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The 33 pages that link to Sydney, each with the reason it gives.

• CanberraCompared with: Sydney was a contender for federal capital, but Canberra took that role.

• First FleetBroader topic: The fleet’s camp became the city of Sydney.

• MelbourneCompared with: Sydney is Melbourne’s principal rival in national prominence and urban scale.

• Sydney CoveNarrower topic: The city grew from the settlement established beside the cove.

• New South WalesBroader topic: Its growth made the state’s founding settlement its dominant metropolitan center.

• The BulletinNarrower topic: The magazine began there amid the city’s expanding press and political culture.

• Patrick WhiteRelated: White was born and raised in Sydney, a setting that informed his early sense of place.

• BrisbaneCompared with: Sydney is larger and older as a colonial city, but Brisbane is Queensland’s capital.

• Australian MuseumBroader topic: The museum was established in this city and remains based there.

• Cathy FreemanRelated: Winning before a home crowd gave Freeman's victory particular national resonance.

• Errol FlynnRelated: Flynn spent part of his youth in Sydney before pursuing work abroad.

• AdelaideCompared with: Sydney’s harbor-centered origins contrast with Adelaide’s deliberately surveyed inland grid.

• Anthony AlbaneseRelated: Albanese was born and raised in Sydney, which has been central to his public and political life.

• Nicole KidmanRelated: Kidman grew up in Sydney and began acting in Australian productions there.

• Perth (Western Australia)Compared with: Sydney is a larger eastern-coast metropolis, unlike Perth’s western isolation.

• Russell CroweRelated: Crowe spent much of his childhood in Australia after his family moved there.

• Thomas KeneallyRelated: Keneally was born in Sydney in 1935.

• Caroline ChisholmRelated: Chisholm based much of her migrant assistance in Sydney, where new arrivals needed housing and work.

• Robin WarrenRelated: Warren and Marshall worked together on their landmark research in Sydney.

• Watkin TenchBroader topic: Tench’s writings record the settlement that grew into Sydney.

• Colleen McCulloughRelated: McCullough studied and worked in Sydney before establishing her writing career.

• Common ringtail possumBroader topic: Possums living in Sydney illustrate how the species adapts to urban neighborhoods.

• Jan MorrisRelated: Morris’s Sydney gives the city the close, expansive portrait characteristic of her travel books.

• Miranda KerrRelated: Kerr grew up in Australia and began modeling there.

• Ray MeagherRelated: Meagher’s professional training at NIDA took place in Sydney.

• Ruth ParkRelated: The city became the central setting for much of Park’s fiction.

• Dorothea MackellarRelated: Mackellar was born and raised in Sydney, though her best-known poem evokes rural landscapes.

• Ethel TurnerNarrower topic: Turner’s life and writing career were rooted in Sydney.

• Harry TriguboffRelated: Triguboff settled in Sydney, where he established Meriton and built most of his projects.

• John PilgerRelated: Pilger was born in Sydney in 1939 and began his journalism career there.

• Orry-KellyRelated: He studied and worked in Sydney before leaving Australia for the United States.

• Paul HoganRelated: Hogan grew up in Sydney and began performing in Australian television there.

• WollongongCompared with: Sydney is Wollongong’s northern neighbor and the dominant metropolis in the region.