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NOTE: Towns such as SYDNEY NSW bring up multiple choices. If you search for Sydney with its Postcode 2000 you will get direct to the listings for Sydney City. So you type- Sydney then 2 spaces then 2000.

Sydney
(pronounced /ˈsɪdni/) is the largest and most populous city in Australia and
the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's
south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. With an approximate population of 4.5
million in the Sydney metropolitan area the city is the largest in Oceania.
Sydney is also the sixth largest city in the Southern Hemisphere. Inhabitants
of Sydney are called Sydneysiders, comprising a cosmopolitan and international
population of people from numerous places around the world.

The
site of the first British colony in Australia, Sydney was established in 1788
at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip, commodore of the First Fleet as a penal
colony. The city is built on hills surrounding Port Jackson which is commonly
known as Sydney Harbour, where the iconic Sydney Opera House and the Harbour
Bridge are featured prominently. The hinterland of the metropolitan area is
surrounded by national parks, and the coastal regions feature many bays,
rivers, inlets and beaches including the famous Bondi Beach. Within the city
are many notable parks, including Hyde Park and the Royal Botanical Gardens.

In
2009, Sydney was ranked 3rd in Asia and 22nd worldwide in social and economic
innovation, across 31 sectors in the Innovation Cities Index by innovation
agency 2thinknow. Sydney also ranks among the top 10 most liveable cities in
the world according to Mercer Human Resource Consulting and The Economist.

Sydney
has a reputation as an international centre for commerce, arts, fashion,
culture, entertainment, music, education and tourism, making it one of GaWC's
Alpha + world cities. Sydney has hosted major international sporting events,
including the 1938 British Empire Games, the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the
final match of the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The main airport serving Sydney is
Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport.

History
of Sydney

Radio
carbon dating suggests that the Sydney region has been inhabited by indigenous
Australians for at least 30,000 years. The traditional Indigenous inhabitants
of Sydney Cove are the Cadigal people, whose land once stretched from south of
Port Jackson to Petersham. While estimates of the population numbers prior to
the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 remains contentious, approximately
4,000–8,000 Aboriginal people lived in the Sydney region prior to contact with
British settlers. The British called the Indigenous people the
"Eora", because being asked where they came from, these people would
answer: "Eora", meaning "here", or "from this
place" in their language. There were three language groups in the Sydney
region, which were divided into dialects spoken by smaller clans. The principal
languages were Darug (the Cadigal, original inhabitants of the City of Sydney,
spoke a coastal dialect of Darug), Dharawal and Guringai. Each clan had a
territory, the location of said territory determined the resources available.
Although urbanisation has destroyed much evidence of these settlements (such as
shell middens), a number of Sydney rock engravings, carvings and rock art
remain visible in the Hawkesbury sandstone of the Sydney basin.

In
1770, British sea Captain Lieutenant James Cook landed in Botany Bay on the
Kurnell Peninsula. It is here that Cook made first contact with an Aboriginal
community known as the Gweagal. Under instruction from the British government,
a convict settlement was founded by Arthur Phillip, who arrived at Botany Bay
with a fleet of 11 ships on 18 January 1788. This site was soon determined to
be unsuitable for habitation, owing to poor soil and a lack of reliable fresh
water. Phillip subsequently founded the colony one inlet further up the coast,
at Sydney Cove on Port Jackson on 26 January 1788. He named it after the
British Home Secretary, Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney, in recognition of Sydney's
role in issuing the charter authorising Phillip to establish a colony. The
original name was intended to be Albion until Phillip decided upon Sydney.

