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Customer Service Centre: 31 Victor St, Chatswood NSW 2067, AUSTRALIA

Operating hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Postal address: PO Box 57 Chatswood NSW 2057, AUSTRALIA

Phone: +61 (2) 9777 1000

Email: email@willoughby.nsw.gov.au

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Acknowledgement of Country

Willoughby City Council acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we stand, the Gamaragal people. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

Willoughby City Councillors voted to endorse the Uluru Statement from the Heart in July 2018.

   

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