The boundaries of the City of Sydney local government area (LGA) have shifted many times, increasingly since the mid-twentieth century. All of these changes have been decided by the NSW colonial or state governments of the time. Interactive map showing historic boundary changes More information on the historical boundaries of Sydney LGA.

Ward boundaries within the City of Sydney local government area (LGA) have shifted many times, dramatically affecting the number and character of people entitled to vote. The redrawing of ward boundaries was largely undertaken to redress imbalances as the demographic makeup of the City changed over time. The polygon layer represents the boundaries of each ward and table lists the corresponding assessment books. This data is part of the historic ward boundaries story map.

Ward boundaries within the City of Sydney local government area (LGA) have shifted many times, dramatically affecting the number and character of people entitled to vote. The redrawing of ward boundaries was largely undertaken to redress imbalances as the demographic makeup of the City changed over time. The polygon layer represents the boundaries of each ward and table lists the corresponding assessment books. This data is part of the historic ward boundaries story map.

Access API Export Data Metadata Portal Metadata Information Content Title Sydney City Council Historic Ward Boundaries A Content Type Hosted Feature Layer Description Map of Sydney City Council Historic Ward Boundaries Initial Publication Date 06/10/2021 Data Currency 06/10/2021 Data Update Frequency Other Content Source File Type Map Feature Service Attribution Data Theme, Classification or Relationship to other Datasets Accuracy Spatial Reference System (dataset) GDA2020 Spatial Reference System (web service) EPSG:4326 WGS84 Equivalent To GDA2020 Spatial Extent Content Lineage Data Classification Unclassified Data Access Policy Open Data Quality Terms and Conditions Creative Commons Standard and Specification Data Custodian NSW Spatial Services Point of Contact Please contact us via the Spatial Services Customer Hub Data Aggregator City of Sydney Council Data Distributor Additional Supporting Information TRIM Number

Property boundaries represent the extent of ownership of an address in line with NSW Valuer General for the purposes of address verification and rating. The spatial layer is derived from land parcel boundaries (cadastre) originally supplied by NSW Spatial Services who remain the source of cadastral information. See SiX maps This spatial layer has been significantly changed and maintained by City of Sydney Spatial Services. This layer is not survey accurate. Geoservice API disabled, but geojson and download permitted.

Location and summary information of places that have historical associations for Aboriginal people. Visit the interactive map More information on Aboriginal history places

This dataset contains polygon features representing historic Local Government Area boudaries prior to LGA amalgamations in 1992.

The City of Sydney is the local government authority responsible for the city centre and more than 30 suburbs within our boundaries. More information on City of Sydney

The data set is a transcription produced by volunteers from the original registers held by the City Archives. Users are advised that the original data may have had errors or abbreviations and there may be additional errors in transcription. Suburbs were not recorded in the original dataset, but addresses have been matched to the range of suburbs in the original electoral ward. This is a large dataset and may take some time to download. More information on Assessment books More information on City Archives

The City Building Surveyor’s Department used photography to document the city’s profound transformation in the first two decades of the 20th century. These photographs inadvertently capture the largely working class neighbourhoods and people being displaced by commercial and government redevelopment.