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Sydney is the capital city of New South Wales, Australia and the most populous city in Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, Sydney surrounds Port Jackson and extends over 70 km towards several geographical features. Sydney began as a British penal colony founded in 1788 and grew into a major global city after World War II through mass migration and becoming one of the world's most multicultural cities. Despite a high cost of living, Sydney frequently ranks highly for livability and economic opportunity and serves as Australia's financial capital and a leading financial hub in Asia Pacific.

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Sydney

Sydney is the capital city of New South Wales, Australia and the most populous city in Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, Sydney surrounds Port Jackson and extends over 70 km towards several geographical features. Sydney began as a British penal colony founded in 1788 and grew into a major global city after World War II through mass migration and becoming one of the world's most multicultural cities. Despite a high cost of living, Sydney frequently ranks highly for livability and economic opportunity and serves as Australia's financial capital and a leading financial hub in Asia Pacific.

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Sydney 

/ˈsɪdni/ ( listen) (SID-nee, Dharug: Cadi) is the capital city of the state of New South


Wales, and the most populous city in Oceania.[6] Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis
surrounds Port Jackson and extends about 70 km (43.5 mi) on its periphery towards the Blue
Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south
and Macarthur to the south-west.[7] Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local
government areas. Informally there are at least 15 regions. Residents of the city are known as
"Sydneysiders".[8] As of June 2019, Sydney's estimated metropolitan population was 5,312,163,
[9]
 meaning the city is home to approximately 65% of the state's population.[10]
Indigenous Australians have inhabited the Sydney area for at least 30,000 years, and thousands
of engravings remain throughout the region, making it one of the richest in Australia in terms
of Aboriginal archaeological sites. During 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 and inspiring British interest in the area. In 1788, the First
Fleet of convicts, led by Arthur Phillip, founded Sydney as a British penal colony, the
first European settlement in Australia. Phillip named the settlement after Thomas Townshend, 1st
Viscount Sydney.[11] Penal transportation to New South Wales ended soon after Sydney was
incorporated as a city in 1842. A gold rush occurred in the colony in 1851, and over the next
century, Sydney transformed from a colonial outpost into a major global cultural and economic
centre. After World War II, it experienced mass migration and became one of the most
multicultural cities in the world.[3] At the time of the 2011 census, more than 250 different
languages were spoken in Sydney.[12] In the 2016 Census, about 35.8% of residents spoke
a language other than English at home.[13] Furthermore, 45.4% of the population reported having
been born overseas, and the city has the third-largest foreign-born population of any city in the
world after London and New York City.[14][15]
Despite being one of the most expensive cities in the world,[16] Sydney frequently ranks in the top
ten most liveable cities in the world.[17][18][19] It is classified as an Alpha Global City by Globalization
and World Cities Research Network, indicating its influence in the region and throughout the
world.[20][21] Ranked eleventh in the world for economic opportunity,[22] Sydney has an
advanced market economy with strengths in finance, manufacturing and tourism.[23][24] 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.[25]
[26]
 Established in 1850, the University of Sydney was Australia's first university and is regarded
as 

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