"freelysettled" - 1 õppematerjal

Topic – Australia

It is also the site of a large Australian Army base and a naval facility supporting patrol boat activity off Australia's northern coastline. A delaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1.1 million. Named in honour of Queen Adelaide, the consort of King William IV, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freelysettled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's founding fathers, designed the city and chose its location close to the River Torrens. Adelaide has a Mediterranean climate, where most of the rain falls in the winter months. Of the Australian capital cities, Adelaide is the driest. Adelaide's economy is primarily based around manufacturing, defence technology and research, commodity export and corresponding service industries