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Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from the Ku … See more
In 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip, the first governor of New South Wales, named the cove where the first British settlement was established Sydney Cove after Home Secretary Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney. … See more
Topography
Sydney is a coastal basin with the Tasman Sea to the east, the Blue Mountains to the west, the Hawkesbury River to the north, and the Woronora Plateau to the south.
Sydney spans two geographic regions. The See moreResearchers from Loughborough University have ranked Sydney amongst the top ten world cities that are highly integrated into the … See more
The population of Sydney in 1788 was less than 1,000. With convict transportation it almost tripled in ten years to 2,953. For each decade since 1961 the population has … See more
First inhabitants of the region
The first people to inhabit the area now known as Sydney were Aboriginal Australians See moreThe Greater Sydney Commission divides Sydney into three "cities" and five "districts" based on the 33 LGAs in the metropolitan area. The "metropolis of three cities" comprises … See more
Architecture
The earliest structures in the colony were built to the bare minimum of standards. Governor Macquarie set ambitious targets for the design of … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license Sydney, Australia | Official Sydney Tourism Website
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