Australia
New South Wales
Sydney

The Rocks

The Rocks 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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  • Type: Suburb with 2,050 residents
  • Description: urban locality in Sydney’s city center in New South Wales, Australia
  • Also known as: “Talla-wo-la-dah”, “The Rocks, New South Wales”, “The Rocks, New South Wales, Australia”, and “The Rocks, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Darling Harbour and Australian Securities Exchange.

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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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Ltd is an Australian public company that operates Australia's primary securities exchange, the .

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, also known as the Sydney Eye Tower or Westfield Tower and formerly 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include City Centre and City East.

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The 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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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 , to the east of and City West and also adjoins both and Eastern Suburbs toward its eastern boundaries.

The Rocks

Latitude
-33.85999° or 33° 51′ 36″ south
Longitude
151.20832° or 151° 12′ 30″ east
Population
2,050
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
Open location code
4RRH46R5+28
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21398002
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2146874
Wiki­data ID
Q14210737
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Urdu—“The Rocks” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “The Rocks”
  • Chinese: “岩石區”
  • Dutch: “The Rocks”
  • French: “The Rocks”
  • German: “The Rocks (Sydney)”
  • German: “The Rocks”
  • Hebrew: “הרוקס”
  • Hebrew: “רוקס, ניו סאות‘ ויילס”
  • Hebrew: “רוקס”
  • Indonesian: “The Rocks, New South Wales”
  • Indonesian: “The Rocks”
  • Italian: “The Rocks”
  • Japanese: “ザ・ロックス (ニューサウスウェールズ州)”
  • Japanese: “ザ・ロックス”
  • Korean: “더 록스”
  • Korean: “록스”
  • Korean: “시드니 락스”
  • Korean: “시드니 록스”
  • Luxembourgish: “The Rocks”
  • Malay: “The Rocks, New South Wales”
  • Persian: “د راکس، نیو ساوت ولز”
  • Polish: “The Rocks”
  • Portuguese: “The Rocks”
  • Romanian: “The Rocks, New South Wales”
  • Romanian: “The Rocks”
  • Russian: “Рокс”
  • Swedish: “The Rocks, New South Wales”
  • Swedish: “The Rocks”
  • Turkish: “The Rocks”
  • Urdu: “دی راکس، نیو ساؤتھ ویلز”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “The Rocks”. Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.