NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Municipality of Ashfield

The Municipality of Ashfield is a Local Government Area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It lies approximately 10 kilometres west of the central business district. Image File history File links Ashfield_lga_sydney. ... The Australian States and Territories make up the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal system of government. ... Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Const. ... This is a list of regions in Australia that are not Australian states or territories. ... Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Ashfield (pop. ... Density (symbol: Ï - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per volume. ... See also, List of Indigenous Australian group names Indigenous Australians are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Lowe is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. ... Grayndler is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales, which covers parts of the inner-west and inner south of Sydney. ... Drummoyne is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. ... Strathfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. ... Canterbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. ... 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. ... Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Const. ... The central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ...

Suburbs in the local government area

It also includes parts of: Ashfield (pop. ... Dobroyd Point is a historical locality in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Haberfield is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Summer Hill is a suburb in the Municipality of Ashfield, in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Ashbury is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... Croydon is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Hurlstone Park is a suburb in the west of Sydney, Australia. ...

Housing

Housing is characterised equally by a mixture of 'grand Victorian' and Federation-era freestanding homes, and post-war medium-density unit dwellings ('flats' in Australian parlance).

Controversies

In November 2005 the Deputy Mayor, Nick Adams, called for the eradication of pigeons from the municipality as a way of preventing the spread of so-called 'bird flu'. His motion was met with a combination of disbelief, laughter, and subsequent national notoriety. Councillor Marc Rerceretnam was widely quoted in response: "The mind boggles when I think of Ashfield pigeons flying to the border of Ashfield and stopping directly at the border, saying "oh no, that's Canterbury, I can't go into there" and flying back in again. I mean this, this is, what exactly is this motion trying to do?". The motion failed.

In 2006, former Deputy Mayor, Nick Adams, denounced multiculturalism on national television only to be condemned by the community and the Ethnic Communities Council of NSW. [1]. The irony is that Cr Adams is in fact a Greek Australian who anglicised his surname from Adamopoulos. Multiculturalism is an ideology advocating that society should consist of, or at least allow and include, distinct cultural groups, with equal status. ... A Greek-Australian is a Greek living in Australia, it includes those Greeks with Australian citizenship and also permanent residents it does not necessarily include those of Greek descent whereby many generations of such have been absorbed into common Australian culture. ... To anglicise (or in North American English anglicize) is to adapt a foreign word into the English language, often modifying its form to correspond to standard English French demoiselle, meaning little lady. Another common type of anglicisation is the inclusion of a foreign article as part of a noun (eg. ...

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This is a complete listing of the suburbs and localities in the greater Sydney area in alphabetical order. ...

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