In
April 1789 a disease, thought to be smallpox, killed an estimated 500 to 1000
Aboriginal people between Broken Bay and Botany Bay. There was violent
resistance to British settlement, notably by the warrior Pemulwuy in the area
around Botany Bay, and conflicts were common in the area surrounding the
Hawkesbury River. By 1820 there were only a few hundred Aborigines and Governor
Macquarie had begun initiatives to 'civilise, Christianise and educate' the
Aborigines by removing them from their clans. Macquarie's tenure as Governor of
New South Wales was a period when Sydney was improved from its basic
beginnings. Roads, bridges, wharves and public buildings were constructed by
British and Irish convicts, and by 1822 the town had banks, markets,
well-established thoroughfares and an organised constabulary. The 1830s and
1840s were periods of urban development, including the development of the first
suburbs, as the town grew rapidly when ships began arriving from Britain and
Ireland with immigrants looking to start a new life in a new country. On 20
July 1842 the municipal council of Sydney was incorporated and the town was
declared the first city in Australia, with John Hosking the first elected
mayor. The first of several Australian gold rushes started in 1851, and the
port of Sydney has since seen many waves of people arriving from around the
world.

Rapid
suburban development began in the last quarter of the 19th century with the
advent of steam powered tramways and railways. With industrialisation Sydney
expanded rapidly, and by the early 20th century it had a population of more
than a million. The Great Depression hit Sydney badly. One of the highlights of
the Depression era, however, was the completion of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in
1932. There has traditionally been a rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne since
the gold rushes of the 1850s made the capital of Victoria Australia's largest
and richest city. Sydney overtook Melbourne in population in the early years of
the 20th century, and has remained the largest city in Australia since this
time. During the 1970s and 1980s Sydney's CBD with a great number of financial
institutions including the headquarters of the Reserve Bank surpassed Melbourne
as the nation's financial capital. Throughout the 20th century, especially in
the decades immediately following World War II, Sydney continued to expand as large
numbers of European and later Asian immigrants populated the metropolitan area.

