Mosman Council

• Mosman

In February 1997, the Government gazetted that they had assigned the suburb of Mosman as the only suburb in the Municipality of Mosman. However, Mosman Council decided that residents should continue to be allowed to use the traditional locality names if they wished.{{cite web |url=http://www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/file_download/612/051128-agenda.pdf |publisher=Mosman Municipal Council |title=Ordinary Meeting Agenda |date=29 November 2005 |page=83 }}

The municipality also includes, manages and maintains the following localities and locations:

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• Athol Bay
• Balmoral
• Balmoral Beach
• Beauty Point
• Bradleys Head
• Chinamans Beach
• Chowder Bay
• Chowder Head
• Clifton Gardens
• Cobblers Beach
• Edwards Beach
• Georges Head
• Georges Heights
• Hunters Bay
• Little Sirius Cove
• Long Bay
• Middle Head
• Mosman Bay
• Obelisk Bay
• Parriwi Head
• Pearl Bay
• Quakers Hat Bay
• Rocky Point
• Shell Cove
• Spit Junction
• Taylors Bay
• Taronga Zoo
• The Spit
• Wyargine Point

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At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, there were {{formatnum:28329}} people in the Mosman local government area, of these 46.0 per cent were male and 54.0 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3 per cent of the population, significantly below the NSW and Australian averages of 3.4 and 3.2 per cent respectively. The median age of people in the Mosman Council area was 45 years, significantly above the national average of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 16.3 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.8 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 50.2 per cent were married and 11.3 per cent were either divorced or separated.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=LGA15350 |name=Mosman (A) |accessdate=5 July 2017 |quick=on}}

Population growth in the Mosman local government area between the {{CensusAU|2001}} and the {{CensusAU|2006}} was 2.99 per cent: in the subsequent five years to the {{CensusAU|2011}}, population growth was 4.64 per cent. At the 2016 census, the population in the Mosman Council area increased by 3.72 per cent. This was lower than the national average rate of total population growth of Australia for the same period, which was 8.8 per cent. The median weekly income for residents within the Mosman Council area in 2021 was nearly double the national average at $2,892 compared to $1,746 nationally.

About 23.1 per cent of residents in the Mosman Council area nominated an affiliation with Catholicism at the 2021 census, compared with the national average of 20.0 per cent. The proportion of residents with no religion was slightly higher than the national average at 40.1% compared to 38.4% nationally. Compared to the national average, at the 2016 census, households in the Mosman local government area had a low proportion (18.6 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 22.2 per cent); and a high proportion (77.9 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 72.7 per cent).

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{{See also|List of mayors of Mosman}}

Mosman Council comprises seven councillors, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor has been directly elected since 2012 while the six other councillors are elected proportionally as one ward. The deputy mayor is elected annually by the councillors. From the 2008 elections to the 2012 elections, the area was divided into three wards (Mosman Bay, Middle Harbour, Balmoral), each electing three councillors and the mayor was elected by the councillors annually.{{cite web |url=http://www.pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2008/result.Mosman.council.html |title=Mosman Municipal Council |work=2008 Election results |publisher=Electoral Commission of New South Wales |access-date=17 September 2012}} The most recent election was held on 14 September 2024, and the makeup of the council, including the mayor, is as follows:

The current Council, elected in 2024, in order of election, is:{{cite web|title=Mosman – Councillor Election|url=https://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/mosman/councillor|website=NSW Local Council Elections 2021|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|access-date=22 December 2021}}

{{excerpt|Results of the 2024 New South Wales local elections in Inner Sydney|section=Mosman results}}

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{{further|City of North Sydney}}

Mosman was first incorporated in 1867 as the "Mossmans Ward" of the Municipality of St Leonards, which lasted until 1890 when the boroughs of Victoria, St Leonards and East St Leonards merged to form the Borough of North Sydney, with the Mosman ward renamed as the "Mossman Ward". Following a petition submitted by residents in 1892, on 11 April 1893 the ward's separation as the Borough of Mosman was proclaimed by Lieutenant-Governor Sir Frederick Darley.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221710217 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=234 |date=11 April 1893 |access-date=4 March 2017 |page=2835 |via=National Library of Australia}} The first nine-member council was elected on 9 June 1893, with the first mayor, Richard Hayes Harnett Jr., elected on the same day.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222202613 |title=BOROUGH OF MOSMAN. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=434 |date=16 June 1893 |access-date=4 March 2017 |page=4759 |via=National Library of Australia}} From 28 December 1906, following the passing of the Local Government Act, 1906, the council was renamed as the "Municipality of Mosman". With the passing of the Local Government Act, 1993, the Municipality of Mosman was legally renamed as Mosman Council and aldermen were renamed councillors.

