Australia - Sydney - Coogee Beach, Sydney - Circa 1910 - Unknown Photographer - Real Photo Post Card Format #327635 Sydney - The state capital of New South Wales - The most populous city in Australia and Oceania - Located on Australia's east coast - Made up of 658 suburbs, 40 local government areas and 15 contiguous regions - Residents of the city are known as Sydneysiders - Estimated metropolitan population was 5,230,330 (2017) - Indigenous Australians have inhabited the Sydney area for at least 30,000 years - In 1788, the First Fleet of convicts, led by Arthur Phillip, founded Sydney as a British penal colony, the first European settlement in Australia. - Phillip named the city Sydney in recognition of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney. - A gold rush occurred in the colony in 1851. - After World War II, it experienced mass migration and became one of the most multicultural cities in the world. - Frequently ranking in the top ten of lists of the most liveable cities in the world