St James Parish, Cumberland is one of the 57 parishes of Cumberland County, New South Wales

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....

, a cadastral unit

Cadastral divisions of New South Wales

Lands administrative divisions of New South Wales refers to the 141 counties within the Australian state of New South Wales, which are further subdivided into 7,459 parishes. There are also three Land Divisions, around 100 Land Districts, and several other types of districts as well as land boards...

 for use on land titles. It is one of the four small parishes in the Sydney

Sydney

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 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 in the same area.

A record for a marriage, funeral or baptism ceremony held in the 'Parish of St James' refers to this geographical 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

St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney

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 in the nineteenth 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

Sydney Opera House

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, Sydney Tower

Sydney Tower

Sydney Tower Eye is Sydney's tallest free-standing structure, and the second tallest in Australia...

, NSW parliament house

Parliament House, Sydney

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, Royal Botanic Gardens

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia, are the most central of the three major botanical gardens open to the public in Sydney....

 The Domain

The Domain, Sydney

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, the part of Hyde Park

Hyde Park, Sydney

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 north of Park street, Circular Quay, and Martin Place

Martin Place, Sydney

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

Tank Stream

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 (now Pitt Street

Pitt Street, Sydney

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 near Circular Quay), and George Street

George Street, Sydney

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 in the west. It is bounded by Park Street

Park Street, Sydney

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 and part of William Street

William Street, Sydney

William Street is a major thoroughfare in Sydney, Australia. It runs from Kings Cross to Hyde Park where it turns into Park Street. The street forms the border between the two suburbs of Woolloomooloo and Darlinghurst. Today the newly completed Cross City Tunnel follows much of the route of William...

 in the south, and Young Crescent and Woolloomooloo Bay in the east.

Images

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