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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.
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). [68] 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. [ 69 ]
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.
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 ...
Area of Sydney: 12,367.7 km 2 (4,775.2 sq mi ... The crew of HMS Endeavour under the command of James Cook sights the east coast ... Road transport in Sydney ...
New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. [1] In December 2023, the population of New South Wales was over 8.3 million, [2] making it Australia's most populous state. Almost two-thirds of the state's population, 5.3 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. [1]
7.3 km (4.5 mi) – southern end extended along Sydney Road through Balgowlah to Seaforth when Burnt Bridge Creek Deviation opened (replacing ) in 1985 - northern end re-aligned from Howard Avenue/The Strand/Griffin Road/Adams and Oliver Streets terminating in Dee Why to current alignment in 1993 – decommissioned in 1995 [10] [self-published ...
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 ...