The Rock is an urban locality, tourist precinct and historic area of Sydney's city centre, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, immediately north-west of the Sydney central business districk. The precinct and its immediate sorromundings are administered independently of the local goverment area of the City of Sydney, by a New South Wales state government statutory authority, the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority.

The Rocks area borders on the Bradfield Highay, leading to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, With the Localites of Dawes Point and Millers Point, to the west.It is immediately adjacent to Circular Quay on Sydney Cove, THe site of Australia's First European settlement in 1788.