St James Parish, Cumberland is one of the 57 parishes of

Cumberland County, New South Wales Cumberland County is a county in the State of New South Wales, Australia. Most of the Sydney metropolitan area is located within the County of Cumberland. The County of Cumberland stretches from Broken Bay to the north, the Hawkesbury River ...

, a cadastral unit for use on

land titles Land registration is any of various systems by which matters concerning ownership, possession, or other rights in land are formally recorded (usually with a government agency or department) to provide evidence of title, facilitate transactions, ...

. It is one of the four small parishes in the

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

city area, which is named after the Anglican church of St James, which was consecrated in 1824. The name St James is also used today for the

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

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

Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings and a masterpiece of 20th-century architec ...

Sydney Tower Sydney Tower is the tallest structure in Sydney, Australia, and the second-tallest observation tower in the Southern Hemisphere. It has also been known as ''Centrepoint Tower'', ''AMP Tower'', and colloquially as'' Flower Tower'', ''Glower To ...

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

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north of Park street,

Circular Quay Circular Quay is a harbour, former working port and now international passenger shipping port, public piazza and tourism precinct, heritage area, and transport node located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the northern edge of the Syd ...

, and

Martin Place Martin Place is a pedestrian mall in the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. Martin Place has been described as the "civic heart" of Sydney.

. The parish is bounded by the area which was originally the

Tank Stream The Tank Stream is a heritage-listed former fresh water tributary of Sydney Cove and now tunnel and watercourse located in the Sydney central business district, in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The Ta ...

(now

Pitt Street Pitt Street is a major street in the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. The street runs through the entire city centre from Circular Quay in the north to Waterloo, although today's street is in two disjointed sec ...

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 Woolloomooloo ( ) is a harbourside, inner-city Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Woolloomooloo is 1.5 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, lo ...

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 Government House is the name of many of the official residences of governors-general, governors and lieutenant-governors in the Commonwealth and the remaining colonies of the British Empire. The name is also used in some other countries. Gover ...

Image:StMarysCathedral fromHydePark.JPG, St Mary's Cathedral Image:Front_of_gallery.JPG,

Art Gallery of New South Wales The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), founded as the New South Wales Academy of Art in 1872 and known as the National Art Gallery of New South Wales between 1883 and 1958, is located in The Domain, Sydney, Australia. It is the most importa ...

, located near the eastern end of the parish Image:Centre Point Tower In Sydney CBD.jpg,

, near the western end of the parish Image:NSWParliament2.jpg, NSW parliament house Image:ArchibaldFountainHydePark.JPG, The Archibald Fountain and the surrounding northern part of

which is north of Park Street Image:CircularQuaySydney.jpg,

(the quay itself is located in St James parish, while the land this photo was taken from is in the Parish of St Philip) Image:Martin Place, Sydney.jpg,

Martin Place Martin Place is a pedestrian mall in the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. Martin Place has been described as the "civic heart" of Sydney.

Image:StateLibraryOfNewSouthWales1 gobeirne.jpg,

State Library of New South Wales The State Library of New South Wales, part of which is known as the Mitchell Library, is a large heritage-listed special collections, reference and research library open to the public and is one of the oldest libraries in Australia. Establish ...

References

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