George Street, Sydney - Wikipedia.
George Street in Sydney is the oldest street in Australia. It started out as a track from the site of Captain Arthur Phillip's settlement at what is now The Rocks, leading southward into the area of today's Central train station.
Sandstone warehouse in The Rocks on land once owned by Mary Reibey, incorporating parts of very early commercial buildings in Sydney and built in stages, the east wing being completed in 1826, the west between 1840 and 1845. In the 1970s it was repurposed as a retail centre.
In 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip, the first governor of New South Wales, named the cove where the first British settlement was established Sydney Cove after Home Secretary Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney. The cove was called Warrane by the Aboriginal inhabitants.
Parramatta Road, running 35 kilometres, cleaves a path from Broadway in the City of Sydney to the City of Parramatta, passing through a number of suburbs on the way including Leichhardt, Ashfield, Burwood, Homebush, Lidcombe, Auburn and Granville.
Initially called Rose Hill, it was renamed Parramatta, an Aboriginal word meaning “head of waters,” the year after it was proclaimed a town in 1790. In its early years it was larger and of greater importance than Sydney.
As a settlement developed, Governor Phillip gave it the name "Rose Hill" after British politician George Rose. On 4 June 1791 Phillip changed the name of the township to Parramatta, approximating the term used by the local Aboriginal people.
Until the early 19th century, Australia was best known as New Holland, a name first applied by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1644 (as Nieuw-Holland ) and subsequently anglicised.
Sydney is a girl's name of French origin, stemming from the patron saint and Norman-French place Saint-Denis.
In 1901, Australia became a nation, forming the Commonwealth of Australia. One year later, Australia became one of the first countries in the world to give women the right to vote. In 1945, Australia became a founding member of the United Nations.
Port of Dampier
Dampier is actually the second largest port in Australia, as it has merged with the Port of Hedland to form the Pilbara Ports Authority along with a number of other ports.
The first first-class match was the inter-colonial game between New South Wales and Victoria played on 22, 23 and 25 February 1878 where New South Wales won by 1 wicket.
It is widely believed that the oldest building in Sydney and Australia's oldest building is Elizabeth Farm in the Sydney suburb of Rosehill. Built in 1793 by John Macarthur, it originally served as a property for Marcarthur and his family, making it the oldest house in Australia.
Description. As at 2002, Wolseley Road was the most expensive residential road/street in Australia with 16 of the top 100 most expensive houses in Sydney being located on it.
Phillip immediately decided to move the whole fleet to Port Jackson and to establish the first settlement on a cove, which had a good freshwater stream and in which his ships could anchor close to the shore in deep water. He called it Sydney Cove, for the home secretary.
According to data collected by McCrindle.com.au, for the last four consecutive years, the top Aussie baby names have been Charlotte and Olivia. A massive 1609 girls were given the first name Charlotte in Australia in 2021.
Sydney is a unisex name. However, it became more popular as a given name for girls in the 20th century. Sydney as a boy name was more popularly utilized in the 18th century.
There is no one Aboriginal word that all Aborigines use for Australia; however, today they call Australia, ""Australia"" because that is what it is called today. There are more than 250 aboriginal tribes in Australia. Most of them didn't have a word for ""Australia""; they just named places around them.
The research also looked at the most unique first words in each country. In Australia, the word "country" was reported to be the most unique first word babbled.
The sovereign country Australia, formed in 1901 by the Federation of the six British colonies, is officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia, abbreviated within the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act and the Constitution of Australia to "the Commonwealth".
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Burramattagal is thought to be derived from the Aboriginal word for 'place where the eels lie down' to breed (within the Parramatta River).
Parramatta is named after the traditional owners, the Burramattagal clan of the Dharug people, and Warami is a Dharug word meaning 'good to see you'.
GREATER Parramatta is set to undergo further development in the coming years with a new report claiming it will become a truly global, liveable and sustainable city by 2035.