Sydney
Sydney is the Harbour City, and is the oldest and most cosmopolitan city in Australia with an enviable reputation as one of the world's most beautiful and livable cities.Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Popular Destinations
City Centre
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The Sydney City Centre was where Governor Arthur Phillip first raised the British flag on Australian soil in January 1788, the earliest site of European settlement in Australia.
Sydney Harbour National Park
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Sydney Harbour National Park is a national park scattered across Sydney Harbour, Australia.
Inner West
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The Inner West of Sydney stretches from the small inner city suburb of Chippendale to the secondary railway hub and business-retail centre of Strathfield and also Sydney Olympic Park to the west.
Destinations
Eastern suburbs
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The Eastern Suburbs of Sydney are located east of Sydney CBD at the northern end of Eastern Sydney…
City East
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Immediately to the east of the City Centre and also adjacent to City South is an area of laneways, nightlife, cafes, pubs, bars and entertainment.
Parramatta
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Parramatta is a western district of Sydney, a city in its own right within the Sydney Metropolitan Area, and the second oldest European settlement on the Australian mainland.
Sydney Airport
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Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport is the main airport of Australia's largest city, Sydney.
Botany Bay
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Airport & Botany Bay is an arbitrary district name for the areas surrounding Botany Bay and also those directly south of Sydney, which include Sydney Airport, Redfern, Alexandria, Brighton-le-Sands, Mascot and Rockdale among others.
Northern Beaches
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The Northern Beaches of Sydney refers to a suburban district located in the north of the city…
Lower North Shore
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The Lower North Shore is the metropolitan area on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour and is surrounded by Middle Harbour to the east and Lane Cove River to the west.
Darling Harbour
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Darling Harbour is a leisure and entertainment precinct, in central Sydney.
The Rocks
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The Rocks is sandstone buildings, history, laneways, culture and Australiana by day, and a busy pub scene by night.
City South
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The City South district is home to Australia's largest Chinatown as well as its largest train station, Central station.
Sydney Olympic Park
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Sydney Olympic Park is an area 15 km west of Sydney CBD.
Macquarie Park
Macquarie Park-Ryde is the metropolitan area on the northern bank of the Parramatta River and is bordered by Lane Cove National Park to the east and north and Parramatta and the Hills District to the west.Royal National Park
The Royal National Park is a New South Wales national park on the southern fringe of Sydney in New South Wales, around 35 km south from the CBD.St George and Sutherland Shire
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St George and Sutherland Shire is a district about 25 km south of Sydney CBD, centred around the Georges River and bounded by Botany Bay and Port Hacking.
Hills District
Hills and Hawkesbury is the largely residential area to the north west of the CBD and north of Macquarie Park.Cronulla
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Cronulla is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Upper North Shore
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The Upper North Shore is a leafy and affluent residential area to the north of the heart of Sydney.
South West
Southwestern Sydney is a large residential area to the south and west of Sydney, including the centres of Cabramatta and Liverpool.Harbour Islands
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The Harbour Islands are Sydney's best kept secret. There are several in the harbour that you can visit to explore, for a picnic, or just to take in the history and the view.
Brooklyn
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Brooklyn is a small fishing town perched on the banks of the Hawkesbury River, making it one of the most northerly areas of Sydney.
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
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The Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park is a national park in the very north of the Sydney area in the Australian state of New South Wales, close to Sydney's Northern Beaches…
Kamay Botany Bay National Park
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Kamay Botany Bay National Park is in Sydney, Australia, in two separate sections, one being in the…
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Notable Places in the Area
Sydney Harbour Bridge
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge in Sydney, spanning Sydney Harbour from the central business district to the North Shore.Sydney Tower
Sydney Tower Eye, also known as Centre Point Tower is the tallest structure in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and the second-tallest observation tower in the Southern Hemisphere.Australian Museum
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The Australian Museum is a heritage-listed museum at 1 William Street, Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia.
