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SIDNEY
This PowerPoint is about Sidney
which is the capital city of
Australia!
Sidney a wonderful city!
Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and
themost populous city in Australia. It is located on
Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of
June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an
approximate population of 4.6 million
people. Inhabitants of Sydney are called Sydneysiders,
comprising a cosmopolitan and international
populationThe site of the first British colony in
Australia, Sydney was established in 1788 at Sydney
Cove by Arthur Phillip, commodore of the First Fleet,
as a penal colony. The city is built on hills
surrounding Port Jackson which is commonly known
as Sydney Harbour, where the iconic Sydney Opera
Houseand the Harbour Bridge feature prominently.
SIDNEY A WONDERFUL CITY!
The hinterland of the metropolitan area is surrounded
by national parks, and the coastal regions feature
many bays, rivers, inlets and beaches including the
famous Bondi Beach and Manly Beach. Within the
city are many notable parks, including Hyde Park and
theRoyal Botanic Gardens.
Sydney is a high ranking world city and has hosted
multiple major international sporting events,
including the 1938 British Empire Games (now known
as the Commonwealth Games) and the 2000 Summer
Olympics.
Geography
Sydney's urban area is in a coastal basin, which is bordered
by the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Blue Mountains to the
west, the Hawkesbury River to the north and the Royal
National Park to the south. It lies on a submergent
coastline, where the ocean level has risen to flood deep
river valleys carved in the Hawkesbury sandstone. Port
Jackson, better known as Sydney Harbour, is one such
ria. The Sydney area is not affected by significant
earthquakes.
The urban area has around 70 harbour and ocean beaches,
including the famous Bondi Beach. Sydney's urban area
covers 1,687 km2 (651 sq mi) as of 2001.[ The Sydney
Statistical Division, used for census data, is the unofficial
metropolitan area and covers
12,145 km2 (4,689 sq mi). This area includes the Central
Coast, the Blue Mountains, and national parks and other
unurbanised land.
GEOGRAPHY
Geographically, Sydney lies over two regions:
the Cumberland Plain, a relatively flat region lying to the
south and west of the harbour, and the Hornsby Plateau, a
sandstone plateau lying mainly to the north of the harbour
and dissected by steep valleys. The parts of the city with
the oldest European development are located in the flat
areas south of the harbour. TheNorth Shore was slower to
develop because of its hilly topography and lack of access
across the harbour. The Sydney Harbour Bridge was
opened in 1932 and linked the North Shore to the rest of
the city.
Sidney’s Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts
centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was
conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn
Utzon, opening in 1973 after a long gestation that had
begun with his competition-winning design in 1957. Joseph
Cahill's New South Wales Government gave the go-ahead
for work to begin in 1958. The government's bold decision
to select Utzon's design is often overshadowed by the
scandal that followed. It sits at the northeastern tip of
the Sydney central business district , surrounded on three
sides by the harbour (Sydney Cove and Farm and inland
by the Royal Botanic Gardens.
Contrary to its name, the building houses multiple
performance venues.
SIDNEY’S OPERA HOUSE
The Sydney Opera House is among the busiest
performing arts centres in the world, hosting over
1,500 performances each year attended by some
1.2 million people. It provides a venue for many
performing-arts companies, including the four key
resident companies Opera Australia, The Australian
Ballet, the Sydney Theatre Companyand the Sydney
Symphony Orchestra, and presents a wide range of
productions on its own account. It is also one of the
most popular visitor attractions in Australia.
Sidney’s Opera House!
Sidney has got a big and beautiful
beach!
Bibliography
YOU HAVE TO
GO THERE!
THE CITY IS
AMAZING!!!!!
1)Wikipedia/Sidney
2)Google images Sidney
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