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Sydney and its surrounds contain around 20 % of the entire population of Australia at about 4.6 million people. It is an extremely diverse city, with a huge number of ethnic and cultural groups
5 living there - the largest of which include British (4.3%), Chinese (3.5%), New Zealanders (2.0%), Vietnamese (1.5 %), Lebanese (1.3 %), Phillipinos (1.3 %) and Italians (1.1 %).
Sydney was the site of the first British colony in
10 Australia, which was set up in 1788. Someone who lives in Sydney and its suburbs is colloquially known as a "Sydneysider". Many foreigners think that Sydney is Australia's capital; however that distinction goes to Canberra. Sydney's most famous icon, the Sydney
15 Opera House, was completed in 1973, taking 16 years
and 10,000 construction workers to build, with a final total cost of $102 million - more than 14 ~es the originally intended price.
It's "sister landmark", the Sydney Harbour Bridge,
20 was finished in 1932 and took 272,000 litres of paint to cover - just for the first coat. You can climb the' Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The best views of Sydney and its surrounds can be had from atop Sydney Tower Eye in the heart of
25 the city. The tower allows you to stand 250 metres above sea level with 360 degree views of the Sydney skyline, Darling Harbour and the Blue Mountains in the distance.