——the cultural capital of Australia
Generally Speaking
Location:located in the sourtheastern AustraliaClimate:
Melbourne is subtropical and temperate crossed climate, a typical
temperate Marine climate(温带海洋气候）.It has aboundant rainfall all the year ,and the relatively high humidity .The temperature of hottest month is under the 22 celsius degree.Population:
Melbourne has a population of about 3.4 million and 1/3 of them are immigrants.There are 180 kinds of language and about 116 religious beliefs.As it is ,Melbourne is a multicultural city,like a \"salad\".
History of Melbourne
•1835,it was established
•1850s, colonists discovered gold in the surronding
areas,so it also called \"New Gold Mountain\"(新金山)•1880，it became the highly developed city,and had ever been reported as the richest city
•1901~1927,it was the capital of Austalia
scenic spots
•Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne (墨尔本皇家植物园）•being constructed in 1845
•Royal Melbourne Exhibition Building（墨尔本皇家展览馆）being built in 1880
scenic spots
Chinatown
scenic spot
•Cook the captain's cabin(库克船长的小屋）
located in the park of Melbourne center;
it was built to commemorate the Captain Cook
Sports events
•Summer Olympic Games
•in 1956 (November 22 to December 8), Melbourne hosted the sixteenth summer Olympic Games, which is the summer Olympic Games held for the first time in the Southern Hemisphere•3314 athletes from 72 countries and regions took part in the Olympic Games
Sports events
•Australia Open
•The Australian Open , the international tennis ,is one of the four grand slam events(四大满贯赛事).It holds in the last two weeks of January each year in Melbourne. The Australian open has already been one hundred years of history. The event organizer is Australia Tennis Association.
Roger Federer
