2. Location
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Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the
most populous city in Australia and Oceania.
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Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis
surrounds one of the world's largest natural harbours,
and sprawls towards the Blue Mountains to the west.
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Residents are together known as "Sydneysiders" and
constitute the most multicultural city in Australia and
one of the most multicultural cities in the world.
4. Location
Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, the facility formally opened on 20 October
1973 after a gestation beginning with Utzon's 1957 selection as winner of an
international design competition
Though its name suggests a single venue, the project comprises multiple performance
venues which together are among the busiest performing arts centres in the world
7. Australia
• Continent: Australia
• Size: 7,692,024 km2
• Population 23,825,200 habitants
(Density 2.8/km2)
• Language:English
• Federal parliamentary constitutional
monarchy
9. Population
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Sydney is the largest city in Australia and, as host
to the Olympic Games in 2000, is probably the
country's most well known city. Although not the
capital of Australia, it is the capital of New South
Wales.
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The results of the 2011 census, released in June
2012, showed that that the official population of
Sydney was 4,391,674. In the five years since the
last census, in 2006, it has grown by 6.6 percent.
10. Population
→ Australia's population in 2012 is just under 22
million so, to put this into some perspective, it
might help to think that one in every five
Australians lives in Sydney.
→ Sydney is growing quickly - so quickly in fact
that it might have as many as 7 million residents
by 2060
12. Races
→ The principal ancestries of Greater Sydney's
residents (as surveyed in 2011)
20.4% Australian
20.4% English
6.6% Irish
6.5% Chinese
5.0% Scottish
14. Religions
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North Sydney Council area's religion statistics
provide an indicator of cultural identity and
ethnicity when observed in conjunction with
other key variables. Religion data reveal the
major concentrations of religions as well as
revealing the proportion of people with no
religious affiliation.
18. Museums
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Sydney has an excellent collection of museums. Most
are open daily from 9 or 10 till 4pm or 5pm. Some
open later and some of the smaller Sydney Museums
are closed on Mondays and is a good idea to phone
to check. Not all the Sydney museums we list are in
the city centre.
23. Celebrities
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Rose Byrne: Actress, Rose Byrne was born in Balmain, Sydney, Australia. She is the daughter of Jane,
a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a semi-retired statistician and market researcher.
She landed her first role in a movie, Dallas Doll, when she was 15 years old. Since then, Rose has
appeared in a variety of Australian televisions shows including
Rebel Wilson: Actress, Rebel Wilson was born in Sydney, Australia. She trained at the Australian
Theatre for Young People and at Second City in the US. After a successful stage and television career
in Australia, this writer/actress/producer now focuses on feature film projects in the United States and
is perhaps most known for her breakthrough roles in the films Bridesmaids and Pitch Perfect.
Yvonne Strahovski: Actress, Yvonne was born and raised in Australia. Her parents were Polish
immigrants. She attended the Santa Sabina College for her high school education. She then went on
to study Performance at the University of Western Sydney's School of Contemporary Arts, graduating
in 2003. Shortly afterwards, she landed her first role on television in an episode of Fear Factory...
24. Celebrities
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Tonkin is an actress and model, starring on TV shows like "H2O: Just Add Water" (2006) where she
played the character Cleo Sertori, Faye Chamberlain on The Secret Circle, and Fiona Maxwell in
Tomorrow, When the War Began. She has also made appearances on shows like Packed to the Rafters
as Lexi...
Toni ColletteActress, Toni Collette is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress, best known for
her roles in El sexto sentido and Pequeña Miss Sunshine . She was born on November 1, 1972, in Blacktown,
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is the first of three children born to Bob Collette, a truck
driver, and Judy Collette...
Sharni Vinson: Actress, Sharni Vinson was born in Sydney, Australia and grew up on Cronulla Beach. She
began singing, dancing and acting at a young age, as a third generation performer in her family. At the
age of 12, she enrolled as a student in the Brent Street School of Performing Arts where she trained for
the next 10 years...