New South Wales & Capital Territory
New South Wales marks the start of western Australian history: In 1770 Captain
James Cook sailed into Botany Bay with his ship Endeavour. Later he stranded on
reef at the Great Barrier Reef. After satisfying reports the British admirality
sent eleven ships with convicts, the First Fleet, to New South Wales. In 1788
the ships arrived in Botany Bay; shortly afterwards they moved to Port Jackson
and founded what is known as Sydney. The region developed slowly only gaining
momentum after the first Free Settlers arrived. Only after the seemingly impenetrable
Blue Mountains west of Sydney were crossed, a wide country with fruitful meadows
presented itself to the settlers. It should be noted that Aboriginal Australian
history can be traced back as far as 60,000 years!
New South Wales is the most densly populated state of
Australia. Almost six million people, about one third of the total
population of Australia lives here, 3.4 million people in the
Sydney area alone.
Click on one of the photo names to see the photo: Sydney Opera,
Sydney Tower,
Harbour Bridge,
China Town,
Newcastle Harbour,
Blue Mountains,
Three Sisters,
Anvil Rock,
Jenolan Caves,
Canberra.
