Sydney Harbour
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Panoramic photo by
Martin Broomfield
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Sydney Harbour was the location of the first European settlement in Australia. Discovered by Lt James Cook in 1770. The harbour is a flooded river valley and said to be the perfect natural harbour. Before it was discovered by Europeans, the area was populated by various tribes including the Gadigal, Cammeraygal, Eora and Wangal peoples.
Under Sydney Harbour Bridge at dusk, overlooking the city and the Sydney Opera House. The bridge was ...
Sydney Harbour bridge viewed from the underside.Taken on the north short of Sydney Harbour, near Luna...
Sydney Harbour from Luna Park. Sydney, Australia. Included in the panorama are the Sydney Harbour Bri...
Sydney Harbour at sunrise. The Harbour Bridge carries rail, vehicles and pedestrian traffic. It was o...
Sydney Harbour, is the Largest natural harbour in the world. It is known for its beauty, and in parti...
Sydney Opera House is situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Brid...
Sydney Opera House is situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Brid...
As one of the busiest performing arts centres in the world, providing over 1,500 performances each ye...
Taken on a recent trip to Australia, this panorama is next to the Opera House and shows the Sydney Ha...
There are no kangaroos in Austria.
We're talking about Australia, the world's smallest continent. That being cleared up, let's dive right in!
Australia is a sovereign state under the Commonwealth of Nations, which is in turn overseen by Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.
The continent was first sighted and charted by the Dutch in 1606. Captain James Cook of Britain came along in the next century to claim it for Britain and name it "New South Wales." Shortly thereafter it was declared to be a penal colony full of nothing but criminals and convicts, giving it the crap reputation you may have heard at your last cocktail party.
This rumor ignores 40,000 years of pre-European human history, especially the Aboriginal concept of Dreamtime, an interesting explanation of physical and spiritual reality.
The two biggest cities in Australia are Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney is more for business, Melbourne for arts. But that's painting in very broad strokes. Take a whirl around the panoramas to see for yourself!Text by Steve Smith.
