Western Sydney

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Western Sydney is a region of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia that generally encompasses the north-west, outer-west, central-west, south-west and outer south-west suburbs of Greater Metropolitan Sydney, with the Blue Mountains forming the region's western fringe. Western Sydney consists of 11 local government areas: Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Camden, Campbelltown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Hawkesbury, Liverpool, Parramatta, Penrith and Wollondilly. Radiocarbon dating suggests human activity occurred in the Sydney metropolitan area from around 30,000 years ago. The Darug people lived in the area that was greater western Sydney before European settlement regarded the region as rich in food from the river and forests. Parramatta was founded in 1788, the same year as Sydney, making it the second oldest city in Australia. Opened in 1811, Parramatta Road, which navigates into the heart of greater western Sydney, is one of Sydney's oldest roads and Australia's first highway between two cities...

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