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Сидней - вовсе не столица Австралии, как думают многие, хотя это ее старейший город. Столицей он не смог стать из-за «конкурента» - второго мегаполиса страны, Мельбурна. В 1901 году, когда возник вопрос о выборе столицы, Сидней и Мельбурн одновременно претендовали на это звание, не собираясь уступать друг другу. Точку в непримиримой борьбе смогло положить лишь строительство в качестве столицы совершенно нового города, Канберры, которая находится на значительном расстоянии от обоих «соперников».
Однако именно Сидней является «визитной карточкой» Австралии. Здесь расположены самые узнаваемые ее памятники: фантастическая Сиднейская Опера и величественный мост Харбор.
Сидней - сравнительно молодой город. В течение долгих тысячелетий в этих краях жили лишь аборигены, и даже Джеймс Кук, исследовавший восточное побережье Австралии, сюда не добрался. Основателем города является капитан Артур Филипп, приплывший в 1788 году вместе с десятком кораблей и сотнями заключенных, которым предстояло основать новые колонии для Великобритании.
Город, получивший при рождении имя «Новый Альбион», рос полностью с нуля: строились дома и улицы, прокладывались дороги и мосты, искалась пригодная для посевов почва, выращивались урожаи. Некоторое время спустя Новый Альбион был переименован в честь лорда Сиднея Томаса Тауншенда - человека, который фактически и отправлял сюда ссыльных.
В Сидней продолжали прибывать британские флотилии, но основной целью этих экспедиций оставалась транспортировка заключенных из британских тюрем во вновь образованную колонию. И несмотря на то, что с начала XIX века уже сформировалось такое явление, как свободная иммиграция - к 1820 году примерно 40% населения Сиднея все равно составляли каторжники.
Поворотной точкой в истории колонии стал май 1851 года, когда один из ее жителей нашел первые 120 граммов золота, и «криминальное» население Сиднея стремительно разбавилось золотоискателями. И хоть сейчас здесь золота уже не найти - Сидней остается едва ли не самым притягательным городом мира для приезжих. В нем живут представители практически всех национальностей, но несмотря на это 4х-милионный Сидней является одним из самых дружелюбных и гостеприимных мегаполисов мира.
Из-за своей удаленности Австралия редко бывает в центре всеобщего внимания, но после Олимпийских игр 2000 года Сидней сумел его привлечь, и уже через несколько лет он стал стабильно входить в первую десятку всевозможных рейтингов: от «самых красивых» до «самых стильных» городов нашей планеты.
Его невозможно осмотреть за один день - это город архитектурных контрастов, где современные небоскребы деловых центров соседствуют со старинными зданиями в средиземноморском стиле. Это город садов и парков, оживленных пляжей и многочисленных достопримечательностей. Он застраивался хаотично, поэтому его улицы имеют разную длину и ширину; одни - слишком близко расположены друг к другу, другие имеют резко очерченный отвесной склон. Рельеф Сиднея напоминает большое блюдце-пиалу с речными долинами на севере, в центре и на юге. Во времена Ледникового периода уровень океана поднялся более чем на 100 метров и затопил долины водой. Отчетливо разглядеть эти речные долины можно с высоты - например, на этой панораме Сиднея.
Самое красивое место в городе, по мнению местных жителей и туристов - прибрежная гавань. Наиболее часто посещаемая, примыкающая к самому центру - "Дорогая" Гавань: здесь расположился целый комплекс гостиниц, музеев, подарочных магазинов, ресторанов и развлекательных заведений. Символы Сиднея - мост Харбор (Sydney Harbor Bridge), соединяющий северную и южную части города, и необыкновенное здание Сиднейского оперного театра (Sydney Opera House), как будто плывущего под парусами.
«Боюсь, не смогу передать читателям все чувство моего восторга красотой сиднейской гавани... Я не видел ничего подобного такому живописному пейзажу, в котором море почти со всех сторон окружено землей...» - сказал о Сиднее классик британской литературы Энтони Троллоп. Оно и верно: зачем читать о Сиднее? Его надо видеть. ©www.airpano.ru
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales, ca. 1900-1910 / Star Photo Co.

Arrival of Governor Sir Robert Duff, Circular Quay, Sydney, June 1893 / photographer unknown

Pechey family, Craigend, Darlinghurst, ca. 1882-1885 / photographer unkown

Society of Artists' Selection Committee, Sydney, 1907 / photographer Henry King

The Gap, Sydney, 188- / photographer unknown
![4976069348_81bfccbf3d The International Exhibition_ Sydney_ from Lady Macquaries Chair_ 1879-1880 _ photographed by C. Bayliss_ 419 George Street [Sydney]_M 4976069348_81bfccbf3d The International Exhibition_ Sydney_ from Lady Macquaries Chair_ 1879-1880 _ photographed by C. Bayliss_ 419 George Street [Sydney]_M](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/papyrus_net/26436479/643497/original.jpg)
The International Exhibition, Sydney, from Lady Macquarie's Chair, 1879-1880 / photographed by C. Bayliss, 419 George Street [Sydney]

Visit of American Fleet to Sydney : public schools display, Sydney Cricket Ground, 26th Aug, 1908 / photographer G.A. Hills

Wheat Arch, looking east up Bridge Steet, corner Gresham Street, Federation Celebrations, 1901, A.J. Perier

Town Hall at night, Inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth, Sydney, 1st January 1901, W. A. Gullick, Government Printer

Sydney markets, by Rex Hazlewood, c. 1911-1916

Sydney markets, by Rex Hazlewood, c. 1911-1916

Sydney markets, by Rex Hazlewood, c. 1911-1916

Sydney markets, by Rex Hazlewood, c. 1911-1916

Sydney markets, by Rex Hazlewood, c. 1911-1916

King and Elizabeth Street corner from Sydney, 1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

