What it does: Waverley Council provides and supports a variety of services, programs, and initiatives to sustain and improve the quality of life for the Waverley community.
Mission: Waverley Council is committed to providing equal employment opportunities.
Size and presence: Present in New South Wales, Australia employing around 1000 people.
Best known for: Our heritage buildings and landmarks are important reminders of the past and a source of pride for our community. Many of our treasured buildings, monuments, Aboriginal places, gardens, archaeological sites, streets, and conservation areas need to be protected and conserved for the enjoyment of future generations.
The good bits: Fun productive team, great team environment.
The not-so-good bits: Management needs to be more transparent.
History is a continuous process of interaction between the historian and the facts, an unending dialogue between the present and the past.’ What is History? E. C. Carr, 1990. The Local Studies collection at Waverley Library celebrates our local history. An active collection, it contains original records documenting the lives of local people, the histories of local organizations, and some Waverley Council records, including early Council minutes and correspondence files. It also houses objects related to the local area, oral histories, a photographic and cartographic collection, audio-visual resources, research files, and specialist publications. Our interest in history gives us a way to understand society. Historians value cultural memory believing that we are enriched by understanding how we are all products of history. By giving us a way to comprehend the past, history helps us to understand our world now. The questions we ask of the past, the topics we research and the interpretations we make, are heavily influenced by the times in which we live. For this reason, there are many histories of the Waverley area, some are even contradictory – but all are equally valuable.
Waverley Council is committed to building a welcoming, cohesive and resilient community where people of all cultural backgrounds can belong and participate in social, cultural, economic, and civic life. This stems from our strong affirmation that racism and discrimination have no place in Waverley.
Our commitment is demonstrated through our Cultural Diversity Strategy (2021 - 2031) which was informed through community input and collaboration with local stakeholders, peak bodies, and representatives from local organizations, including Council’s Multicultural Advisory Committee.
Waverley Council is a dynamic and progressive Council, positioned in Sydney's beautiful Eastern Suburbs. The Council operates within the boundaries of its Local Government Area (LGA), covering 9km2 along with the suburbs of Bronte, Tamarama, and Bondi, north to Dover Heights and Rose Bay, west to Queens Park, Bondi Junction, and Charing Cross, and south to Bronte.
Council provides and supports a variety of services, programs, and initiatives to sustain and improve the quality of life for the Waverley community.
This includes the delivery of 22 main services and up to 150 sub-services covering a wide range of activities, such as:
Over 50 native creatures from tiny lizards to flying foxes call our stunning corner of the world home. Our 5.8 hectares of coastal native vegetation is squeezed between development and the ocean.
We aim to continue to improve the quality of these bushland areas to maintain a healthy coast and provide habitat for the local wildlife.
By improving conditions for priority vegetation sites, we hope to ensure precious natural bushland sites and endangered species are not lost. This will be achieved through:
By doing this we also want to make a difference in the future and ensure at least 40 percent of local priority vegetation spots are in good condition by 2030. Your garden at home is important too, it can provide important connectivity for wildlife to move around.