Electoral district of Sydney-Bligh

{{Short description|Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia}}

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Sydney-Bligh was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, in central Sydney, created in 1894, with the abolition of the multi-member district of East Sydney and named after naval officer and colonial administrator William Bligh.{{NSW Parliamentary Record |part=5B |access-date=2020-10-27}}{{cite web |title=Former Members |work=Members of Parliament |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/formermembers/pages/former-members-index.aspx |access-date=2020-10-27}}{{Cite NSW election |last=Green |first=Antony |author-link=Antony Green |title=Elections for the District of Sydney-Bligh |year=DistrictIndexes |district=Sydney Bligh |access-date=2020-10-27}} It was in the Darlinghurst area, bounded by Riley Street, William Street, King's Cross Road, Bayswater Road, Neild Avenue, Boundary Street and Oxford Street.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222121035 |title=Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |date=23 August 1893 |access-date=2020-10-27 |page=6681 |via=Trove}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222197006 |title=Proclamation: names and boundaries of electoral districts |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |date=5 October 1893 |access-date=2020-10-27 |page=7752 |via=Trove}} It was abolished in 1904 and partly replaced by the electoral district of Darlinghurst.