Cumberland County is a county in the State of New South Wales, Australia. Most of the Sydney metropolitan area is located within the County of Cumberland. The County of Cumberland stretches from Broken Bay to the north, the Hawkesbury River to the north-west, the Nepean River to the west, the Cataract River to the south-west and the northern suburbs of Wollongong to the south. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Australian States and Territories comprise the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal system of government. ... Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... Sydney is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian state of New South Wales, as well as Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ... Broken Bay is a large inlet of the Pacific Ocean located about 50 km north of Sydney on the coast of New South Wales. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Nepean River is a river in the coastal region of New South Wales, Australia. ... Wollongong is an industrial city located on the eastern coast of Australia in the state of New South Wales. ...

New South Wales, like most (if not all) other Australian states, is divided up into nearly two hundred counties, for the purposes of surveying and the registration of land titles. Few Australian counties have ever had any government or administrative function. However, the County of Cumberland did have a county government, the Cumberland County Council, from the 1940s to the 1960s. Its responsibilities were primarily limited to town planning on the metropolitan scale. The Cumberland County Council was not elected by the people, but rather was elected by councillors of the various local governments within the County. Around 1949 the Council released the Cumberland County Council Planning Scheme which boldly reformed town planning throughout metropolitan Sydney. Though not all of the plan was implemented, much of it was, radically altering the urban form of Sydney and its suburbs. Surveyor at work with a leveling instrument. ... // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Urban, city, or town planning, deals with design of the built environment from the municipal and metropolitan perspective. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

The objectives of the County Council were often in conflict with the aims of many State Government departments, and it was dissolved in the 1960s. Its metropolitan planning functions were taken over by the State Planning Authority, which has since been superseded by a succession of government departments. As of 2005 this government department is the New South Wales Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources. The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources website