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Waverley Council
	Waverley Council; New South Wales
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Population:	62,290
• Density:	7000/km² (18,129.9/sq mi)
Established:	16 June 1859
Area:	9 km² (3.5 sq mi)
Mayor:	Cr Sally Betts
Council Seat:	Bondi Junction
Region:	Metropolitan Sydney
State District:	Coogee, Vaucluse
Federal Division:	Wentworth
	Website: http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/
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Waverley Municipal Council (WaMC; also just Waverley Council) is a Local Government Area in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

[edit] History

There is clear evidence - in the form of significant Aboriginal rock carvings in particular - that Aboriginal people occupied sites in the area now known as Waverley in the period before European settlement.

A number of place names within Waverley - most famously Bondi - have been based on words derived from Aboriginal languages of the Sydney region.

The Municipality of Waverley was established under the Municipalities Act of 1858, and a proclamation of the municipality was published on 16 June, 1859.

The first council meeting was held on 16 June, 1859, but there was no permanent office for the conduct of council duties some early meetings were held in the Charing Cross Hotel and others in the old School of Arts building in Bronte Road.

In December, 1860 the Council accepted an offer from Francis O 'Brien of a site for a Council Chambers, free of cost, in Bondi Road. The cost of building was to be limited to 500 pound, although approximately 700 pound was eventually spent.

The foundation stone was laid in 1861, and a first meeting of Council was held there on 21 November, 1861, the first Council building erected by any municipality under the Municipalities Act of 1858.

Discussions were held during the early 1900 s over the need for new Council Chambers, and in 1913 a portion of the north-west corner of Waverley Park was dedicated as the site for a new building. A report of the same year stated that the original building was too small for the staff, and had poor ventilation and lighting. It was later sold for 1,600 pound.

The new building was completed by the end of 1913, and on January 6, 1914 the Council met for the first time in the new chambers.

Parts of the 1913 chambers still form the shell of the present Council Chambers, although extensive alterations in 1962, and further development in 1976 and 1977 have altered its appearance considerably.

[edit] Council

Waverley Municipal Council is composed of twelve councillors elected proportionally. The area is divided into four wards, each electing three councillors. The mayor is not directly elected.^[1] The current makeup of the council is as follows:^[1]

Party		Councillors
	Liberal Party of Australia	5
	The Greens	3
	Australian Labor Party	3
	Independent	1
	Total	12

The current council, elected in 2008, is:^[1]

Ward		Party	Notes
Bondi Ward	Dominic Wy Kanak	Greens
	Joy Clayton	Liberal
	John Wakefield	Labor
Hunter Ward	Sally Betts	Liberal	Mayor
	Yvonne Coburn	Liberal
	Miriam Guttman-Jones	Independent
Lawson Ward	Kerryn Sloan	Liberal	Deputy Mayor
	Mora Main	Greens
	Rose Jackson	Labor
Waverley Ward	Tony Kay	Liberal
	Prue Cancian	Greens
	Ingrid Strewe	Labor