The Division of Sydney is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located around the central city area of Sydney, and includes many inner suburbs such as Darlinghurst, Surry Hills, Redfern, Camperdown, Glebe, Balmain, Potts Point and the Sydney central business district itself. The Division also incorporates all the waters of Port Jackson, except for Middle Harbour and North Harbour. It also covers Lord Howe Island. Maps of electoral Divisions The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member constituencies called Divisions. ... 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 Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ... Darlinghurst is an inner eastern suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... The clock tower of Central railway station on the western edge of Surry Hills Surry Hills is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... Redfern railway station Redfern is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Camperdown is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... Glebe Glebe is a suburb located slightly west of Sydneys central business district, in the Inner West. ... Balmain is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... The view across Potts Point and Woolloomooloo to the Sydney CBD, from St Neot Avenue. ... The Sydney central business district (CBD) is, commercially, the most important in Australia. ... Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge located on Port Jackson Port Jackson is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia, also known as Sydney Harbour and is the largest working natural harbour in the world. ... Middle Harbour is the name given to the northern arm of Port Jackson in Sydney, Australia. ... Lord Howe Island showing Mts Lidgbird and Gower. ...

The Division was named for the city of Sydney, which itself was named after former British Home Secretary Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of November 21, 1968, and was first contested at the 1969 Federal election. The seat is currently a safe Labor seat. The Home Secretary (official full title Secretary of State for the Home Department) is the chief United Kingdom government minister responsible for law and order in England and Wales; his or her remit includes policing, the criminal justice system, the prison service, internal security, and matters of citizenship and immigration. ... Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (24 February 1732 - 30 June 1800), the British politician after whom the city of Sydney, Australia, is named, was born at Frognal House, near Chislehurst in Kent. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

Members

• James Cope (Labor) 1969-1975
• James McMahon (Labor) 1975-1983
• Peter Baldwin (Labor) 1983-1998
• Tanya Plibersek (Labor) 1998-

1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Tanya Plibersek Tanya Joan Plibersek (born 2 December 1969), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1998, representing the Division of Sydney, New South Wales. ...

External Links

• "Division of Sydney". Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. URL accessed on July 4, 2005. (PDF, 175 kB)