Western Sydney

Western Sydney is a major region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It has a number of different definitions, although the one consistently used is the region composed of the nine local government authorities which are all members of the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC).

Western Sydney as defined by the WSROC region covers 5,800 square kilometres (2,200 sq mi) and had an estimated resident population as at 30 June 2008 of 1,665,673.^[1] The region comprises the areas administered by the Blacktown City Council, Blue Mountains City Council, Canterbury-Bankstown Council, Cumberland Council, Fairfield City Council, Hawkesbury City Council, Liverpool City Council, City of Parramatta Council, and the Penrith City Council.

Western Sydney is also sometimes used to refer to the Greater Western Sydney region, which is the combination of Western Sydney as defined above and the Macarthur Region (also referred to as South-western Sydney). As well as the nine councils listed above, the GWS region includes Camden Council, Campbelltown City Council and Wollondilly Shire Council.

The NSW Government's Office of Western Sydney uses the broader Greater Western Sydney definition to refer to the region, which includes both WSROC and MACROC council areas.

Political influence

Western Sydney is considered a particularly crucial region in federal politics,^[2] and the region's social conservativism has been credited with forming policy on migration and the treatment of asylum seekers by both major political parties.^[3]

Sports

Football

Rugby League

Cricket

Sydney Thunder

Australian Football

Greater Western Sydney Giants

References

↑ "Home - WSROC Region". Profile.id.com.au. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
↑ Joyce, Barnaby (8 March 2013). "Labor redefines meaning of "regional" spending to suit Western Sydney campaign". Australian Conservative. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
↑ Eltham, Ben (5 March 2013). "There's Something About Western Sydney". New Matilda. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

External links

Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC)
WSROC Regional Profile
Office of Western Sydney
SYDNEY.com - Sydney-West
Gabrielle Gwyther (2008). "Western Sydney". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 29 September 2015. [CC-By-SA]
Centre for Western Sydney at Western Sydney University

Regions of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

List of Sydney suburbs

Local government areas of New South Wales

Metropolitan Sydney

Inner Sydney	Bayside Hunter's Hill Inner West Lane Cove Mosman North Sydney Randwick Sydney Waverley Willoughby Woollahra

Outer Sydney	Blacktown Burwood Camden Campbelltown Canada Bay Canterbury-Bankstown Cumberland Fairfield Georges River The Hills Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Liverpool Northern Beaches Parramatta Penrith Ryde Strathfield Sutherland

Sydney Surrounds	Blue Mountains Central Coast Hawkesbury Wollondilly

Mid North Coast

Murray

Murrumbidgee

Hunter

Illawarra

Richmond Tweed

Southeastern

Northern

Central West

North Western

Far West

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