Greater Western Sydney (GWS) is the region of the metropolitan area of
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia that is generally accepted to embrace the northwest, southwest, central west, and western sub-regions of greater metropolitan Sydney. The
University of Western Sydney defines greater western Sydney as comprising 14
local government areas; namely located within
Auburn,
Bankstown,
Blacktown,
Canterbury,
Camden,
Campbelltown,
Fairfield,
Hawkesbury,
Holroyd,
Liverpool,
Parramatta,
Penrith,
The Hills Shire and
Wollondilly.