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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The town of Sydney was declared a city in 1842, and a local government was established. In 1901, the Australian colonies federated to become the Commonwealth of Australia, and Sydney became the capital of the state of New South Wales. Sydney today is Australia's largest city and a major international centre of culture and finance.
Timeline of Sydney. Early history; Sydney during the 18th and the 19th century. The crew of HMS Endeavour under the command of James Cook sights the east coast of Australia (1770) The British colony of New South Wales is subsequently established with the arrival of the First Fleet under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip (1788)
Sydney: New South Wales: First permanent Australian city. [1] Largest city in Australia, capital of New South Wales. 1788 Parramatta: New South Wales Second-oldest settlement in Australia. [2] Now a part of the Sydney urban area. 1788 Kingston: Norfolk Island: Island settled as part of the Colony of New South Wales. [3] It is now a separate ...
The song "Wild One" makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts. Slim Dusty's Australian country music hit "A Pub with No Beer" becomes the first Australian song to attain international chart success. 1959: 1 March: Construction begins on the Sydney Opera House. It will eventually cost $102 Million. 1962
Aboard ship was the Aboriginal explorer Bungaree, of the Sydney district, who became the first person born on the Australian continent to circumnavigate the Australian continent. [35] Previously, the famous Bennelong and a companion had become the first people born in the area of New South Wales to sail for Europe, when, in 1792 they ...
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.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 ...
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