Auburn is a suburb in western Sydney, in the
state of New South Wales, Australia. Auburn is
located 19 kilometres west of the Sydney
central business district and is the
administrative centre of the local government
area of Auburn Council.

Auburn prides itself as one of the most
multicultural communities in Australia. The
traditionally Anglo-Celtic European population
has slowly been replaced by a high percentage
of immigrants from Turkish, Lebanese and
Vietnamese backgrounds.

In 2012, Auburn was identified as the suburb
with the highest number of drive-by shooting
incidents in the Sydney Region, coming in at
34 incidents in the five years between 2007 and
2012. In late 2013, Police launched an anti-gang
crackdown in Auburn in response to attacks
involving firearms.