Sutherland Shire Essential Info
Overview
The Sutherland Shire is a local government area in the southern region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is regarded as an affluent area with many wealthy suburbs residing on the surrounding rivers. The Sutherland Shire is colloquially known as "The Shire" and it has been featured in several reality television series.
Geographically, it is the area to the south of Botany Bay and the Georges River. The administrative centre of the local government is located in the suburb of Sutherland, with council chambers located in Eton Street. Within the Shire is the birthplace of modern Australia, as it was the first landing site of Captain James Cook, who went ashore onto what is now the suburb of Kurnell on 29 April 1770. It was originally intended to be the site of the first British Settlement, before Sydney Cove was chosen as the location during the First Fleet. The Sutherland Shire is 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Sydney central business district, and is bordered by Canterbury-Bankstown, Wollongong, Liverpool, Georges River and Campbelltown local government areas.
The Sutherland Shire comprises an area of 370 square kilometres (140 sq mi) and as at the 2016 census had an estimated population of 218,464.
As of 28 September 2015 the Mayor of the Sutherland Shire is Cr. Carmello Pesce, a member of the Liberal Party.
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