Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales in Australia. It is also one of the most popular city in Australia. The population from Sydney - called Sydneysiders - are about 4.6 million people. Sydney is located on the south-east coast of Australia. In the year 2000 Sydney was the place for the Olympic Games which was a big success. The city received 7 million domestic visitors and 2.7 million international visitors in year ending December 2010. With this numbers is Sydney the 42^nd most visited city in the world.

Sydney was founded in 1788 when the first fleet arrived in Australia from England. On 13 May 1787 a fleet of 11 ships set sail from Portsmouth, England. On board were 759 convicts, most of them men with sailors and marines to guard the prisoners. They also brought seeds, farm implements, livestock such as cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, horses and chickens and 2 years supply of food with them. The first colonists came ashore at Port Jackson on 26 January 1788. They were commanded by Captain Arthur Philip.

A big problem at first was the food, the people in Sydney had not enough of it.

So England sent a fleet of five ships to bring more food to Sydney.

In December 1792 the governor captain Philip left Australia. Three years Australia did not have a governor, than John Hunter took over. He was governor from 1795 to 1800. From 1800 to 1806 Philip king was the governor.

Lachlan Macquarie was governor from 1810-1822. Before Macquarie came into town, Sydney was grown up by a very casual way. Macquarie brought order to this place. He built streets and many public buildings in Sydney. Francis Greenway - a very good architect – supported him. In the following years Sydney grew very fast. Sydney got a church, a University and a Government House was built in 1845.

Sydney continued its rapid growth during the 20th century. By 1900 Sydney had a population of 481,000. By 1921 it had reached 981,000 and by 1950 it was almost 1.7 million. Nearly 3 million people lived in Sydney in 1975.

In the 21st century Sydney blossom out.

Visitors of the town usually visit Sydney Harbour called Port Jackson. You can see there the Opera House of Sydney, witch is one of most distinctive and famous buildings of the 20th century.  It was included in the Olympic Torch route in 2000 to the Olympic stadium. The Danish architect Jørn Oberg Utzon has built the Opera in the years from 1959 to 1973.

In Port Jackson is also the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which connects the north and the south side from Sydney. It’s called “coat hanger” (Kleiderbügel). On the 19.1.1932 the Through arch bridge was finish. The bridge is 1149m long and 134m high.

There are so much nice buildings and places that tourists can visit in Sydney.

Sport is an important part of Sydney’s culture. There are 4 major football codes of Australia: Rugby league, Australian Rules football, Rugby union and soccer. The most popular summer sport in Sydney is Cricket. The NSW Blues cricket team got his ground in Sydney and is one of the best teams in Australia.

In Sydney are two main daily newspapers. The Sydney Morning Herald and The Daily Paragraph. The Sydney Morning Herald is the oldest newspaper in Australia. In 1831 it was the first newspaper published.

The three commercial television networks from Australia are also located in Sydney.