The Rocks
The Rocks is sandstone buildings, history, laneways, culture and Australiana by day, and a busy pub scene by night. It is the historical precinct of central Sydney immediately to the north of the City centre on the western side of Sydney Cove, and where the First Fleet set up their first convict settlement.Photo: Adam.J.W.C., CC BY-SA 2.5.
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Darling Harbour
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Darling Harbour is a leisure and entertainment precinct, in central Sydney.
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.Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, formerly the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, is located on George Street in The Rocks neighbourhood of Sydney.Localities in the Area
City Centre
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
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.
City East
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
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.
City South
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
The City South district is home to Australia's largest Chinatown as well as its largest train station, Central station.
The Rocks
- Type: Suburb with 2,050 residents
- Description: urban locality in Sydney's city centre in New South Wales, Australia
- Category: locality
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.85999° or 33° 51' 36" southLongitude
151.20832° or 151° 12' 30" eastPopulation
2,050Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)Open Location Code
4RRH46R5+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 21398002OpenStreetMap Feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2146874Wikidata ID
Q14210737The Rocks Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Aragonese: The Rocks
- Chinese: 岩石區
- Dutch: The Rocks
- English: Talla-wo-la-dah
- English: The Rocks, New South Wales, Australia
- English: The Rocks, New South Wales
- English: The Rocks, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- French: The Rocks
- German: The Rocks
- German: The Rocks (Sydney)
- Hebrew: הרוקס
- Hebrew: רוקס, ניו סאות' ויילס
- Hebrew: רוקס
- Indonesian: The Rocks, New South Wales
- Indonesian: The Rocks
- Italian: The Rocks
- Japanese: ザ・ロックス (ニューサウスウェールズ州)
- Japanese: ザ・ロックス
- Korean: 록스
- Korean: 시드니 락스
- Korean: 시드니 록스
- Luxembourgish: The Rocks
- Malay: The Rocks, New South Wales
- Persian: د راکس، نیو ساوت ولز
- Polish: The Rocks
- Portuguese: The Rocks
- Romanian: The Rocks, New South Wales
- Romanian: The Rocks
- Turkish: The Rocks
- Urdu: دی راکس، نیو ساؤتھ ویلز
- 더 록스
Other Places Named The Rocks
In the Area
- Quay QuarterNeighbourhood
- The Hungry MileNeighbourhood
- BarangarooSuburb
- Peacock PointNeighbourhood
- Sydney WharfLocality
- Darling IslandNeighbourhood
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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 The Rocks. Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.