City of Newcastle election was held on 8 September 2012. The Lord Mayor elected at that time, Jeff McCloy, resigned in 2014, and a by-election for Lord Mayor was held on 15 November 2014. The current makeup of the Council, including the Lord Mayor, is as follows: The current Council, elected in September 2017 in order of election by ward is: Newcastle Council has sister city relations with the following cities: City of Newcastle The City of Newcastle is a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. The City of Newcastle incorporates much of the area of the
State Dockyard, Newcastle dock was scrapped in 1977. In 2007 the outline of the painted "STATE DOCKYARD" sign on southern roof of the former dockyard building could still be viewed from above. As of 2014, the surviving State Dockyard built ships are "Cape Don", a lighthouse tender built in 1962 for the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service which is now a museum ship at Balls Head Bay, Waverton. The ferries "Lady Herron", "Freshwater", "Queenscliff", "Narrabeen" and "Collaroy" continue to operate for Harbour City Ferries, while former Sydney Harbour ferries "Lady Cutler" and "Lady McKell" operate as cruise boats on Port Phillip. State Dockyard, Newcastle The