Sydney was used by Britain as a colony beginning in 1788.

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Matt Dryden · Answer 1 · 2022-11-15T12:45:10+0000

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Phillip originally named the colony "New Albion", but for some uncertain reason the colony acquired the name "Sydney", after the (then) British Home Secretary, Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney (Baron Sydney, Viscount Sydney from 1789).

Sydney was used by Britain as a colony beginning in 1788.

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