Sydney

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Sydney is the capital of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest and most populous Australia city and is a natural harbour. Sydney is a popular tourist destination and is renowned for its quality of life [1] There is mostly friendly rivalry among the capital cities of Australia, with the competition between residents of Sydney and Melbourne being notorious; Melbournites tend to think of themselves and their city as "classier".

The formal term for a resident of Sydney is still given as Sydneyite in many dictionaries, but Sydneysider is the media term and so enjoys widespread usage. The use of Sydneyite seems to be a function of age, education and socio-economic class, with older, better-educated persons using Sydneyite in formal speech and writing.

Sydney landmarks

  • The Sydney Harbour Bridge
  • The Sydney Opera House
  1. Sydney is one of the world's favourite cities, and has been voted "world's best city" by readers of US travel magazines Travel & Leisure and Conde Nast Traveler. Sydney is also ranked first in the Asia Pacific for quality of life by the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2007. http://www.sydneyaustralia.com/en/lifestyle.asp Sourced 27th November 2007.