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Сидней. The Australian city of Sydney (Sydney) - Capital SydneyNew South Wales and the largest city in Australia with an area of 12144.6 km2 and a population of 4,50 million people.

Sydney was the site of the first colonial European settlement in Australia and is located on the southeast coast of Avstralii.Poselenie built on the shore of a beautiful little coves round - Sydney Cove ( Sydney cove), located in the middle of the bay unique extended Sydney Harbour - the southern branch of the Bay of Port Jackson, separated by a narrow strait from the Tasman Sea.

In what city was built south of the Sydney Harbor Bay, and then around, that was the reason, that Sydney is often called "near Bay City» ( The Harbour City).
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The Australian city of Canberra (Canberra) - The capital of the Commonwealth of Australia, the city is located in the northern part Australian Capital Territory in 280 km south-west of Sydney and 650 km north-east of Melbourne, with a population of more than 334 thousand people.

Канберра – prosperous city, is the largest city in Australia, inland, rather than on the coast.
In 1908 , the territory of modern Canberra was chosen as the future capital of the Commonwealth of Australia, which was a compromise between competing among themselves for this status of the country's two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne.
The basis of design of Canberra went to the concept of a garden city, implying large areas of natural vegetation, Australians because of what was called the capital of "capital-hedge" (bush capital).

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The Australian city of Melbourne (Melbourne) – capital Victoria, with the population of the suburbs is 3,8 million people.

Melbourne, Australia's largest city - the second largest after Sydney, the city is located around Port Phillip Bay. Melbourne is one of the major commercial, industrial and cultural centers of Australia.

Melbourne is often referred to as "sporting and cultural capital" of the country, since there are many sporting and cultural events in the life of Australia.

In Melbourne there is Melbourne Airport (Melbourne Airport), also known as "Tullamarine Airport" (or "Tulla"), - Melbourne's main airport and a second passenger airport in Australia.

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