Sydney

Sydney Gadi Warrang New South Wales
Sydney Harbour (Landmarks include Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.)
Map of the Sydney metropolitan area
Sydney
Coordinates	33°51′54″S 151°12′34″E / 33.86500°S 151.20944°E / -33.86500; 151.20944
Population	5,029,768 (2016)[1] (1st)
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) (2015)[2]
Established	January 26 1788
Area	12,367.7 km2 (4,775.2 sq mi)(GCCSA)[3]
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
Location	877 km (545 mi) NE of Melbourne 923 km (574 mi) S of Brisbane 287 km (178 mi) NE of Canberra 3,936 km (2,446 mi) E of Perth 1,404 km (872 mi) E of Adelaide
LGA(s)	various (31)
County	Cumberland[4]
State electorate(s)	various (49)
Federal division(s)	various (24)
Mean max temp[5] Mean min temp[5] Annual rainfall[5] 22.8 °C 73 °F 14.7 °C 58 °F 1,149.7 mm 45.3 in
Footnotes	Coordinates:[6]

Sydney (Dharuk: Gadi, also Warrang) is a city on the east coast of Australia which is the capital city of New South Wales. About five and a half million people live in Sydney which makes it the biggest city in both Australia and Oceania.

Sydney started in 1788, when the Captain Arthur Phillip brought the First Fleet to settle in Australia. The settlers were mostly convicts from crowded prisons in England and Ireland, with a group of soldiers to guard them. The country is home to more than 200 spoken languages with a large population of overseas-born residents.^[7] The first people to occupy the area were Australian Aboriginals.^[8]

1. ↑ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2015–16:ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION – Australia's capital city populations, June 2016". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017. Estimated resident population, June 30, 2016.
2. ↑ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2014–15: New South Wales: Population Density". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 30 March 2016. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
3. ↑ "Greater Sydney: Basic Community Profile". 2011 Census Community Profiles. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original (xls) on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
4. ↑ "Cumberland County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "Sydney (Observatory Hill)". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
6. ↑ "Sydney". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
7. ↑ "Sydney Information". Business Events Sydney. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
8. ↑ "Aboriginal history and the Gadigal people".