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Sydney Basin

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The Sydney Basin is an interim Australian bioregion and is both a structural entity and a depositional area, now preserved on the east coast of New South Wales, Australia and with some of its eastern side now subsided beneath the Tasman Sea. The basin is named for the city of Sydney, on which it is centred. Around 5,000 metres (16,000 ft) thick, the Sydney Basin consists of Permian and Triassic sedimentary rocks, which stretches from Newcastle in the north to Batemans Bay in the south, and west to the Great Dividing Range. The basin is also home to the major centres of Newcastle, Gosford, and Wollongong, as well as the state capital of Sydney, and contains economically significant reserves of coal. Sydney's famous harbour and the sculptured cliffs of the Blue Mountains are signature formations of relatively hard upper strata of sandstone. The basin contains the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Greater Blue Mountains Area.

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Sydney Basin
Masterfield Street, Sydney Rossmore

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N -33.948055555556 ° E 150.76 °
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Masterfield Street
2557 Sydney, Rossmore
New South Wales, Australia
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