Localities in the Area
Bondi Beach
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Bondi Beach is a popular beach and the name of the surrounding suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
North Sydney
The Lower North Shore is the metropolitan area on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour and is surrounded by Middle Harbour to the east and Lane Cove River to the west.Surry Hills
Surry Hills is an inner-east suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.Sydney
- Type: City with 4,700,000 residents
- Description: capital city of New South Wales, Australia
- Categories: metropolis, big city, million city, largest city, state capital, global city, financial centre and locality
- Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-33.86° or 33° 51' 36" southLongitude
151.2111° or 151° 12' 40" eastPopulation
4,700,000Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)IATA airport code
SYDUnited Nations Location Code
AU SYDOpen Location Code
4RRH46R6+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 13766899OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
2147714Wikidata ID
Q3130Sydney Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Sydney
- Abkhazian: Сиднеи
- Achinese: Sydney
- Adyghe: Сидней
- Afar: Sidney
- Afrikaans: Sydney
- Akan: Sydney
- Albanian: Sidnej
- Albanian: Sydney
- Amharic: ሲድኒ
- Arabic: Sydney
- Arabic: سيدني
- Aragonese: Sydney
- Armenian: Սիդնեյ
- Arpitan: Sydney
- Assamese: ছিডনী
- Asturian: Sydney
- Aymara: Sidni
- Azerbaijani: Sidney
- Balinese: Sidni
- Bambara: Sydney
- Bashkir: Сидней
- Basque: Sydney
- Bavarian: Sydney
- Belarusian: Сыднэй
- Belarusian: Сідней
- Belarusian: Сіднэй
- Bengali: সিডনি
- Bhojpuri: सिडनी, ऑस्ट्रेलिया
- Bhojpuri: सिडनी
- Bislama: Sydney
- Bosnian: Sydney
- Breton: Sydney
- Bulgarian: Сидни
- Burmese: ဆစ်ဒနီမြို့
- Catalan: Sydney
- Cebuano: Sydney
- Central Bikol: Sidney
- Central Kurdish: سیدنی
- Chamorro: Sidni
- Chavacano: Sydney
- Chechen: Сидней
- Cherokee: ᏏᎢdᏂᎢ
- Cherokee: ᏏᎢᏗᏂᎢ
- Cheyenne: Sydney
- Chinese: Sydney
- Chinese: 悉尼
- Chinese: 雪梨 (澳洲)
- Chinese: 雪梨
- Chuvash: Сидней
- Cornish: Sydney
- Corsican: Sydney
- Cree: ᓯᑎᓂ
- Crimean Tatar: Sidney
- Croatian: Sydney
- Czech: Sydney
- Danish: Sydney
- Dimli (individual language): Sidney
- Dinka: Thidni
- Dutch: Sydney
- Eastern Mari: Сидней
- Egyptian Arabic: سيدنى
- English: Emerald City
- English: Eora
- English: Gadi
- English: Greater Sydney
- English: Harbour City
- English: Port Jackson
- English: Syd
- English: Sydney, Australia
- English: Sydney, N. S. W.
- English: Sydney, N.S.W.
- English: Sydney, NSW, Australia
- English: Sydney, NSW
- English: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- English: Sydney, New South Wales
- English: Sydney City
- Erzya: Сидней ош
- Esperanto: Sidnejo
- Estonian: Sydney
- Extremaduran: Sidney
- Faroese: Sydney
- Fiji Hindi: Sydney
- Fijian: Serene
- Finnish: Sydney
- French: Sydney
- Friulian: Sydney
- Gagauz: Sydney
- Galician: Sidney
- Galician: Sydney
- Georgian: სიდნეი
- German: Sydney
- German: Sydney, Australien
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Sydney
- Greek: Σίδνεϊ
- Greek: Σίδνεϋ
- Guarani: Sínei
- Gujarati: સિડની
- Gujarati: સીડની
- Haitian: Sidnè
- Hakka Chinese: Sit-nì
- Hakka Chinese: Sydney
- Hausa: Kikinē
- Hausa: Sydney
- Hawaiian: Kikinē
- Hebrew: סידני
- Hindi: सिडनी
- Hindi: सिड्णि
- Hungarian: Sydney
- Icelandic: Sydney
- Ido: Sydney
- Iloko: Sydney
- Inari Sami: Sydney
- Indonesian: Sydney
- Ingush: Сидней
- Interlingua: Sydney
- Interlingue: Sydney
- Inuktitut: ᓯᑦᓂ
- Irish: Sydney
- Italian: Sydney
- Jamaican Creole English: Sidni
- Japanese: シドニー
- Japanese: 悉尼
- Japanese: 雪梨
