Sydney Wragge, creator of sophisticated casuals for women and Roger Vivier, designer of Christian Dior shoes Paris, France, whose squared toes and lowered heels have revolutionized the shoe industry.

If property really does double every seven years then, in 2009, the average Sydney home would have been worth $ 189, 530, 112. 00.

Hobart's Constitution Dock is the arrival point for Yachts after they have completed the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, and usually witnesses scenes of celebration by many yachtsmen during the new year festivities.

Five ships of the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) have been named HMAS Sydney after Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales.

Between them, vessels named HMAS Sydney have been awarded fourteen battle honours by the Royal Australian Navy.

If Parliament sat in Sydney, they would have a better understanding of the problems being faced by their constituents.

Since his death, there have been persistent unproven allegations that Askin, allegedly assisted by then Police Commissioner Norman Allan, oversaw the creation of a lucrative network of corruption and bribery that involved politicians, public servants and police and the nascent Sydney organised crime syndicates.

During a 1956 radio interview with Sydney Rogers in West Oakland several months after her arrest, Parks said she had decided, " I would have to know for once and for all what rights I had as a human being and a citizen.

Three LGAs in outer metropolitan Sydney have populations exceeding that of towns or municipalities, but retain significant bushlands and / or semi-rural areas, have continued to use the title of ' Shire ', possibly due to community demand or popularity, or for financial and socio-political gain.

Since 1995, the Sydney Swans are the only club not to have missed the finals in consecutive seasons, and have made the finals more years than any other club in the same time, only missing the finals in 2000, 2002 and 2009.

In Round 5, 2002, Sydney escaped with a controversial 8. 8 ( 56 ) draw, but only after St Kilda's Nick Dal Santo missed a shot after the siren that would have won the Saints the match.

Sydney were lucky to have drawn the match anyway, as they were 17 points down with five minutes to go in the match.

The trading of Adam Schneider and Sean Dempster, as well as the team being coached by the former assistant coach at Sydney, Ross Lyon, plus the fact that former Saints players Barry Hall, Tony Lockett and Peter Everitt had played for the Swans, have led to a much stronger rivalry between the clubs, with matches being dubbed " Ross versus Roos " ( from 2007 until 2010 ) by many commentators.

The modern Olympics have been held during the summer months every four years since 1896 ( though the 2000 Sydney olympics happened when it was technically winter there ).

A competition for women was introduced at the Olympic Games of 2000 in Sydney, Australia. The women have excelled in the 2 disciplines snatch and clean and jerk because these lifts entail hips and leg strength that women naturally have resulting is some significant milestones in women's weightlifting.

* July 4 – Sydney newspaper publisher Juanita Nielsen disappears, and is presumed to have been murdered.

A series of arson attacks on commercial properties in Sydney was widely attributed to the IWW campaign to have Tom Barker released.

In 2003 Sydney resident John J Leonard also claimed to have originated a format substantially similar to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ( although it had no Lifelines ).

In 1987, Carey was picked up by North Melbourne after a series of events which would have left the Sydney Swans ' recruiting staff slightly red-faced in hindsight.

* It is expected that Sydney will have a tram network by the year 2030.

Sydney Larson, a staff representative for the United Steel Workers, which the firm's 25 workers joined before striking, said the state Labor Relations Board has been asked to set up an election to pick a bargaining agent.

Although Tasmanian AFL Bid has been ongoing, the AFL's focus has become gaining marketshare in lucrative and broadcasting rights in two populous Australian states, introducing clubs on the Gold Coast, Queensland ( Gold Coast Football Club ) and in Greater Western Sydney ( Greater Western Sydney Football Club ).

The Diocese of Sydney has developed its own small prayer book, called Sunday Services, to supplement the existing prayer book and preserve the original theology, which the Sydney diocese asserts has been changed.

Sydney has traditionally been the main port, with various facilities in a large, sheltered, natural harbour.

The Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation has been working with the University of Sydney to develop baits to train native animals not to eat the toads.

Worried that their goodbye had been too low-key and had disregarded their home fans, the band performed the Farewell to the World concert on the steps of the Sydney Opera House on 24 November 1996, which raised funds for the Sydney Children's Hospital.

Gosford is considered a major commercial centre of the Sydney Metropolitan Area, and has been designated as an important growth centre under the NSW Metropolitan Strategy.

He has appeared as a soloist for all the major Australian orchestras, and has been Guest Principal Oboe with the Sydney Symphony.

During 2007, Macquarie University faced a restructuring of its student organisation after an audit raised questions about management of hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds by student organisations At the centre of the investigation was Victor Ma, president of the Macquarie University Students ' Council, who had previously been involved in a high-profile case of student election fixing at the University of Sydney.

By the 1880s the tradition of England-Australia cricket tours was well established, with a total of eight Tests having been played, five of them at the MCG, two at the Sydney Cricket Ground and one at The Oval in London.

Crowe is a known sports fan and has been a supporter of the rugby league football team the South Sydney Rabbitohs since childhood.

The original line up of Skyhooks including Hill reformed in 2005 at the Annandale Hotel in Sydney for a one-off gig, a benefit for Hill, who had been diagnosed with liver cancer.

In recent years though, 2UE been eclipsed by its Sydney rival 2GB after the defection of 2UE most popular talkback host, Alan Jones.

Since 2000, taekwondo has been one of only two Asian martial arts ( the other being judo ) that are included in the Olympic Games ; it became a demonstration event starting with the 1988 games in Seoul, and became an official medal event starting with the 2000 games in Sydney.

( Contradiction: In The Bear and the Dragon it states Ryan has been President for 15 months and that book occurs after Rainbow Six which must occur 1999-2000 due to the Olympics in Sydney.

Three years later, Boeing 777's were deployed to Sydney and Melbourne.

In 2001 AARNet deployed its first international capacity by acquiring 310 Mbit / s of capacity from Sydney via Hawaii to Seattle.

Mackay had previously been instructed to prioritise the regions around Sydney and Newcastle, with Darwin as a secondary priority, and had to consider the fact that a large portion of Australia's military and naval forces were deployed overseas.

This building, ‘ an outstanding example of Victorian architectural exuberance, with towers and turrets deployed around a giant dome in diameter surmounted by a lantern above the ground ’, dominated Sydney ’ s skyline and covered over two hectares.

Armed troops were deployed to support thr police in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle and a number of other ports around Australia, as violence escalated against non-union labour and against the property of companies operating shipping, the mines, the wharves and ports.

This initial research was followed by the formation of Interscan International limited in Sydney, Australia in 1979 who manufactured MLS systems that were subsequently deployed in the US, EU, Taiwan, China and Australia.