Sydney is one of the finest cities in the southern hemisphere and Australia's largest city. It is renowned for its great architectural design icons such as the Opera House and the Sydney Harbor Bridge. In this article, we take you on a journey along 26 interesting facts and stories (one for every letter in the alphabet).
Sydney is one of the finest cities in the southern hemisphere and Australia's largest city. It is renowned for its great architectural design icons such as the Opera House and the Sydney Harbor Bridge. In this article, we take you on a journey along 26 interesting facts and stories (one for every letter in the alphabet). Here are the first three letters of the alphabet:
a. The Ashes are a series of a cricket matches played between the English and Australian national teams every two years, and one of the sport’s more pointed rivalries. The Ashes got their name after the first English cricket had died and had been cremated. Hence, the English team’s following visit to Sydney was a fight to get back “the ashes”. So far, Australia has won The Ashes 123 times, England has won them 100 times, and 87 matches have been draws.
b. Botany Bay was the first Australian landing site of Captain James Cook and his company in 1770. It lies a short distance from Sydney’s modern-day business center, and, among other things, houses Barco’s Australian office.
c. The Cadigal are a group of Aboriginal Australians who originally inhabited the lands in and around the future city of Sydney. As has happened all too often during the process of European exploration and colonization, about 50% of the Cadigal had died of smallpox by the late 18th century.
