St James Parish, Cumberland is one of the 57 parishes of Cumberland County, New South Wales, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It is one of the four small parishes in the

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city area, which is named after the Anglican church of

St James Saint James or St. James may refer to: People Saints *James, brother of Jesus (died 62 or 69), also known as James the Just *James the Great (died 44), Apostle, also known as James, son of Zebedee, or Saint James the Greater **Saint James Matamoro ...

, which was consecrated in 1824. The name St James is also used today for the railway station in the same area. A record for a marriage, funeral or baptism ceremony held in the 'Parish of St James' refers to this civil parish, not necessarily meaning the Anglican church of St James, and the church notes that this has been the case of some confusion. A marriage held at the catholic St Mary's Cathedral in the 19th century would be recorded as being in the Parish of St James.

Locations

The parish includes a large number of tourist attractions and important buildings in Sydney, including the

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, Sydney Tower, NSW parliament house, Royal Botanic Gardens The Domain, the part of

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north of Park street, Circular Quay, and Martin Place. The parish is bounded by the area which was originally the Tank Stream (now Pitt Street near Circular Quay), and George Street in the west. It is bounded by Park Street and part of William Street in the south, and Young Crescent and Woolloomooloo Bay in the east.

Images

Images of locations in the Parish of St James: Image:StJamesChurchSydney.jpg, St James Church Image:St James station Sydney.jpg, St James station Image:SydneyOperaHouse1 gobeirne.jpg,

File:Government House in Sydney.jpg, Government House Image:StMarysCathedral fromHydePark.JPG, St Mary's Cathedral Image:Front_of_gallery.JPG,

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, located near the eastern end of the parish Image:Centre Point Tower In Sydney CBD.jpg, Sydney Tower, near the western end of the parish Image:NSWParliament2.jpg, NSW parliament house Image:ArchibaldFountainHydePark.JPG, The

Archibald Fountain The Archibald Fountain, properly called the J. F. Archibald Memorial Fountain is located in Hyde Park, in central Sydney. It is named after J. F. Archibald, owner and editor of '' The Bulletin'' magazine, who bequeathed funds to have it bu ...

and the surrounding northern part of

which is north of Park Street Image:CircularQuaySydney.jpg, Circular Quay (the quay itself is located in St James parish, while the land this photo was taken from is in the Parish of

St Philip Philip the Apostle ( el, Φίλιππος; Aramaic: ܦܝܠܝܦܘܣ; cop, ⲫⲓⲗⲓⲡⲡⲟⲥ, ''Philippos'') was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Later Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostle ...

) Image:Martin Place, Sydney.jpg, Martin Place Image:StateLibraryOfNewSouthWales1 gobeirne.jpg,

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References

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