{"id":57,"date":"2017-11-10T19:28:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T18:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplepostmap.tangodev.it\/demo\/?p=57"},"modified":"2017-11-13T18:32:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T17:32:25","slug":"sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplepostmap.tangodev.it\/demo\/2017\/11\/10\/sydney\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sydney<\/b> (\/\u02c8<\/span>s<\/span>\u026a<\/span>d<\/span>n<\/span>i<\/span>\/<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(\"About<\/a>\u00a0listen<\/a><\/span><\/span>)<\/small><\/span>)[7]<\/a><\/sup> is the state capital<\/a> of New South Wales<\/a> and the most populous city<\/a> in Australia<\/a> and Oceania<\/a>.[8]<\/a><\/sup> Located on Australia’s east coast, the metropolis surrounds the world’s largest natural harbour<\/a> and sprawls<\/a> about 70\u00a0km (43.5\u00a0mi) on its periphery towards the Blue Mountains<\/a> to the west<\/a>, Hawkesbury<\/a> to the north and Macarthur<\/a> to the south<\/a>.[9]<\/a><\/sup> Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs<\/a>, 40 local government areas<\/a> and 15 contiguous regions<\/a>. Residents of the city are known as “Sydneysiders”.[10]<\/a><\/sup> As at June 2016 Sydney’s estimated population was 5,029,768.[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

The Sydney area has been inhabited by indigenous Australians<\/a> for at least 30,000<\/a> years.[12]<\/a><\/sup> Lieutenant James Cook<\/a> first landed at Kurnell<\/a> in 1770, when navigating his way up the east coast of Australia on his ship, HMS Endeavour<\/a><\/i>. It was not until 1788 when the First Fleet<\/a><\/i>, which contained convicts<\/a> and was led by Captain<\/a> Arthur Phillip<\/a>, arrived in Botany Bay<\/a> to found Sydney as a penal colony<\/a>, the first European settlement in Australia<\/a>.[13]<\/a><\/sup>Phillip named the city “Sydney” in recognition of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney<\/a>, Home Secretary in 1788.[14]<\/a><\/sup> There are examples of rock art and engravings<\/a> located in the protected Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park<\/a>, as well as the Royal National Park<\/a>.[15]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Since convict transportation<\/a> ended in the mid-19th century, the city has transformed from a colonial outpost into a major global cultural and economic centre. The municipal council of Sydney was incorporated in 1842 and became Australia’s first city.[16]<\/a><\/sup> Gold<\/a> was discovered in the colony in 1851 and with it came thousands of people seeking to make money.[17]<\/a><\/sup>[16]<\/a><\/sup> Sydney became one of the most multicultural cities in the world after the mass migration<\/a> following the second World War<\/a>.[3]<\/a><\/sup> According to the 2011 census<\/a>, more than 250 different languages were spoken in Sydney and about 40 percent of residents spoke a language other than English<\/a> at home.[18]<\/a><\/sup>Furthermore, 36 percent of the population reported having been born overseas<\/a>.[19]<\/a><\/sup>[20]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Despite being one of the most expensive cities<\/a> in the world,[21]<\/a><\/sup> the 2014 Mercer Quality of Living Survey<\/a> ranks Sydney tenth in the world in terms of quality of living<\/a>,[22]<\/a><\/sup> making it one of the most livable cities<\/a>.[23]<\/a><\/sup> It is classified as an Alpha World City<\/a> by Globalization and World Cities Research Network<\/a>, indicating its influence in the region and throughout the world.[24]<\/a><\/sup>[25]<\/a><\/sup> Ranked eleventh in the world for economic opportunity,[26]<\/a><\/sup> Sydney has an advanced market economy<\/a> with strengths in finance, manufacturing and tourism<\/a>.[27]<\/a><\/sup>[28]<\/a><\/sup> There is a significant concentration of foreign banks and multinational corporations in Sydney and the city is promoted as one of Asia Pacific<\/a>‘s leading financial hubs.[29]<\/a><\/sup>[30]<\/a><\/sup> Established in 1850, the University of Sydney<\/a> is Australia’s first university and is regarded as one of the world’s leading universities.[31]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

In addition to hosting events such as the 2000 Summer Olympics<\/a>, Sydney is amongst the top fifteen most-visited cities in the world,[32]<\/a><\/sup> with millions of tourists coming each year to see the city’s landmarks.[33]<\/a><\/sup> Its natural features include Sydney Harbour<\/a>, the Royal National Park<\/a>, and the Royal Botanic Garden<\/a>. Man-made attractions such as Sydney Tower<\/a>, the Sydney Harbour Bridge<\/a>, and the Sydney Opera House<\/a> (which became a World Heritage Site<\/a> in 2007[34]<\/a><\/sup>), are also well known to international visitors. The main passenger airport serving the metropolitan area is Kingsford-Smith Airport<\/a>, one of the world’s oldest continually operating airports.[35]<\/a><\/sup> Opened in 1906, Central station<\/a> is the main hub of the city’s rail network<\/a>.[36]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

From Wikipedia:\u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sydney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sydney (\/\u02c8s\u026adni\/ (About this sound listen))[7] is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplepostmap.tangodev.it\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplepostmap.tangodev.it\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplepostmap.tangodev.it\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplepostmap.tangodev.it\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplepostmap.tangodev.it\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/simplepostmap.tangodev.it\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134,"href":"https:\/\/simplepostmap.tangodev.it\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions\/134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplepostmap.tangodev.it\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplepostmap.tangodev.it\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplepostmap.tangodev.it\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplepostmap.tangodev.it\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}