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MLC Centre". Emporis. 2014. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012 . Retrieved 20 July 2014. Macquarie gave a charter in 1817 to form the first bank in Australia, the Bank of New South Wales. [296] New private banks opened throughout the 1800s but the financial system was unstable. Bank collapses were frequent and a crisis point was reached in 1893 when 12 banks failed. [296]The North Shore includes the commercial centres of North Sydney and Chatswood. North Sydney itself consists of a large commercial centre, which contains the second largest concentration of high-rise buildings in Sydney after the CBD. North Sydney is dominated by advertising, marketing and associated trades, with many large corporations holding offices.

Researchers from Loughborough University have ranked Sydney amongst the top ten world cities that are highly integrated into the global economy. [271] The Global Economic Power Index ranks Sydney eleventh in the world. [272] The Global Cities Index recognises it as fourteenth in the world based on global engagement. [273] There is a significant concentration of foreign banks and multinational corporations in Sydney and the city is promoted as Australia's financial capital and one of Asia Pacific's leading financial hubs. [274] [275] Discover Barangaroo". Barangaroo Delivery Authority. 2013. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014 . Retrieved 13 July 2014. Obtaining sufficient fresh water was difficult during early colonial times. A catchment called the Tank Stream sourced water from what is now the CBD but was little more than an open sewer by the end of the 1700s. [444] The Botany Swamps Scheme was one of several ventures during the mid-1800s that saw the construction of wells, tunnels, steam pumping stations, and small dams to service Sydney's growing population. [444] Main article: Regions of Sydney Sydney area at night, facing west. Wollongong is bottom left, and the Central Coast is at the far right. When the six colonies federated on 1 January 1901, Sydney became the capital of the State of New South Wales. The spread of bubonic plague in 1900 prompted the state government to modernise the wharves and demolish inner-city slums. The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 saw more Sydney males volunteer for the armed forces than the Commonwealth authorities could process, and helped reduce unemployment. Those returning from the war in 1918 were promised "homes fit for heroes" in new suburbs such as Daceyville and Matraville. "Garden suburbs" and mixed industrial and residential developments also grew along the rail and tram corridors. [61] The population reached one million in 1926, after Sydney had regained its position as the most populous city in Australia. [80] The government created jobs with massive public projects such as the electrification of the Sydney rail network and building the Sydney Harbour Bridge. [81] Sydney Harbour Bridge opening day, 19 March 1932Attenbrow, Val (2010). Sydney's Aboriginal Past, investigating the archaeological and historical records (2nded.). Sydney: UNSW Press. pp.22–26. ISBN 9781742231167.