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Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west ...
Saud Bin Muhammad. Seychelles. Jean Moreau de Séchelles. United States of America. Amerigo Vespucci (see Naming of America) Uzbekistan. Öz Beg Khan. Venezuela (The Bolivarian Republic of) Simón Bolívar (for the "Bolivarian Republic" part), the name Venezuela is derived from Venice.
The history of Sydney is the story of the peoples of the land that has become modern Sydney. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common in the Sydney area. The traditional owners of the land on which modern Sydney stands are the Darug, Dharawal and ...
Australia has a total area of 7,688,287 km2(2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the worldand the largest country by area in Oceania. It is the world's oldest,[19]flattest,[20]and driest inhabited continent,[21][22]with some of the least fertile soils.
Sverdlovsk was the name of Dovzhansk – Yakov Sverdlov. Torez was the name of Chystiakove – Maurice Thorez. Usivka was the name of Oleksandriia – Cossack Usyk. Voroshilovgrad, Voroshylovhrad was the name of Luhansk – Kliment Voroshilov. Yekaterinin Shanets was the name of Pervomaisk – Catherine the Great.
Originally, it was applied to the south polar continent, or sixth continent, now known as Antarctica. The name is a shortened form of Terra Australis which was one of the names given to the imagined (but undiscovered) land mass that was thought to surround the south pole. The earliest known use of the name Australia in Latin was in 1545, when ...
The continent of Australia, sometimes known in technical contexts by the names Sahul (/ səˈhuːl /), Australia-New Guinea, Australinea, or Meganesia to distinguish it from the country of Australia, [1][2][3] is located within the Southern and Eastern hemispheres. [4] The continent includes mainland Australia, Tasmania, the island of New ...
The geography of Sydney is characterised by its coastal location on a basin bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Blue Mountains to the west, the Hawkesbury River to the north and the Woronora Plateau to the south. Sydney lies on a submergent coastline on the east coast of New South Wales, where the ocean level has risen to flood deep ...