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MLC Centre". Emporis. 2014. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012 . Retrieved 20 July 2014. Unemployment in the City of Sydney averaged 4.6% for the decade to 2013, much lower than the current rate of unemployment in Western Sydney of 7.3%. [275] [291] Western Sydney continues to struggle to create jobs to meet its population growth despite the development of commercial centres like Parramatta. Each day about 200,000 commuters travel from Western Sydney to the CBD and suburbs in the east and north of the city. [291] Dennis, Anthony (2013). " "Too expensive" Sydney slips from top 10 tourism list". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 25 September 2014 . Retrieved 27 October 2016. In this year's World's Best Awards, announced in New York this week, Sydney came in as the world's number 12 ranked best city. Goodman, David (2013). "The gold rushes of the 1850s". The Cambridge History of Australia, Volume I. pp.180–81.

The Sydney International tennis tournament is held here at the beginning of each year as the warm-up for the Grand Slam in Melbourne. Two of the most successful tennis players in history ( Ken Rosewall and Todd Woodbridge) were born in and live in the city. a b Freyne, Catherine (2010). "Sydney Technical College". Dictionary of Sydney . Retrieved 10 August 2014. When the six colonies federated on 1 January 1901, Sydney became the capital of the State of New South Wales. The spread of bubonic plague in 1900 prompted the state government to modernise the wharves and demolish inner-city slums. The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 saw more Sydney males volunteer for the armed forces than the Commonwealth authorities could process, and helped reduce unemployment. Those returning from the war in 1918 were promised "homes fit for heroes" in new suburbs such as Daceyville and Matraville. "Garden suburbs" and mixed industrial and residential developments also grew along the rail and tram corridors. [61] The population reached one million in 1926, after Sydney had regained its position as the most populous city in Australia. [80] The government created jobs with massive public projects such as the electrification of the Sydney rail network and building the Sydney Harbour Bridge. [81] Sydney Harbour Bridge opening day, 19 March 1932Contemporary buildings in the CBD include Citigroup Centre, [235] Aurora Place, [236] Chifley Tower, [237] [238] the Reserve Bank building, [239] Deutsche Bank Place, [240] MLC Centre, [241] and Capita Centre. [242] The tallest structure is Sydney Tower, designed by Donald Crone and completed in 1981. [243] Due to the proximity of Sydney Airport, a maximum height restriction was imposed, now sitting at 330 metres (1083 feet). [244] Green bans and heritage overlays have been in place since at least 1977 to protect Sydney's heritage after controversial demolitions in the 1970s. [245] Housing [ edit ] Terraces in Kirribilli Main article: Regions of Sydney Sydney area at night, facing west. Wollongong is bottom left, and the Central Coast is at the far right.

Karskens, Grace (2009). The Colony, a history of early Sydney. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin. pp.71–75. ISBN 9781741756371.

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McClymont, John; Kass, Terry (2010). "Old Toongabbie and Toongabbie". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust . Retrieved 30 July 2019. Several localities, distinct from suburbs, exist throughout Sydney's inner reaches. Central and Circular Quay are transport hubs with ferry, rail, and bus interchanges. Chinatown, Darling Harbour, and Kings Cross are important locations for culture, tourism, and recreation. the Strand Arcade, located between Pitt Street Mall and George Street, is a historical Victorian-style shopping arcade. Opened on 1 April 1892, its shop fronts are an exact replica of the original internal shopping facades. [166] Westfield Sydney, located beneath the Sydney Tower, is the largest shopping centre by area in Sydney. [167] Spearritt, Peter (2000). Sydney's century, a history. Sydney: UNSW Press. pp.57–58. ISBN 0868405213. In 2021, Christianity was the largest religious affiliation at 46%, the largest denominations of which were Catholicism at 23.1% and Anglicanism at 9.2%. 30.3% of Sydney residents identified as having no religion. The most common non-Christian religious affiliations were Islam (6.3%), Hinduism (4.8%), Buddhism (3.8%), Sikhism (0.7%), and Judaism (0.7%). About 500 people identified with traditional Aboriginal religions. [11]

McDermott, Marie-Louise, Marie-Louise (2011). "Ocean baths". Dictionary of Sydney, State Library of New South Wales . Retrieved 2 August 2022. Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)". NSW Environment & Heritage . Retrieved 16 March 2017. Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 2005. Ellyard, D. 1994. Droughts and Flooding Rains. Angus & Robertson ISBN 0-207-18557-3 Birch, Alan; Macmillan, David S. (1982). The Sydney Scene, 1788-1960 (2nded.). Sydney: Hale and Iremonger. pp.105–06. ISBN 0868060178. Cumberland County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 September 2017.Census of Population and Housing, General community profile, Greater Sydney, Table GO9(c)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2021 . Retrieved 4 August 2020. Services offered". Housing New South Wales. 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014 . Retrieved 19 October 2014.

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Earth Resource Analysis PL (1998). Cumberland Plains Woodland: Trial Aerial Photographic interpretation of remnant woodlands, Sydney (Unpublished report). {{ cite book}}: |work= ignored ( help) Sydney is a coastal basin with the Tasman Sea to the east, the Blue Mountains to the west, the Hawkesbury River to the north, and the Woronora Plateau to the south.