- Javanese: Sydney
- Kabiyè: Sidinee
- Kabyle: Sydney
- Kalaallisut: Sydney
- Kannada: ಸಿಡ್ಣಿ
- Kannada: ಸಿಡ್ನಿ
- Kara-Kalpak: Sidney
- Karachay-Balkar: Сидней
- Kazakh: Сидней
- Kazakh: Сидней қаласы
- Khmer: ស៊ីដនីយ៏
- Kirghiz: Сидней
- Korean: 그레이터 시드니
- Korean: 시드니
- Korean: 시드니 광역권
- Korean: 씨드니
- Korean: 에메랄드 시티
- Korean: 포트잭슨
- Korean: 하버 시티
- Kurdish: Sîdney
- Ladino: Sydney
- Lao: Sydney
- Latin: Sanctus Dionysius
- Latin: Sydneium
- Latvian: Sidneja
- Lezghian: Сидней
- Ligurian: Sydney
- Limburgan: Sydney
- Lithuanian: Sidnėjus
- Lombard: Sydney
- Low German: Sydney
- Luxembourgish: Sydney
- Macedonian: Сиднеј
- Maithili: सिड्नी
- Malagasy: Sydney
- Malay: Sydney
- Malay: سيدني
- Malayalam: സിഡ്നി
- Maltese: Sydney
- Manx: Sydney
- Maori: Poihākena
- Maori: Poihākene
- Maori: Pō Hākene
- Marathi: सिडनी
- Mazanderani: سیدنی
- Min Dong Chinese: Sydney
- Min Dong Chinese: Sék-nà̤
- Min Nan Chinese: Sydney
- Mingrelian: სიდნეი
- Moksha: Сыднэй
- Mongolian: Сидней
- Moroccan Arabic: سيدني
- Nauru: Sydney
- Nepali: सिड्नी
- Nepali: सिद्नी
- Newari: सिद्नी
- Nigerian Pidgin: Sidni
- Northern Frisian: Sydney (Steed)
- Northern Frisian: Sydney
- Northern Sami: Sydney
- Norwegian: Sydney
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sydney
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Sydney
- Novial: Sydney
- Nyanja: Sydney
- Occitan (post 1500): Gadigal
- Occitan (post 1500): Sydney
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܣܝܕܢܝ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Sydney
- Oromo: Siidnii
- Ossetian: Сидней
- Panjabi: ਸਿਡਨੀ
- Papiamento: Sydney
- Pennsylvania German: Sydney
- Persian: سیدنی
- Picard: Sydney
- Piemontese: Sydney
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Sidni
- Polish: Sydney, Australia
- Polish: Sydney, Nowa Południowa Walia, Australia
- Polish: Sydney, Nowa Południowa Walia
- Polish: Sydney
- Portuguese: Sydney
- Pushto: سیدنی
- Pushto: سیډني
- Quechua: Sydney
- Romanian: Sydney
- Russia Buriat: Сидней
- Russian: Сидней
- Russian: Сидни
- Rusyn: Сідні
- Samoan: Sini
- Samogitian: Sėdniejos
- Sanskrit: सिडनी
- Sanskrit: सिड्नि
- Santali: ᱥᱤᱰᱱᱤ
- Sardinian: Sydney
- Saterfriesisch: Sydney
- Scots: Sydney
- Scottish Gaelic: Sydney
- Serbian: Сиднеј
- Serbo-Croatian: Sydney
- Seri: piter la anguila
- Sicilian: Sydney
- Silesian: Sydney
- Sindhi: سڊني
- Sinhala: සිඩ්නි
- Skolt Sami: Sydney
- Slovak: Sydney
- Slovenian: Sydney
- Somali: Sydney
- South Azerbaijani: سیدنی
- Spanish: Sidney
- Spanish: Sidney, Australia
- Spanish: Sydney
- Spanish: Sydney (Australia)
- Spanish: Sídney
- Spanish: Sídney (Nueva Gales del Sur)
- Sundanese: Sydney
- Swahili: Sydney
- Swedish: Sydney
- Swiss German: Sydney
- Tagalog: Sidney
- Tagalog: Sydney
- Tahitian: Sydney
- Tahitian: Tene
- Tajik: Сидней
- Tamil: சிட்னி
- Tamil: ஸிட்னி
- Tatar: Сидней
- Telugu: సిడ్నీ
- Tetum: Sidni
- Thai: ซิดนีย์
- Tibetan: སིད་ནེ།
- Tok Pisin: Sidni
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Senē
- Tosk Albanian: Sydney
- Tumbuka: Sydney
- Turkish: Sidney
- Turkmen: Sidneý
- Twi: Sydney
- Tyap: Si̱dni
- Udmurt: Сидней
- Uighur: Sidnéy
- Ukrainian: Сідней, Австралія
- Ukrainian: Сідней
- Upper Sorbian: Sydney
- Urdu: سڈنی
- Uzbek: Sidney
- Venetian: Sydney
- Veps: Sidnei
- Vietnamese: Sydney
- Vlax Romani: Sydney
- Volapük: Sydney
- Võro: Sydney
- Waray (Philippines): Sydney
- Welsh: Sydney
- Western Armenian: Սիտնի
- Western Frisian: Sydney
- Western Panjabi: سڈنی
- Wu Chinese: 悉尼
- Xhosa: Sidni
- Yakut: Сидней
- Yiddish: סידני
- Yoruba: Sydney
- Yue Chinese: 雪梨 (澳洲)
- Yue Chinese: 雪梨
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Sydney. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.