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How was the Australian city of Sydney named ? What is the history of its naming ?

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Melbourne is named after a former Prime Minister of Britain and Brisbane is named after a former Governer Gereral of Australia.

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  1. there was this bloke on captain cooks boat, his name was Syd and when they got to Australia they came ashore and Syd fell over and hurt his knee...... captain cook laughed and said "mate im going to name this town after you and your little accident I DECLARE THIS LOCATION BE KNOWN AS SYDS KNEE" any way over time the name has changed slightly, as some politicians couldn't spell syd's knee they changed it to SYDNEY. and thats how Sydney got its name.


  2. Thomas Townshend

    http://home.worldonline.co.za/~townshend...

  3. It is named after Lord Sydney.

    This link will give you a fair bit of information.
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