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McDermott, Marie-Louise, Marie-Louise (2011). "Ocean baths". Dictionary of Sydney, State Library of New South Wales . Retrieved 2 August 2022. Main article: Demographics of Sydney Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown. Sydney is home to the nation's largest population of Chinese Australians. [316] The population of Sydney in 1788 was less than 1,000. [317] With convict transportation it almost tripled in ten years to 2,953. [318] For each decade since 1961 the population has increased by more than 250,000. [319] The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150. [1] The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) projects the population will grow to between 8 and 8.9million by 2061, but that Melbourne will replace Sydney as Australia's most populous city by 2026. [320] [321] The four most densely populated suburbs in Australia are located in Sydney with each having more than 13,000 residents per square kilometre (33,700 residents per square mile). [322] Between 1971 and 2018, Sydney experienced a net loss of 716,832 people to the rest of Australia, but its population grew due to overseas arrivals and a healthy birth rate. [323] Sydney Metro, a driverless rapid transit system separate from the suburban commuter network, commenced operation in May 2019 and will be extended into the city and down southwest by 2024 and through the inner west to Parramatta by 2030. [439] [440] It currently serves 13 stations. A line to serve the greater west is planned for 2026 and will include a station for the second international airport. Benson, D. H. and Howell J. (1990) Taken for Granted: the Bushland of Sydney and Its Suburbs, Sydney

Parramatta". Parramatta Chamber of Commerce. 2014. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014 . Retrieved 13 July 2014. Southern Sydney [ edit ] Kurnell, La Perouse, and Cronulla, along with various other suburbs, face Botany Bay. Sydney (Observatory Hill): lowest temperatures". Bureau of Meteorology . Retrieved 23 September 2023. Helen Davidson (12 May 2014). "Roaring Forties' shift south means more droughts for southern Australia". The Guardian . Retrieved 2 November 2022.

The Financial and Insurance Services industry now constitutes 43% of the economic product of the City of Sydney. [274] Sydney makes up half of Australia's finance sector and has been promoted by consecutive Commonwealth Governments as Asia Pacific's leading financial centre. [20] [21] [299] In the 2017 Global Financial Centres Index, Sydney was ranked as having the eighth most competitive financial centre in the world. [300]

Governor Lachlan Macquarie (1810–1821) played a leading role in the development of Sydney and New South Wales, establishing a bank, a currency and a hospital. He employed a planner to design the street layout of Sydney and commissioned the construction of roads, wharves, churches, and public buildings. Parramatta Road, linking Sydney and Parramatta, was opened in 1811, [57] and a road across the Blue Mountains was completed in 1815, opening the way for large-scale farming and grazing west of the Great Dividing Range. [58] [59] 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. In 1856, New South Wales achieved responsible government with the introduction of a bicameral parliament, based in Sydney, comprising a directly elected Legislative Assembly and a nominated Legislative Council. [393] With the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901, Sydney became the capital of the state of New South Wales and its administration was divided between the Commonwealth, State and constituent local governments. [393] Government in the present [ edit ] The Sydney Town Hall is the seat of the City of Sydney; the oldest local government in the city 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. At Sydney's primary weather station at Observatory Hill, extreme temperatures have ranged from 45.8°C (114.4°F) on 18 January 2013 to 2.1°C (35.8°F) on 22 June 1932. [126] [127] [128] An average of 14.9 days a year have temperatures at or above 30°C (86°F) in the central business district (CBD). [125] In contrast, the metropolitan area averages between 35 and 65 days, depending on the suburb. [129] The hottest day in the metropolitan area occurred in Penrith on 4 January 2020, where a high of 48.9°C (120.0°F) was recorded. [130] The average annual temperature of the sea ranges from 18.5°C (65.3°F) in September to 23.7°C (74.7°F) in February. [131] Sydney has an average of 7.2 hours of sunshine per day [132] and 109.5 clear days annually. [4] Due to the inland location, frost is recorded early in the morning in Western Sydney a few times in winter. Autumn and spring are the transitional seasons, with spring showing a larger temperature variation than autumn. [133]Researchers from Loughborough University have ranked Sydney amongst the top ten world cities that are highly integrated into the global economy. [271] The Global Economic Power Index ranks Sydney eleventh in the world. [272] The Global Cities Index recognises it as fourteenth in the world based on global engagement. [273] There is a significant concentration of foreign banks and multinational corporations in Sydney and the city is promoted as Australia's financial capital and one of Asia Pacific's leading financial hubs. [274] [275] The Greater Sydney Commission divides Sydney into three "cities" and five "districts" based on the 33 LGAs in the metropolitan area. The "metropolis of three cities" comprises Eastern Harbour City, Central River City and Western Parkland City. [162] The Australian Bureau of Statistics also includes City of Central Coast (the former Gosford City and Wyong Shire) as part of Greater Sydney for population counts, [163] adding 330,000 people. [164] Inner suburbs [ edit ] Historical buildings in Millers Point, an inner suburb north of the CBD MLC Centre". Emporis. 2014. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012 . Retrieved 20 July 2014. The Centennial Parklands is the largest park in the City of Sydney, comprising 189ha (470 acres). [259] The inhabitants subsisted on fishing, hunting, and gathering plants and shellfish. The diet of the coastal clans was more reliant on seafood whereas hinterland clans ate more forest animals and plants. The clans had distinctive equipment and weapons mostly made of stone, wood, plant materials, bone and shell. They also differed in their body decorations, hairstyles, songs and dances. Aboriginal clans had a rich ceremonial life, part of a belief system centering on ancestral, totemic and supernatural beings. People from different clans and language groups came together to participate in initiation and other ceremonies. These occasions fostered trade, marriages and clan alliances. [36]

Main article: Regions of Sydney Sydney area at night, facing west. Wollongong is bottom left, and the Central Coast is at the far right. 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] Kingston, Beverley (2006). A History of New South Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp.118–19. ISBN 9780521833844. 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]See also: Architecture of Sydney, List of heritage houses in Sydney, and List of tallest buildings in Sydney a b c Sweeney, N., " Sydney dominates Melbourne for the 20 most expensive postcodes", The Australian Financial Review a b "Macquarie Lightstation". Sydney Harbour Federation Trust. 2001. Archived from the original on 9 February 2006 . Retrieved 20 July 2014.

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] The 1954 Royal Tour of Queen Elizabeth II". State Library of New South Wales. 10 January 2018 . Retrieved 18 August 2022.Badkar, Mamta (2011). "The 10 most expensive streets in the world". Business Insider . Retrieved 13 July 2014.