Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. Sydney may also refer to:

Places

Australia

City of Sydney The City of Sydney is the local government area covering the Sydney central business district and surrounding inner city suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established by Act of Parliament in 1842, th ...

, inner city local government area of New South Wales *

Sydney central business district The Sydney central business district (CBD) is the historical and main Central business district, commercial centre of Sydney. The CBD is Sydney's city centre, or Sydney City, and the two terms are used interchangeably. Colloquially, the CBD or c ...

, which is officially the suburb of "Sydney, New South Wales" *

Electoral district of Sydney Sydney is an New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Regions of Sydney, Inner Sydney. It includes ...

, electorate in state parliament of New South Wales *

Division of Sydney The Division of Sydney is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. History The division draws its name from Sydney, the most populous city in Australia, which itself was named after former British Home Secretary Tho ...

, electorate in federal parliament of Australia * Sydney Island, Queensland

Canada

Sydney, Nova Scotia Sydney is a former city and urban community on the east coast of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Sydney was founded in 1785 by the British, was incorporated as a city in 1904, and dissolv ...

North Sydney, Nova Scotia North Sydney (Scottish Gaelic: ''Suidni A Tuath'' or ''Am Bàr'') is a former town and current community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Located on the north side of Sydney Harbour, along the eastern coast of Cape Breto ...

United States

* Sydney, Florida, unincorporated community

Film and television

* ''Sydney'' (film), the original title of the 1996 ''Hard Eight'' (film) * ''Sydney'' (TV series), a 1990 CBS TV series *

Sydney Film Festival The Sydney Film Festival is an annual competitive film festival held in Sydney, Australia, usually over 12 days in June. A number of awards are given, the top one being the Sydney Film Prize. the festival's director is Nashen Moodley. Histo ...

, an annual competitive film festival held in Sydney, Australia * Sydney Film School, a private film school based in Waterloo, a suburb of Sydney *

Sydney Filmmakers Co-operative Sydney Women's Film Group The Sydney Filmmakers Co-operative was a co-operative of independent filmmakers, set up to distribute and exhibit their films and the films of other independent filmmakers both Australian and overseas. The collection even ...

, was a co-operative of independent filmmakers

Transportation

Blackburn Sydney __NOTOC__ The Blackburn R.B.2 Sydney ( serial ''N241'') was a long-range maritime patrol flying boat developed for the Royal Air Force in 1930, in response to Air Ministry Specification R.5/27. It was a parasol-winged braced monoplane A m ...

, a British flying boat * HMAS ''Sydney'', several warships in the Royal Australian Navy * ''Sydney'' (ship), an Australian cargo ship

People

Sydney (name) Notable people and characters named Sydney include: Given name Men *Sydney Allard (1910–1966), British car company founder *Sydney Ancher (1904–1978), Australian architect *Sydney Atkinson (1901–1977), South African athlete *Sydney D. Ba ...

, including a list of people and characters with the name *

Robert Yates (politician) Robert Yates (January 27, 1738 – September 9, 1801) was an American politician, attorney, jurist, and surveyor. As a delegate representing New York at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Yates is considered a Founding Father of the United ...

(1738–1801), American politician and presumed author with pseudonym "Sydney"

Other uses

Sydney Accord The Sydney Accord is an international mutual recognition agreement for qualifications in the fields of engineering technology. Definition and background The Sydney Accord is an agreement between the bodies responsible for accrediting engineering t ...

* Sydney Declaration *

Sydney language The Dharug language, also spelt Darug, Dharuk, and other variants, and also known as the Sydney language, Gadigal language ( Sydney city area), is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Yuin–Kuric group that was traditionally spoken in th ...

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...

Sydney FC Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was fo ...

, a professional soccer club *"Sydney", a song by Puddle of Mudd from '' Life On Display'' *"Sydney", a song by Caravan Palace from ''

Panic Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety and frantic agitation consistent with an animalistic fight-or-flight reactio ...