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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 Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to ...
The University of Sydney. Sydney is home to some of Australia's most prestigious universities, technical institutions and schools. Entry to tertiary education for most students is via the New South Wales secondary school system where students are ranked by the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).
Sydney has been a hub of a number of migrant communities, such as the Lebanese, Fijian, Korean and Nepalese. [16] Well over half of Australia's 25,000-strong Nepalese community, [17] for example, is concentrated in Sydney. [18] Seven out of every ten Lebanese migrants in Australia live in Sydney. [16]
Monte Sant'Angelo is the oldest independent girls' school on Sydney's north shore. The College was established in 1865, on the corner of Miller and McLaren Street, North Sydney, by Mother Ignatius McQuoin of the Sisters of Mercy. [9] By 1879, the school had outgrown its original site and subsequently moved to its current location at Miller Street.
Sydney Harbour from Milsons Point by Tom Roberts, 1897. Artists' camps flourished around Sydney Harbour in the 1880s and 1890s. Sydney's first newspaper was the Sydney Gazette established, edited and distributed by George Howe. It appeared irregularly between 1803 and 1842, but nonetheless provides a valuable source on the early development of ...
The school hosts approximately 1,200 students from Year 7 to Year 12 – a number greater than most other selective state schools [3] – and is situated adjacent to its sister school, Sydney Girls' High School.
2.1.2 Distribution of International Students in major cities and regional areas. ... Everywhere except Sydney, Newcastle, the Central Coast and Wollongong: 2311 to ...
The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. [14] One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the world's first universities to admit students solely on academic merit, and opened its doors to women on the same basis as men. [15]