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Sydney (SUBURB), NSW Details
Description
A suburb of the City of Sydney.It more or less encompasses the central business district of the city. Boundaries shown on map marked GNB 3718
Origin
The suburb takes the name of the city. The original settlement was named Sydney Cove which was abbreviated to Sydney in dispatches from 1790. Sydney Cove named by Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788 after Thomas Townshendfirst Viscount Sydney Secretary of the Home Department. Ref: Place Names of New South Wales A H Reed Sydney p 133.
Sydney (SUBURB), NSW
title | Sydney (SUBURB) |
additional | |
state | NSW |
reference | 79218 |
placename | Sydney |
designation | SUBURB |
geographical name | |
previous names | |
lga | SYDNEY |
description | A suburb of the City of Sydney.It more or less encompasses the central business district of the city. Boundaries shown on map marked GNB 3718 |
meaning | |
origin | The suburb takes the name of the city. The original settlement was named Sydney Cove which was abbreviated to Sydney in dispatches from 1790. Sydney Cove named by Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788 after Thomas Townshendfirst Viscount Sydney Secretary of the Home Department. Ref: Place Names of New South Wales A H Reed Sydney p 133. |
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