A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the Municipality of Mosman merge with adjoining councils. The government considered two proposals. The first proposed a merger of Manly and Mosman Councils and parts of Warringah Council to form a new council with an area of {{convert|49|km2}} and support a population of approximately 153,000.{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/1f1400c73d87c5fa1486b6e0782fa04a/Manly-Mosman-Warringah.pdf |title=Merger proposal: Manly Council, Mosman Municipal Council, Warringah Council (part) |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=January 2016 |access-date=27 February 2016 |page=8 }} The alternative, proposed by Warringah Council on 23 February 2016, was for an amalgamation of the Pittwater, Manly and Warringah councils. As a consequence of Warringah's proposal, the New South Wales Minister for Local Government Paul Toole proposed that the North Sydney, Willoughby and Mosman Councils be merged.{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/866097fdca2e24f4f17684ddffe68298/IGA-25-2-2016-16-11-29-667.pdf |title=North Sydney, Willoughby and Mosman councils Proposal |author=Toole, Paul |author-link=Paul Toole |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=25 February 2016 |access-date=27 February 2016 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In July 2017, the Berejiklian government decided to abandon the forced merger of the North Sydney, Willoughby and Mosman local government areas, along with several other proposed forced mergers.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-27/after-nsw-council-merger-backflip-mayors-try-to-get-money-back/8749462 |title=NSW council amalgamations: Mayors fight to claw back court dollars after backflip on merger |work=ABC News |location=Australia |date=27 July 2017 |access-date=27 July 2017 |author1=Blumer, Clare |author2=Chettle, Nicole }}

Mosman Council has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Balmoral, The Esplanade: Balmoral Bathers Pavilion{{cite NSW SHR|5045254|Balmoral Bathers Pavilion|hr=00760|fn=S93/00304|access-date=18 May 2018}}
• Georges Head, Chowder Bay Road: Georges Head Fortifications{{cite NSW SHR|5014090|Georges Head Military Fortifications|hr=00987|fn=10/03718; H98/00237|access-date=18 May 2018}}
• Middle Head, Middle Head Road: Middle Head Fortifications{{cite NSW SHR|5045689|Middle Head Military Fortifications|hr=00999|fn=10/03718|access-date=18 May 2018}}
• Mosman, Avenue Road: Mosman Bay Sewage Aqueduct{{cite NSW SHR|5051429|Mosman Bay Sewage Aqueduct|hr=01328|fn=H05/00106|access-date=18 May 2018}}
• Mosman, 1 Avenue Road: Monterey{{cite NSW SHR|5045032|Monterey, residential apartments|hr=00367|fn=S90/03325 & HC 32878|access-date=18 May 2018}}
• Mosman, 3a Avenue Road: The Barn, Scout Hall{{cite NSW SHR|5045118|The Barn - Scout Hall|hr=00188|fn=S90/05800 & HC 32501|access-date=18 May 2018}}
• Mosman, 114 Belmont Road: Alma House{{cite NSW SHR|5045034|Alma House|hr=00070|fn=EF14/4992; S90/6112; HC32179|access-date=18 May 2018}}
• Mosman, Bradleys Head Road (within Sydney Harbour NP): Bradleys Head Fortification Complex{{cite NSW SHR|5060706|Bradleys Head Forts and HMAS Sydney 1 Mast and Associated Memorials|hr=01838|fn=09/01402 HC Plan 2317|access-date=18 May 2018}}
• Mosman, 34 Bullecourt Avenue: Woolley House{{cite NSW SHR|5001274|Woolley House|hr=01514|fn=10/3727; H00/00426|access-date=18 May 2018}}
• Mosman, 42 Cowles Road: 42 Cowles Road, Mosman{{cite NSW SHR|5045039|Building|hr=00430|fn=S90/04801 & HC 33056|access-date=18 May 2018}}
• Mosman, 624-632 Military Road: Boronia House{{cite NSW SHR|5045046|Boronia|hr=00069|fn=S90/02090 & HC 3203|access-date=18 May 2018}}
• Mosman, 28 Mistral Avenue: 28 Mistral Avenue, Mosman{{cite NSW SHR|5045051|Residence|hr=00210|fn=S90/01980 & HC 32340|access-date=18 May 2018}}
• Mosman, 65 Parriwi Road: Igloo House{{cite NSW SHR|5045139|Igloo House, The|hr=01652|fn=H00/00503|access-date=18 May 2018}}
• Port Jackson, Bradleys Head: Bradleys Head Light{{cite NSW SHR|5051364|Bradleys Head Light Tower|hr=01430|fn=10/03713;|access-date=18 May 2018}}

Mosman has twin town status with {{NSWcity|Glen Innes}}.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

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