Sydney Harbour National Park
The Sydney Harbour National Park is an Australian national park comprising parts of Port Jackson, Sydney and its foreshores and various islands. The 392-hectare (970-acre) national park lies in New South Wales and was created progressively, from 1975.
Headlands, Sydney Harbour
The beach at Nielsen Park, Vaucluse, part of the national park
Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The harbour is an inlet of the Tasman Sea. It is the location of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. The location of the first European settlement and colony on the Australian mainland, Port Jackson has continued to play a key role in the history and development of Sydney.
Port Jackson seen from the air in 2006
Sydney Cove, Port Jackson in the County of Cumberland – from a drawing made by Francis Fowkes in 1788.
This 1830 painting shows the Mellish entering the harbour. Ships importing resources from India played a vital role in establishing Sydney.
Clipper ships in Darling Harbour in 1900