Perth

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Perth

• Presented by
• Reeno Meyer Matthias Schmidt Dirk Ortgies

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Perth

• Capital City of Western Australia
• About 1.38 million inhabitants
• Downtown is quite small in comparison to Sydney
  or Melbourne

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History

• Founded in 1829 on the Swan River Bank
• Most of the buildings of Perth were constructed
  by convicts
• Perth boomed in the 1890s because gold was found
  in and around Perth
• It became the Capital city of Western Australia

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Western Australia

• It has more than 2500000 km²
• There are a lot of natural rscources gold, iron,
  gas and minerals
• It is famous for its blue skies, sunny climate
  and beaches

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Beautiful Shore

• This is the beautiful shore of Perth
• A lot of tourists travel there to see the many
  different faces of this fascinating landscape

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Convicts

• More than 160,000 convicts transported to
  Australia between 1788 and 1868
• 9,700 convicts were sent to WA to help its very
  small population to build public buildings