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The largest park in the Sydney metropolitan region is Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, established in 1894 with an area of 15,400 hectares (59 square miles). [66] It is regarded for its well-preserved records of indigenous habitation and more than 800 rock engravings, cave drawings , and middens have been located in the park. [ 67 ]
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 ...
[2] [3] However, the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney in the more expansive sense refers to the whole area situated to the east and south-east of the Sydney central business district, around the southern shore of Sydney Harbour to the Pacific Ocean beaches and continuing on to the port at Botany Bay and La Perouse.
Almost two-thirds of the state's population, 5.3 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. [7] The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a British penal colony in 1788. It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825.
Satellite photo of the Sydney (centre) area at night, facing west by northwest. Regional NSW areas can be seen on this map such as Wollongong in the Illawarra region can be seen at the bottom left, Bowral and Moss Vale in the Southern Highlands region can be seen in the far left, as well as Gosford in the Central Coast region is visible at the far right.
Coordinates (West end); (East end); General information; Type: Motorway: Length: 28.8 km (18 mi) [1]: Opened: 1992–94 (Prestons–Beverly Hils) 2001 (Beverly Hills–Mascot): Gazetted: June 1993 [2]: Route number(s): M5 (2013–present): Former route number: Metroad 5 (1993–2013): Major junctions; West end: Hume Motorway Prestons, New South Wales: : Westlink M7; Hume Highway; Fairford Road ...
Landsat 7 false-color image of the Sydney area and surrounding suburbs. The image demonstrates how the built-up areas (pink) have been constrained by the Royal National Park to the south, the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park to the north, and the Blue Mountains National Park to the west (a boundary that generally follows a geological feature called the Lapstone Monocline, dividing the Blue ...
Greater Sydney is the most populous metropolitan area in Australia and Oceania. It is located in the state of New South Wales , and encompasses the Sydney city metropolis itself (the state capital of New South Wales) and her surrounding regions.