydney Robert Lorking | Independent | 15 February 1895 – 16 February 1899 | [22] | |
George Wallace Nicoll | Independent | 16 February 1899 – 16 February 1900 | [23][24] | |
Jeffrey Denniss | Independent | 16 February 1900 – 11 February 1904 | [25][26] | |
Benjamin Taylor | Independent | 11 February 1904 – 16 February 1906 | [27][28] | |
Jeffrey Denniss | Independent | 16 February 1906 – 10 February 1908 | [29][30] | |
John Edward Draper | Independent | 10 February 1908 – February 1910 | [31][32] | |
John McCulloch | Independent | February 1910 – February 1911 | [33] | |
Patrick Joseph Scahill | Independent | February 1911 – February 1912 | [34] | |
John Edward Draper | Liberal Reform Party | February 1912 – 10 February 1913 | [35] | |
George Frederick Wells Hocking | Labor | 10 February 1913 – March 1914 | [36][37][38] | |
James Augustus Wilson | Labor | March 1914 – February 1917 | [39] | |
Arthur Preston | Independent | February 1917 – February 1920 | [40] | |
George Frederick Wells Hocking | Labor | February 1920 – 11 December 1922 | [41][42] | |
John Henry Ewen | Citizens' Progress Party | 11 December 1922 – 7 December 1925 | [43][44] | |
Norman Bede Rydge | Labor | 7 December 1925 – 20 December 1926 | [45] | |
Eric Howard Stephenson | Labor | 20 December 1926 – 19 December 1927 | [46] | |
Asa North | Labor | 19 December 1927 – 10 December 1928 | [47] | |
George Harold Bramston | Citizens' Progress Party | 10 December 1928 – 8 January 1932 | [48][49] | |
Stanley Parry | Independent | 8 January 1932 – August 1947 | [50][51] | |
Harold McPherson | 7 August 1947 – 1949 | [52] | ||
Colin Williams | 1949 – 1950 | |||
Samuel Warren | 1950 – 1951 | |||
Herbert Reuben Thorncraft | 1951 – 1953 | |||
George Herbert Mulder | Labor | 1953 - 1957 | ||
S. C. Squire | 1957 - 1958 | |||
R. J. Schofield | 1958 - 1959 | |||
S. C. Squire | 1959 - 1960 | |||
R. J. Schofield | 1960 - 1962 | |||
Ron Pate | 1962 - 1963 | |||
James S. Scott | 1963 - 1966 | |||
Alfred Pate | 1966 - 1967 | |||
Allan Mulder | Labor | 1967 - 1968 | ||
James William Eccles | 1968 - 1970 | |||
James Beaman | 1970 – 1971 | |||
Colin Gordon Williams | 1971 – 1976 | |||
John Mountford | Labor | 1976 – October 1980 | ||
Kevin Moss | Labor | October 1980 – 1987 | ||
John Gorrie | Labor | 1987 – September 1995 | ||
Kayee Griffin | Labor | September 1995 – January 2004 | ||
Robert Furolo | Labor | January 2004 – 21 October 2011 | ||
Brian Robson | Labor | 1 November 2011 – 12 May 2016 |
Town Clerk/General Managers
Town Clerk/General Manager | Term | Notes |
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Neil Quigg | 7 July 1879 – February 1880 | [53] |
Edwin Tyrell Sayers | February 1880 – December 1882 | |
Samuel Mantle Burrowes | 5 January 1883 – September 1883 | [54] |
Hector Innes | 5 September 1883 – 15 August 1888 | [55] |
Benjamin Taylor | 15 August 1888 – 20 October 1902 | [56] |
Frederick John Davis | 20 October 1902 – 2 March 1907 | [57] |
Samuel Ernest Marsden | 2 March 1907 – 1 October 1910 | [58] |
Charles Lipson Iverson | 1 October 1910 – 1911 | [59] |
Harold Linden Dunstan | 1911 – October 1912 | |
Frederick Haworth JP | October 1912 – 22 February 1914 | [60][61] |
James Lane Sutton | June 1914 – 12 March 1929 | [62][63][64][65][66] |
Robert Brouff | 2 December 1929 – 1934 | [67] |
Edgar Jay | September 1934 – 1941 | [68] |
Claude Hunt | 1941 – 1942 | |
Robert Brouff | 1942 – 1948 | |
Selwyn Lofts | 1948 – 1965 | |
Jack Wheeler | 1965 – May 1973 | |
Jack Whitmarsh | May 1973 – 1982 | |
Jim Montague PSM | 1982 – 12 May 2016 | [69][70] |
Demographics
At the 2011 Census, there were 137,454 people in the Canterbury local government area, with an equal proportion of male and female residents. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population. The median age of people in the City of Canterbury was 35 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.[1]
Population growth in the City of Canterbury between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 0.02%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 5.76%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in Canterbury local government area was approximately half the national average.[71] The median weekly income for residents within the City of Canterbury is significantly lower than the national average.[1][72]
Selected historical census data for Canterbury local government area | |||||
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Census year | 2001[71] | 2006[72] | 2011[1] | ||
Population | Estimated residents on Census night | 129,935 | 129,963 | 137,454 | |
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | |||||
% of New South Wales population | 1.99% | ||||
% of Australian population | 0.69% | 0.65% | 0.64% | ||
Cultural and language diversity | |||||
Ancestry, top responses | Chinese | 11.6% | |||
Australian | 9.7% | ||||
Lebanese | 9.5% | ||||
Greek | 9.5% | ||||
English | 8.9% | ||||
Language, top responses (other than English) | Arabic | 12.2% | 10.1% | 13.2% | |
Greek | 11.1% | 10.4% | 9.8% | ||
Mandarin | 1.7% | 2.7% | 5.6% | ||
Cantonese | 2.7% | 3.3% | 5.5% | ||
Vietnamese | n/c | 2.2% | 3.8% | ||
Religious affiliation | |||||
Religious affiliation, top responses | Catholic | 43.4% | 41.7% | 25.6% | |
Islam | 5.1% | 5.1% | 16.6% | ||
Eastern Orthodox | 15.8% | 13.4% | 13.6% | ||
No religion | 11.1% | 13.4% | 12.5% | ||
Buddhism | n/c | n/c | 6.1% | ||
Median weekly incomes | |||||
Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$366 | A$430 | ||
% of Australian median income | 78.5% | 74.5% | |||
Family income | Median weekly family income | A$839 | A$1,149 | ||
% of Australian median income | 81.7% | 77.6% | |||
Household income | Median weekly household income | A$1,007 | A$1,029 | ||
% of Australian median income | 86.0% | 83.4% | |||
Coat of arms and logo
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Logo
In 1990, the council's Engineering Department produced the logo in everyday usage until 2016, it consisted of two C's in black and white, intersected by a wave in light blue, which represents the Cooks River and is taken from the council arms issued in 1979.[73]
Sister cities
- Eunpyong-gu, Seoul, South Korea. A special friendship garden in Loft Gardens at Campsie commemorating the relationship begun in 1988, in the design of the Taegukgi, was unveiled in November 2000 by the mayors of Canterbury and Eunpyong-gu.
- Patras, Greece.
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For outstanding public service and commitment to local government, particularly within the community of Canterbury.
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