City Centre

The City Centre was where Governor Arthur Phillip first raised the British flag on Australian soil in January 1788, the earliest site of European settlement in Australia.
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  • Type: central business district with 16,700 residents
  • Description: central business district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Also known as: “Sydney”, “Sydney (suburb)”, “Sydney CBD”, “Sydney central business district”, “Sydney Central Business District”, “Sydney Central Business District, New South Wales”, “Sydney, New South Wales”, and “Sydney, New South Wales, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Darling Harbour and Sydney Tower.

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is a leisure and entertainment precinct, in central . It extends to Pyrmont, Ultimo and the business district of Barangaroo, and contains The Star and Pyrmont Bay, including Harris St.

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, also known as the Eye, Westfield Tower and formerly albeit still commonly as Centrepoint Tower, is an observation and that is the tallest structure in , , , as well as the second-tallest observation tower in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include The Rocks and City East.

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is sandstone buildings, history, laneways, culture and Australiana by day, and a busy pub scene by night. It is the historical precinct of central Sydney immediately to the north of the City centre on the western side of Sydney Cove, and where the First Fleet set up their first convict settlement.

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Immediately to the east of the City Centre and also adjacent to is an area of laneways, nightlife, cafes, pubs, bars and entertainment and sometimes referred to as the "Inner East". it is an area where many choose to stay, and many more visit.

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The district is home to Australia's largest Chinatown as well as its largest train station, Central station. It is south of the City Centre, to the east of and City West and also adjoins both and Eastern Suburbs toward its eastern boundaries.

City Centre

Latitude
-33.8672° or 33° 52′ 2″ south
Longitude
151.2075° or 151° 12′ 27″ east
Population
16,700
Open location code
4RRH46M4+4X
Wiki­data ID
Q1852577
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“City Centre” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة الأعمال المركزية (سيدني)”
  • Arabic: “منطقة الأعمال المركزية”
  • Aragonese: “Districto d’afers central de Sydney”
  • Catalan: “districte financer central de Sydney”
  • Chinese: “悉尼中心商業區”
  • Chinese: “悉尼商業中心區”
  • Czech: “Centrální obchodní oblast v Sydney”
  • Dutch: “Sydney Central Business District”
  • Esperanto: “Sidneja Centra Kvartalo”
  • French: “centre d’affaires de Sydney”
  • French: “Centre d’affaires de Sydney”
  • French: “Centre-ville de Sydney”
  • German: “CBD”
  • German: “Sydney/CBD”
  • Hebrew: “ה-CBD”
  • Hebrew: “הסיטי”
  • Hebrew: “העיר סידני”
  • Hebrew: “לב סידני”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז העסקים הראשי בסידני”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז העסקים הראשי של סידני”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז סידני”
  • Hebrew: “סידני (פרוור)”
  • Hebrew: “סידני CBD”
  • Hebrew: “סידני העיר”
  • Hebrew: “סידני, ניו סאות‘ ויילס, אוסטרליה”
  • Hebrew: “סידני”
  • Hebrew: “רובע העסקים המרכזי בסידני”
  • Hebrew: “רובע העסקים המרכזי של סידני”
  • Indonesian: “Sydney Central Business District”
  • Italian: “Centro di Sydney”
  • Italian: “Distretto affaristico centrale di Sydney”
  • Japanese: “シドニーCBD”
  • Japanese: “シドニー中心業務地区”
  • Korean: “시드니 중심 업무 지구”
  • Malay: “Daerah pusat perniagaan Sydney”
  • Malay: “Sydney Central Business District”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sydney sentrum”
  • Norwegian: “Sydney sentrum”
  • Persian: “منطقه مرکز تجاری سیدنی”
  • Polish: “Central Business District”
  • Russian: “Центр”
  • Russian: “Центральный деловой район”
  • Slovenian: “Osrednja poslovna četrt Sydneyja”
  • Spanish: “Centro de Sidney”
  • Spanish: “Centro de Sídney”
  • Swedish: “Sydney central business district”
  • Turkish: “Sidney Central Business District”
  • Turkish: “Sydney Central Business District”
  • Urdu: “سڈنی سینٹرل بزنس ڈسٹرکٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận thương mại trung tâm Sydney”

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