Sydney Australia - Tourism Facts

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Australia is a golden country and Sydney is its crowning glory. A city of breathtaking beauty this sprawling metropolis offers everything to everyone. Don't say it to a native of Melbourne but Sydney for most people counts as Australia's capital in everything but name.

The most famous of the country's attractions are here in the distinctive twin shapes of the Harbour Bridge and the billowing Opera House and following on the worldwide success of the 2000 Olympics held in the city Sydney is very much in the ascendancy, on a global scale.

The first city to be established in Australia Sydney was originally settled by the British in 1788, fifty years before Melbourne. This has given Sydney a historical character that most cities in Australia naturally lack, epitomised in The Rocks old quarter of the city. The city also occupies a quite breathtaking natural aspect, from the blue waters of the harbour to the mountain range of the Great Dividing Range that rises away to the West.

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Australia Facts and Introduction

A thousand miles from anywhere, Australia really is a world apart. Untouched by Westerners for thousands of years the land was only home to the peaceful Aboriginal tribes. In the past two hundred and fifty years though great cities have sprung up and the advent of air travel has thrown Australia open to the world, making it one of the most popular holiday destinations for people all over the globe.

Although prospectors rushed here in the 18th and 19th century, convinced that the Australian frontier hid as much gold as the Wild West of America, it is only relatively recently that the world has appreciated Australia's true resources of its great natural beauty. It is a vast expanse of golden coasts, snowy mountains, sandy deserts, blue lakes and clear seas.

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