The 'Which Skyline Is This' Game (major)

[susankate]

Place in Australia:

[susankate]

A couple of clues:

1) The above town is an administrative centre for the region surrounding it (which is more populated than it looks).

2) There is a suburb just to the left of the picture that has the same name as a US state. Most people assume that the suburb was named after the state. However, the suburb (or rather the land where the suburb is now situated) was named about 30-40 years BEFORE the state (they were both named after the same source).

[sonetlumiere]

Adelaide?

[susankate]

Originally Posted by sonetlumiere

Adelaide?

More easterly and not a main city (although not too far from one)

[SluggoF16]

Brisbane (with the suburb being Virginia?)

[susankate]

Originally Posted by SluggoF16

Brisbane (with the suburb being Virginia?)

Further south. The US state was admitted to the union much later than Virginia.

Also, the above place is not in a major city but is the administrative centre for a region that is not far from a major city. Many people from this region do commute to the bigger city.

[SluggoF16]

There's a Gosford, with the nearby Wyoming. That it?

[susankate]

Originally Posted by SluggoF16

There's a Gosford, with the nearby Wyoming. That it?

Well done. Gosford is the administrative centre of the Central Coast which is the region between Sydney and Newcastle. The Central Coast has a population of about 321,000. Lots of people commute because it is just over 1 hour from Sydney.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centra...ew_South_Wales)

and history of Wyoming the suburb (a rather non-descript unexciting suburb):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming,_New_South_Wales

Both Wyomings were named after the poem "Gertrude of Wyoming":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_of_Wyoming

The "Wyoming" referred to in the poem is the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania.

[SluggoF16]

Interesting.

A view without this place's famous backdrop.

[vasiliymeshko]

Is that Albuqerque?