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Weblog for HIST 381 at NDSUFriday, January 27, 2006
Perth: The Western City Cousin
Perth is a busy and modern city that lies between the cerulean Indian Ocean and the ancient Darling Ranges. Its claim to fame is being the "sunniest state capital " in Australia! However, it is quite isloated, as it is over 4400 kilometers from Sydney, by road!
It is the most poplulous city of Western Australia and the state capital, with an estimated popluation of 1.5 million, making it the fourth largest city in Australia. It is known for its warm weather and picturesque parks.
The British Army had established a base King George Sound, later known as Albany, on the south coast of Western Australia in 1826, to stall the French annexing the area, it is rumored, Perth was the first settlement by the Europeans in the "western-third" of the continent. The town was established in 1829, as the capital of the Swan River Colony, a free settler colony. In 1850, it becamea convict colony, at the request of business and farming people, who wanted cheap labor. In 1901, Western Australia joined the Ferderation of Australia. Perth was named by the Scot James Sterling, after his birthplace of Perthshire, which was also his parlimentary seat in the British House of Commons.
Perth is set on the Swan River, named because of the native black swans. Summers in perth are hot and dry, and february is the hottest month of the year; the record being set in 1991 at 115* F! Winters are cool and moist. Perth is a significant base of operations for the military of Australia. The people of Perth are friendly, but a bit suspious of their Eastern "cousins", as they they feel the eastern people consider the Perth population to be a backward civilization...only because it is isolated, as Perth is closer to the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, than it is to the Australian capital of Canberra, or to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane! Perth boasts four public universities and one private university and has a symphony orchestra and has two teams in the Australian Footbvall League.
Perth is a busy and modern city that lies between the cerulean Indian Ocean and the ancient Darling Ranges. Its claim to fame is being the "sunniest state capital " in Australia! However, it is quite isloated, as it is over 4400 kilometers from Sydney, by road!
It is the most poplulous city of Western Australia and the state capital, with an estimated popluation of 1.5 million, making it the fourth largest city in Australia. It is known for its warm weather and picturesque parks.
The British Army had established a base King George Sound, later known as Albany, on the south coast of Western Australia in 1826, to stall the French annexing the area, it is rumored, Perth was the first settlement by the Europeans in the "western-third" of the continent. The town was established in 1829, as the capital of the Swan River Colony, a free settler colony. In 1850, it becamea convict colony, at the request of business and farming people, who wanted cheap labor. In 1901, Western Australia joined the Ferderation of Australia. Perth was named by the Scot James Sterling, after his birthplace of Perthshire, which was also his parlimentary seat in the British House of Commons.
Perth is set on the Swan River, named because of the native black swans. Summers in perth are hot and dry, and february is the hottest month of the year; the record being set in 1991 at 115* F! Winters are cool and moist. Perth is a significant base of operations for the military of Australia. The people of Perth are friendly, but a bit suspious of their Eastern "cousins", as they they feel the eastern people consider the Perth population to be a backward civilization...only because it is isolated, as Perth is closer to the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, than it is to the Australian capital of Canberra, or to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane! Perth boasts four public universities and one private university and has a symphony orchestra and has two teams in the Australian Footbvall League.
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