What kind of city is Perth in Australia?

Perth, the capital of Western Australia, is a vibrant and beautiful port city. Located on the Swann River in the southwest corner of Australia, it is the fifth largest city in Australia, with an urban area of 5,400 square kilometers, bordering Darling Mountain in the east, Indian Ocean in the west and mountains and seas in the back. The sun shines here all year round, with an average of 8 hours of sunshine every day.

Perth is also a place where black swans gather. It is called "Black Swan City", and there is a black swan on the sign of Western Australia Tourism Bureau. Due to the geographical location, there is no time difference between Perth and China. It has a time difference of two hours (three hours in summer) from the densely populated eastern Australia. Sunshine and water are the characteristics of Perth. The Mediterranean climate brings plenty of sunshine to the city. Perth is one of the cities with the longest sunshine hours in Australia. Perth's annual Wildflower Festival in September has a long-standing reputation in the world, so Perth is called the "Wild Flower Capital".

It is sunny and quiet here, but it is easy to get lost. Perth is lonely because it is 4000 kilometers away from Sydney. It is also called "the loneliest city in the world", but it is also one of the most livable cities in the world.

Historical investigation

Perth's name comes from the same city in Scotland. Before the arrival of European immigrants, the aborigines had settled on both sides of the Swan River for a long time. 1697 Dutch explorer William? When Uramin reached the east coast of the Indian Ocean, he found an estuary. He went up the river and found many black swans on it, so he named the river Swan River. But the Dutch didn't intend to settle here until 1829. The immigrants led by Captain Sterling cut down a tree not far from here and prayed for the creation of Perth City. At first, this new group developed slowly. 1885, gold was discovered in Kalguli in the upper reaches of Swan River, which attracted a large number of new immigrants. With the construction of railways and the development of agricultural technology, Perth has gradually expanded. After 1960, Western Australia began to mine iron, nickel, aluminum, gold and other mines on a large scale, and the urban development speed accelerated. Before 1960, the tallest building in Perth was only three stories, and now there are dozens of commercial buildings, making Perth a modern metropolis. 196 1 year, in order to guide American astronauts, Perth people really lit up the whole city all night as a lighthouse for spacecraft in the air, so Perth was once called "the city of lights".