Sydney formally named
- When
- 7 February 1788 (disputed)
- Where
- Sydney, Colony of New South Wales
The settlement at Sydney Cove, named after the 1st Baron Sydney, the British Home Secretary, is associated with the formal founding of Sydney; a legacy claim of formal naming on 7 February 1788 is unverified by supplied sources.
Sydney Cove had been named after the British Home Secretary, the 1st Baron Sydney, who was later created 1st Viscount Sydney in 1789. A legacy record asserts that the settlement was formally named and founded as Sydney on 7 February 1788, but this formal naming and founding is not corroborated by any supplied passage and should be treated as unverified; only the derivation of the name from the 1st Baron Sydney is sourced.
Sources
- Sydney Cove Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-20
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