Sydney Australia

Sydney is situated in southeastern Australia, located on the southern shore of Port Jackson (an arm of the Pacific Ocean). Sydney is Australias oldest and largest city and is a major economic, cultural, and administrative center. t has !arm summers and mild !inters. "ean tem#eratures range from $%.&' to %$' ( ())' to *+' ,), !ith an average annual rainfall of $$-. mm distri/uted fairly evenly throughout the year. Sydney and its su/ur/s cover a/out $%,.++ s0 km, from the 1a!kes/ury 2iver in the north to the southern ta/lelands in the south and from the 3lue "ountains in the !est to the Pacific Ocean in the east. 4ong fingers of /ush5land e6tend dee# into Sydneys metro#olitan heart, making it vulnera/le to /ush5fires. n Sydneys central /usiness district, colonial #u/lic /uildings and handsome terrace homes sit ne6t to modern skyscra#ers, such as Sydney 7o!er (8+) m9$+++ ft). Also do!nto!n is Sydney 1ar/our 3ridge, !hich for many years sym/oli:ed the city. (om#leted in $-8%, the /ridge linked northern Sydney !ith the southern and eastern su/ur/s and !as at that time the largest single5arch /ridge in the !orld. 7he /ridge !as ecli#sed as a sym/ol !ith the o#ening, in $-*8, of the multishelled Sydney O#era 1ouse. 4ocated at 3ennelong Point, an arm of land jutting into Port Jackson, the O#era 1ouse is no! one of the most famous #ieces of modern architecture in the !orld. Sydney has a #o#ulation ($--8 estimate) of 8,*$-,+++. 7he metro#olitan area is #o#ulated mostly /y descendants of 3ritish and rish immigrants, /ut, as in other major Australian cities, Sydney has /een transformed in recent years /y migration from southern ;uro#e and Southeast Asia. Sydney has large concentrations of 4e/anese, <ietnamese, and other Asian immigrants, as !ell as large num/ers of talians and =reeks. 7he gro!th of greater Sydney has caused a continual rise in housing costs and forced many residents to the outer su/ur/s. A/origines constitute +.& #ercent of the citys total #o#ulation. Sydney is the industrial, commercial, financial, and tourist ca#ital of Australia and is one of the most significant financial centers in the Asia5 Pacific region. Si6ty of Australias largest cor#orations have their

head0uarters in Sydney, and the Sydney stock e6change is the largest in Australia.. "anufacturing, ho!ever, continues to /e im#ortant> metals, machinery, clothing, #rocessed food, electronic e0ui#ment, motor vehicles, shi#s, and refined #etroleum are some of the !ide range of Sydneys manufactured #roducts