Sydney
Founded in 1788 on a bay on the southeastern coast of Australia, Sydney is a natural harbor. Today, this modern, cosmopolitan city with its entrenched beach culture is also the country's most populous.
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48 % of the inhabitants were born in Sydney |
79 % have opted to live or stay there |
53 % have an intermediate level of education |
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52 % own their home and devote 30% of their income to it |
59 % have no children |
13 % only one child |
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42 % use pubic transportation |
73 % prefer to drive |
28 % would like to leave Sydney in the near future |
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74 % would like to see their children grow up there |
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The great dates in the city history
45,000 years ago
first inhabitants of the Sydney region, ancestors of today's Aboriginal tribes
1770
discovery of Botany Bay (a suburb of modern Sydney) by James Cook
1788
landing in Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) of the First Fleet of convicts transported from Britain
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