Australia. Guide to Australia

‘Cities of Australia’

The Australian city of Broken Hill (Broken Hill), located in the western part of the state New South Uelss population of the city 20 thousand people.

City of Broken Hill is bordered by state South Australia , the nearest large city is the capital of South Australia - Adelaide, be in five hundred kilometers to the southwest.

In the Broken Hill mining industry is concentrated, here to be of the same name unique polymetallic deposit of lead and zinc. The main ore minerals, mined in Broken Hill galena and sphalerite are, quartz and calcite. Also in the local fields are rare specimens of native copper and silver.

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The Australian city of Wollongong (Wollongong) located on the south-east of the State New South Wales , on the coast of the Tasman Sea, population 263 Thousands of people. City of Wollongong third city in the state by population, after Sydney and Newcastle and ninth in all of Australia.

City of Wollongong, a large center of ferrous metallurgy and heavy engineering, well-developed textile and clothing industry.

In a suburb of Wollongong located Port Kembla – which is one of the largest port and industrial zones in the country. Wollongong also has its own railway station.

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The Australian city of Newcastle (Newcastle), located in the state New South Wales , the city's population 288 thousand people, is the second largest city in the state after the residents of Sydney.

City of Newcastle is located on the shores of the Tasman Sea, in the mouth Hunter River, in 162 kilometers north of Sydney.

The city is the Port of Newcastle, which is the world's leading exporter of coal, with a turnover of 30 million tonnes per year.

In Newcastle, a well-developed iron and steel, shipbuilding, as well as the automotive and chemical industries.

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