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‘Cities of Australia’

The Australian city of Alice Springs or Alice Springs ( Alice Springs),located in the south Northern Territory, the city's population 26,5 thousand people, is the second largest city residents in the Northern Territory.

Residents of Australia, Alice Springs Town, referred to simply as Alice, and the language of the Aboriginal name of the city sounds like "Mparntve".

City of Alice Springs is located in the geographical center of Australia, it is well away from the cities of Adelaide and Darwin. Distances near the coast around 1200 километров, and to the nearest town – 1500 километроKilometers

City of Alice Springs – odnin of the richest cities in Australia, main source of income is tourism city, this is due to the high number of Aboriginal. Also, the city Alice Springs is the center of railways and highways connecting the north and south of the continent.

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The Australian city of Gladstone (Gladstone) Located in the eastern part Stata Kvislend and is the center of the same local government area with a population of 43 Thousands of people.

City of Gladstone is located on the shores of the Coral Sea, Kolliop between the rivers in the north and the River Boyne in the south, nearby city of Rockhampton, located one hundred kilometers to the north-west of Gladstone.

City of Gladstone - an industrial city, Unlike other coastal cities in Queensland, that focus on the tourism business. In line Gladstone no beaches, banks of two rivers and the coast occupied by factories, power plant and a major seaport, is a well-developed railway and many roads.

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The Australian city of Gold Coast (Cost-Golg) located in the southeastern part of the Stata Kvislend and is the center of the same area of ​​the local government center with a population of 527 thousand people.

Gold Coast City stretches 60 kilometers along the coast of the Coral Sea, in the western part of the Gold Coast is bordered by the Great Dividing Range, Nearby is the National Park Lamington, which is part of the rain forests of the eastern coast, classified as World Heritage sites.

In 1885 the governor Kvislenda built on a hill near the Gold Coast holiday home. Since then, the coast has become a place of resort for the higher circles of Brisbane. To 1889 year in this area had a railroad, that provided the impetus for the development of the area. After the opening of the hotel two kilometers from Southport are tourist boom began.

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