Abbotsford 2046

Abbotsbury 2176

Abbotsford 2046

Acacia
Gardens, 2763

Agnes
Banks, 2753

Airds,
2560

Akuna
Bay 2084

Clipper
Cruiser Holidays

d’Albora
Marina

02
9450 0000

Alexandria 2015

South
Sydney Markets

Every
Sunday 10am to 3pm

75-85
O’Riordan St

Alfords
Point 2234

Allambie 2100

Allambie
Heights 2100

Allawah 2218

Ambarvale 2560

Ambarvale
Tavern

57
Woodhouse Drive

02
4626 7838

Handywash
Portable Washing Machines

26
Twingleton Avenue

02
4626 6547

Annandale 2038

Bet’s
B&B

176
Johnston St

02
9660 8265

Annangrove 2156

Anzac
Village 2173

Arcadia 2159

Arncliffe 2205

Arndell
Park 2148

Artarmon 2064

Ashbury 2193

Ashcroft 2168

Ashfield 2131

Asquith 2077

Auburn 2144

Melton
Hotel

163
Parramatta Road

02
9748 2634

Audley 2232

Historic
Audley Boatshed

02
9545 4967

Cronulla
Eco-Cruises

Aboriginal
Tour of Djeebahn

bookings
essential

02
9544 1400

Austral 2171

Avalon 2107

Careel
Bay Stay B&B

101
George Street

0402
460675

Avalon
Riviera B&B

80
Riviera Ave

02
9918 9021

Avalon
Beach Hostel

59
Avalon Parade

02
9918 9709

Badgerys
Creek 2171

Bald
Face 2221

Balgowlah 2093

Balls
Head 2060

Balmain 2041

Balmoral
Beach 2088

Balmoral 2283

Balmoral
Village 2571

Bangor 2234

Banksia 2216

Banksmeadow 2019

Bankstown 2200

Bantry
Bay 2087

Barden
Ridge 2234

Bardwell
Park 2207

Bardwell
Valley 2207

Bass
Hill 2197

Bass
Hill Holiday Village

713
Hume Highway

02
9724 9670

Baulkham
Hills 2153

Crowne
Plaza Norwest

1
Columbia Court

02
9634 9634

Bayview 2104

Beacon
Hill 2100

Orange
Blossom House B&B

13
Boyer Rd

02
9453 0080

Beaconsfield 2015

Beauty
Point 2088

Beecroft 2119

Belimba
Park 2570

Belfield 2191

Bella
Vista 2153

Bellevue
Hill 2023

Belmore 2192

Belrose 2085

Ben
Buckler 2026

Berala 2141

Berowra 2081

Berowra
Waters 2082

Berrilee
B&B

Jack
Russell Rd

02
9655 1333

Berrilee 2159

Berrys
Bay 2060

Beverley
Park 2217

Beverly
Hills 2209

Bexley 2207

Bidwill 2770

Bilgola 2107

Bilgola
Plateau 2107

The
Pittwater B&B

15
Farview Rd

02
9918 6932

Birchgrove 2041

Birkenhead
Point 2047

Birrong 2143

Blacktown 2148

Blacktown
Visitor Information and Heritage Centre

Civic
Centre, Flushcombe Road

1300
302858

Blacktown
Drive-In Market

every
Sunday

02
9747 1986

Travelodge
Motel

Reservoir
Road

02
8822 2000

Allawah
Street Guesthouse and B&B

27
Allawah Street

02
9621 7953

Blair
Athol 2560

Blairmount 2559

Blakehurst 2221

Blaxcell 2142

Blenheim
Road 2113

Bligh
Park 2756

Blues
Point 2060

Bobbin
Head 2074

Bondi 2026

Bondi
Beach Garden Sweet Apartments

12
Forest Knoll Ave

02
9300 9111

Bondi
Beachouse YHA

corner
of Fletcher and Dellview Street

02
9365 2088

Bondi
Junction 2022

Number
71 B&B

71
Denison St

02
9387 5338

Bonnet
Bay 2226

Bonnyrigg 2177

Boronia
Park 2111

Bossley
Park 2176

Botany 2019

Bradbury 2560

Bradbury
Markets

Bradbury
shopping centre, the Parkway

1st
and 3rd Saturday of the month

8
AM to 4 PM

02
4627 6790

Bradbury
Inn

The
Parkway

02
4625 9982

Campbelltown
Swimming Centre

The
Parkway

02
4625 0763

Bradleys
Head 2088

Breakfast
Point 2137

Brickfield
Hill 2000

Brighton-Le-Sands 2216

1^st
Fleet Memorial

Bringelly 2171

Australian
Koi Farm

83
Jersey Road

02
4774 8180

Broadway 2007

Bronte 2024

Brooklyn 2083

Bayrunner
Cruises

Kangaroo
Point Cruise Terminal

Hawkesbury
River Cruises

Brooklyn
Rd

02
9985 8580

Crab
and Oyster Cruisers

Kangaroo
point

02
9985 8237

Holidays
Afloat

65
Brooklyn Road

02
9985 7368

Riverboat
Postman Cruise

02
9985 7566

Brookvale 2100

Travelodge
Manly Warringah

4-10
Victor Road

02
8978 1200

Bundeena 2230

THINGS
TO DO

Bundeena's
Markets by the Sea

first
Sunday of the month 9 AM to 3 PM summer months only

Horderns
Reserve

Bundeena
Kayaks

Bonnie
Vale

02
9544 5294

The
Neil Street Gallery

23-25
Neil Street

02
9527 9795

Bundeena
Picture Gallery

58
Brighton Street

02
9527 1318

CLUBS

Bundeena
RSL Memorial Club

69-71
Loftus Street

02
9523 2115

Bundeena
Bowling and Sports Club

Liverpool
Street

02
9523 7292

ACCOMMODATION

Bundeena
Beach B&B

02
9527 9977

Beachhaven

13
Bundeena drive

02
9544 1333

Bayside
B&B

02
9544 5025

Bungan
Head 2106

Burraneer 2230

Burwood 2134

Burwood
Heights 2136

Busby 2168

Cabarita 2137

Cabarita
Junction 2137

Cabramatta 2166

Pailau Gate

Cabravale 2166

Cambridge
Gardens 2747

Cambridge
Park 2747

Camden 2570