It is classified as an Alpha global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, indicating its influence in the region and throughout the world.
ĭespite being one of the most expensive cities in the world, Sydney frequently ranks in the top ten most liveable cities in the world. Foreign countries of birth with the greatest representation are Mainland China, India, England, Vietnam and the Philippines. After World War II, Sydney experienced mass migration and by 2021 over 40 per cent of the population was born overseas. In 1788, the First Fleet of convicts, led by Arthur Phillip, founded Sydney as a British penal colony, the first European settlement in Australia. ĭuring his first Pacific voyage in 1770, Lieutenant James Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to chart the eastern coast of Australia, making landfall at Botany Bay. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are the clans of the Darug, Dharawal and Eora peoples. Īboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. Nicknames of the city include the ' Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas.
Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 70 km (43.5 mi) towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney ( / ˈ s ɪ d n i/ ( listen) SID-nee) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania.
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