a b http://www.smh.com.au/national/tough-week-for-a-sydney-success-story-20120217-1te9q.html?skin=text-only [ dead link] Energy, Department of the Environment and (17 April 2018). "National Heritage Places – Old Government House and Government Domain, Parramatta". Environment.gov.au. The State Library of New South Wales holds the oldest library collections in Australia, being established as the Australian Subscription Library in 1826. [340] The Royal Society of New South Wales, formed in 1866, encourages "studies and investigations in science, art, literature, and philosophy". It is based in a terrace house in Darlington owned by the University of Sydney. [341] The Sydney Observatory building was constructed in 1859 and used for astronomy and meteorology research until 1982 before being converted into a museum. [342] Construction of the CBD and South East Light Rail was completed in April 2020. [191] The project aims to provide reliable and high-capacity tram services to residents in the City and South-East.

Sydney's Chinatown has had numerous locations since the 1850s. It moved from George Street to Campbell Street to its current setting in Dixon Street in 1980. [362] Little Italy is located in Stanley Street. [276]Whitaker, Anne-Maree (2009). "Castle Hill convict rebellion 1804". Dictionary of Sydney . Retrieved 3 January 2017. Clans of the Sydney region whose territory wasn't reliably recorded are: the Domaragal, Doogagal, Gannalgal, Changes not music to purists' ears". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 September 2008 . Retrieved 14 November 2016.

Blainey, Geoffrey (2020). Captain Cook's epic voyage. Australia: Viking. pp.141–43. ISBN 9781760895099. Sydney has public, denominational, and independent schools. 7.8% of Sydney residents are attending primary school and 6.4% are enrolled in secondary school. [409] There are 935 public preschool, primary, and secondary schools in Sydney that are administered by the New South Wales Department of Education. [411] 14 of the 17 selective secondary schools in New South Wales are based in Sydney. [412] Aurora Place". Emporis. 2014. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012 . Retrieved 20 July 2014. First played in Sydney in 1865, rugby grew to be the city's most popular football code by the 1880s. One-tenth of the state's population attended a New South Wales versus New Zealand rugby match in 1907. [378] Rugby league separated from rugby union in 1908. The New South Wales Waratahs contest the Super Rugby competition, while the Sydney Rays represent the city in the National Rugby Championship. The national Wallabies rugby union team competes in Sydney in international matches such as the Bledisloe Cup, Rugby Championship, and World Cup. Sydney is home to nine of the sixteen teams in the National Rugby League competition: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Penrith Panthers, Parramatta Eels, South Sydney Rabbitohs, St George Illawarra Dragons, Sydney Roosters, and Wests Tigers. New South Wales contests the annual State of Origin series against Queensland.The first people to inhabit the area now known as Sydney were Aboriginal Australians who had migrated from southeast Asia via northern Australia. [32] Flaked pebbles found in Western Sydney's gravel sediments might indicate human occupation from 45,000 to 50,000 years ago, [33] while radiocarbon dating has shown evidence of human activity in the region from around 30,000 years ago. [34] Prior to the arrival of the British, there were 4,000 to 8,000 Aboriginal people in the greater Sydney region. [35] [9] C. Delmendo, Lalaine (15 August 2019). "Australia's house prices are now in free fall". globalpropertyguide.com . Retrieved 8 April 2020. a b "Southern Annular Mode: The climate 'influencer' you may not have heard of". ABC News. 14 August 2018 . Retrieved 29 September 2020.

The Sydney Opera House is the home of Opera Australia and Sydney Symphony. It has staged over 100,000 performances and received 100million visitors since opening in 1973. [234] Two other important performance venues in Sydney are Town Hall and the City Recital Hall. The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is located adjacent to the Royal Botanic Garden and serves the Australian music community through education and its biannual Australian Music Examinations Board exams. [347] A concert at the Sydney Opera House

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Castlereagh Centre". Emporis. 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012 . Retrieved 20 July 2014. In the past, the state has tended to resist amalgamating Sydney's more populated local government areas as merged councils could pose a threat to its governmental power. [402] Established in 1842, the City of Sydney is one such local government area and includes the CBD and some adjoining inner suburbs. [403] It is responsible for fostering development in the local area, providing local services (waste collection and recycling, libraries, parks, sporting facilities), promoting the interests of residents, supporting organisations that target the local community, and attracting and providing infrastructure for commerce, tourism, and industry. [404] The City of Sydney is led by an elected Council and Lord Mayor. [405] Main article: Geography of Sydney Topography [ edit ] Sydney lies on a submergent coastline where the ocean level has risen to flood deep rias. Banivanua Mar, Tracey; Edmonds, Penelope (2013). "Indigenous and settler relations". The Cambridge History of Australia, Volume I. p.344.

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Services offered". Housing New South Wales. 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014 . Retrieved 19 October 2014. The Sydney International tennis tournament is held here at the beginning of each year as the warm-up for the Grand Slam in Melbourne. Two of the most successful tennis players in history ( Ken Rosewall and Todd Woodbridge) were born in and live in the city.