Auburn, New South Wales - Definition and Overview

Auburn is a suburb and local government area of Sydney, Australia, about 15 kilometres west of the Central Business District. The municipality has a large migrant populations, most notably from Turkey; the Gallipoli Mosque in the suburb of Auburn, modelled upon the great mosques of Istanbul, is one of Sydney's landmarks. Homebush Bay within the municipality is the location of the main venues of the 2000 Summer Olympics.