The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-08-19

"a Prepared by the National Geographic s
ciety. Washington. D. c.
= THE Australian cities visited |
% blueJackets Of the United Stat
" i fleet cruising in the Pacific r
minded them more strongly
. home than any other places at whic
s their vessels stopped in their long vo,
t age. This Is especially true of Sydne,
, metropolis Of Australia. Citizens q
| other Australian cities are constant
accusing Sydney of having becom
"Americanized"
Some world travellers become NOR
specific and compare Sydney to Sal
Francisco. Reaching the city from thu
sea, one first passes through Sydney
Heads, which take the place of the
Golden gate. These are pink sand
stone cliffs, one 240 and the other 27C
feet high, standing about mile apart
A short, deep channel soon opens out
into great, commOdious harbor, with
high, wooded banks into which innu-
merable bays and coves penetrate.
-Four miles inside the Heads Is the Cir
cular quay, which may be considered
the center of the water front of sgd
ney. So admirable is the great harbor.
however, that almost every cove can
De used by shipping, deep water ex-
tending in practically all of them TO
the shore. Nearly fifteen miles of
wharyes and quays in an unbroken
line, backed with ample warehouses,
furnish Sydney's facilities for handling
sea-borne traffic. The citizens of Svd-
ney insist without qualification that
theirs is the best harbor in the world
and 1t is certainly one Of the best wor-
thy to rank with Rio de Janeiro, Amoy.
San Francisco and Vladivostok. Syd-
ney has Teen built up around and be- |
tween many of the coves and bays of |
the great harbor.
Sydney reminds one of San Fran |
cisco again, because of its important
SUBURBS across the harbor, to which
Ierryboats are always busily steaming.
Inc likeness is even apparent in the
nilly streets, though they are not so
steep. and are narrower than those of
LIE Ooiuen Gate city.
Sydney was the original settlement bv
he British in Australia, the commu-
lity' dating from 1888. With its 1000 .
'oO inhabitants 1t is not only the me-
ropolis Of Australia but is the third
reatest overseas city of the British
mpire. 1t Is the capital Of the prov
ace OF New South Wales and made
uch strenuous insistence on becoming y
he capital Of the Commonwealth of I
ustralia against Its rival, Melbourne. v
lat neither won. The older buildings p
sydney are Of British architecture s
NJ the newer business structures are a
the steel-frame type-in reality u
odern American "skyscrapers" of "
Oldest height W
melbourne Rich and Handsome. ~
Fart OF the American fleet steamed -
ound to the south shore of Australia ~
d put In at Melbourne, capital of the "a
ovince OF Victoria. Like San Fran - r.
co, which was begun about the same -
ne, Melt ourne was born with gold =.
Don IN Its mouth, and became CITY -
wealth almost from the start. Vic ~
ia, OF which province the CITY is the nc
,itai' was the most rapidly settled 90 eo'
lsion OF Australia and Melbourne. 20
wing with 1t, soon passed the boom "a. Ia
VI stage and came to be referred 'Ai
priueIuliy as Marvellous Mel
lrne." 1
|
$ quilt on generous lines, is slum- val
\ is rich In beautiful parks and "h
al tree-lined streets and avenues. up
It's provincial and federal govern ier'
It buildings constitute one of tho rarl
dsomest collections of such strnc. nftt
$ to be found on any continent mill
Its population of $4,000 # 10 Lof
way between st. Lou.s and Cleve- lent
IN size, yet numerous old-timers use'
alive who rememt err when the site duct
ne great city of today was inst ~
h, as Australians cali tbeir hoa,. mum
try wilderness. park
has great, roomy harbor with apar
utter portals Of Its bay some forty meet
or more from the city's ouays men
harbor ranks high among the ouss
,rs of the world. even tbornh othe
re did not give 1t quite such a seasl
h OF natural advantages as were
wed on Sydney. Attractive resi-
Il suburbs, connected by paved .,s
Yards, sweep along the edge Of very
" for fifteen miles from the bust inst
enter, while other home districts "w
: about the city In every dIrec- was
: NV in''es 10 the and
p eSa'e range OF low set al