    the city of botany bay is a local government area in the eastern suburbs of sydney, in the state of new south wales, australia. the area encompasses the suburbs to the north of botany bay, such as botany. the administrative centre is located at mascot, which is  south of the sydney central business district. before 1996, the city was known as the municipality of botany. the mayor of the city of botany bay council is cr. ben keneally, a member of the labor party and the husband of kristina keneally, a former premier of new south wales. == suburbs in the local government area == suburbs in the city of botany bay are: * banksmeadow * botany * botany bay * daceyville * eastgardens * eastlakes * hillsdale * mascot * matraville * pagewood (parts are located in city of randwick council) * rosebery == demographics == at the 2011 census, there were 39,356 people in the botany bay local government area, of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. aboriginal and torres strait islander people made up 1.6% of the population. the median age of people in the city of botan
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