The most famous building in Sydney is the Opera House, which was built in 1973 and cost 100 million dollars. The oldest part of the city is called The Rocks. Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria has a population of 3,2 million people. It is Australia’s second largest city and the only city in the country, in which trams are still used. About 30% of the people living in this city were born overseas. It has one of the largest Greek populations outside Greece in the world and a large Italian community.
Brisbane has a population of over 1,5 million people and is the capital of Queensland. It dates from 1902 and has a sub-tropical climate with average temperatures between 15 and 25 degrees Celsius. Perth is the capital city of Western Australia. About 1,3 million people live there. About 80% of all people from Western Australia live in Perth. Of all capital cities, it was the slowest growing – only 300 people lived here in the first year. Adelaide was named after Queen Adelaide, who was the wife of King William IV. It’s the capital of South Australia, which is the driest of all Australian states and territories. The population of Adelaide is 1,1 million and it was established in 1873. It’s now Australia’s fifth largest city just after Perth. Adelaide is known for its botanical garden that is the biggest in Southern Hemisphere and for the production of some of the best wines in Australia. Hobart is the capital of Tasmania, which is the smallest of all seven states. It’s the second oldest of all Australian capitals and was established in 1803. The population of Hobart is around 200 000 people. Australia’s first legal casino was opened here.
Darwin has a population of 82,400 people and is the capital of Northern Territory. With such a small population, Darwin is the smallest of all the capital cities. During World War II, women, children and older man were evacuated from Darwin because the first Japanese attacked on Australia was the bombing of Darwin Harbour. On Christmas Day in 1974, Cyclone Tracy hit the city and destroyed most of the buildings in the city.

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New Zealand’s landmass is 269 000 square kilometres and its population of around 3,8 million people is the Independent member of the British Commonwealth.
The main islands of New Zealand lie in the South Pacific about 2 090 kilometres east to Australia. They are North Island (Northland), South Island (Southland), Steward Island and Chatham Island.