An aviary from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Children in street from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Group of people from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Children in Street from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Advertising hoarding from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Street scene from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Crowds arriving, Taronga Park, ca. 1916, by Sam Hood
![5775144524_b5e3cb5001 A chimney sweep [_] walking across Pyrmont Bridge Sydney_ ca. 1885-1890 _ photographed by Arthur K. Syer_M 5775144524_b5e3cb5001 A chimney sweep [_] walking across Pyrmont Bridge Sydney_ ca. 1885-1890 _ photographed by Arthur K. Syer_M](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/papyrus_net/26436479/647808/original.jpg)
A chimney sweep [?] walking across Pyrmont Bridge Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Crowds arriving, Taronga Park, ca. 1916, by Sam Hood

Captain Cook's Monument, Kurnell, ca. 1900-1910 / Star Photo Co.

Construction, St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, 1920's / Sam Hood

Street scene from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Woman selling fruit from small barrow Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Lackey St, Summer Hill, by Rex Hazlewood, c. 1911-1916

Street scene. Phillip Street, 1885-90 Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Sydney markets, by Rex Hazlewood, c. 1911-1916

Strike (?), Railway Institute and Central Court, ca. 1917 (note the cinecamera), by Sam Hood

Group of people Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

People at Circular Quay Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Horsedrawn ambulance outside Civil Ambulance & Transport Brigade headquarters, corner of George & Pitt Sts opposite the Benevolent Asylum, now Central Square, c. 1900, by unknown photographer

Small band playing in street from Sydney, 1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Street scene from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Street scene from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Street scene from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Street scene from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Group of people from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Group of people from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Street scene from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Children in street from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Street scene from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Farm scene from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Girl with pet duck on lead from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer
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[No title] from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer
![5784088616_264339f1df [Street scene] from Sydney_ ca. 1885-1890 _ photographed by Arthur K. Syer_M 5784088616_264339f1df [Street scene] from Sydney_ ca. 1885-1890 _ photographed by Arthur K. Syer_M](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/papyrus_net/26436479/654482/original.jpg)
[Street scene] from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Advertising hoarding for McLean, Rigg from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Manly Ferry Wharf from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Governor Bourke Hotel from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer
![5784859428_202d403f5d Central Railway Station _Old_ [including Exhibition Building]_ before August 1906_M 5784859428_202d403f5d Central Railway Station _Old_ [including Exhibition Building]_ before August 1906_M](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/papyrus_net/26436479/655363/original.jpg)
Central Railway Station (Old) [including Exhibition Building], before August 1906

"Railway work shops", Sydney, March 1871, Government Printing Office

Exhibition building, Prince Alfred Park, c. 1870s

Safe delivery, Clarence Street, Sydney, 1920s

Mrs Macquarie's Chair, Sydney, ca. 1870-1875 / photographer American & Australasian Photographic Company
![5955844041_a52a8530b8 [Looking east along Bridge Street _with horsedrawn trafffic_ from George Street]_ n.d._ by Sam Hood_M 5955844041_a52a8530b8 [Looking east along Bridge Street _with horsedrawn trafffic_ from George Street]_ n.d._ by Sam Hood_M](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/papyrus_net/26436479/656892/original.jpg)
[Looking east along Bridge Street (with horsedrawn trafffic) from George Street], n.d., by Sam Hood

Spectators on the lawn of Government House view the arrival of the first Royal Australian Navy, Sydney, Oct 1913

Watson or Playfair family baby in a basket, ca. 1885 / photographer Charlemont & Co., Royal Arcade, Sydney

Cumberland Place, Sydney 1900

Cleansing a Sydney backyard in 1900

A Sydney butcher's, 1900

Observing the cleanup in Sydney, 1900

Sussex Street, Sydney 1900

Washington Street, Sydney 1900

Exeter Place, Sydney 1900

A Sydney kitchen, 1900

Stables in Paddington, Sydney 1900

A Sydney backyard in 1900

Customs House_ Sydney c.1900
![3810910116_9da7a4d475 Flagstaff Hotel _rear_ The Rocks [Rocks Resumption photographic survey]_M 3810910116_9da7a4d475 Flagstaff Hotel _rear_ The Rocks [Rocks Resumption photographic survey]_M](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/papyrus_net/26436479/660643/original.jpg)
Flagstaff Hotel (rear), The Rocks [Rocks Resumption photographic survey]

Federation celebrations, Sydney

Federation celebrations, Sydney

George Street, Sydney c.1885-1890

In Sussex Street, 1900

Batson's Lane, Sydney 1900

George Street, 1900

Pitt Street, Sydney 1878

Pitt Street, Sydney 1878

King Street, Sydney 1880

King Street, Sydney 1888

George Street, Sydney 1883

Sussex Street, Sydney 1889

George Street, Sydney 1884

Royal Botanic Gardens c.1908

St Leonards Pt, Lane Cove River c.1908

View towards Town Hall from 255 George Street, Sydney c.1884

Phillip and Bridge Streets, Sydney 1899

Federation decorations, Bridge Street, Sydney 1901

Wharves at Circular Quay c.1903

Bennelong Point, c.1906

Cambridge Street, The Rocks 1901

'Kentish Dining Rooms' Windmill Street, 1901

Cumberland Street, The Rocks 1901

Customs House, Circular Quay c.1903

Royal visit decorations, Sydney 1901

Bridge and Pitt Streets, Sydney

Old Sydney Railway Station, c.1895

Princes Street, Sydney 1901
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