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About Sydney

brief history ...

The English captain James Cook discovers the Eastern coast of Australia and the place we call today Sydney in 1770 and claims it for the English Crown.

The First Fleet arrives in Sydney Australia in 1788, under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, and the colonization of the new continent begins.

Captain Phillip christens Sydney Cove, after Thomas Townshend, Baron Sydney (1733-1800), the English minister responsible for the colony. Later, the name drops 'Cove' and the area becomes known as Sydney.

The Commonwealth of Australia forms in 1901.

Sydney Harbor Bridge opens to traffic in 1932.

Sydney Opera House opens its doors in 1973.

Sydney shines in the international spotlight by hosting the Olympic Games in 2000.

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1803 - HMS Investigator arrives in Port Jackson after circumnavigating Australia. On the voyage Matthew Flinders charted the coast and Robert Brown made an extensive collection of the flora of Australia.

1838 - 28 Indigenous Australians were killed at the Myall Creek massacre.

1979 - Seven people die in a fire on the ghost train at Luna Park Sydney.

Australian slang

Crown Jewels the testicles
big-note oneself brag, boast
hooroo see you later
cranky angry
blowie blow fly
fair dinkum true, real
mozzie mosquito
chuck a spas angry
chokkie chocolate

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