Perth 's History,Culture, Economy,Sport and Education

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PERTH CITY

• JATIN SINGH

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Tables of Content

• About Perth
• History
• Culture
• Economy
• Education
• Sports
• Reference

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About Perth

• Perth is the capital and largest city of the
  Australian state of Western Australia.
• It is the fourth-most populous city in Australia,
  with an estimated population of 2.04 million (as
  of 30 June 2015) living in Greater Perth.
• Perth is part of the South West Land Division of
  Western Australia, with the majority of the
  metropolitan area of Perth located on the Swan
  Coastal Plain, a narrow strip between the Indian
  Ocean and the Darling Scarp, a low coastal
  escarpment.

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History

• The city of Perth in Western Australia was named
  by Captain James Stirling in 1829 after Perth,
  Scotland, in honour of the birthplace and
  parliamentary seat in the British House of
  Commons of Sir George Murray, Secretary of State
  for War and the Colonies.
• Before the founding of the Swan River Colony, the
  indigenous Noongar people were well established
  in the southwest corner of Western Australia,
  hunting and gathering

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Culture

• The Perth Cultural Centre is the location of the
  city's major arts, cultural and educational
  institutions, including the Art Gallery of
  Western Australia, Western Australian Museum,
  State Library of Western Australia, State Records
  Office, and Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
• Perth is also home to the internationally
  regarded Western Australian Academy of Performing
  Arts at Edith Cowan University, from which many
  successful actors and broadcasters have launched
  their careers.

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Economy

• Perth's function as the state's capital city, its
  economic base and population size have also
  created development opportunities for many other
  businesses oriented to local or more diversified
  markets.
• Perth's economy has been changing in favour of
  the service industries since the 1950s. Although
  one of the major sets of services it provides is
  related to the resources industry and, to a
  lesser extent, agriculture, most people in Perth
  are not connected to either they have jobs that
  provide services to other people in Perth

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Education

• Education is compulsory in Western Australia
  between the ages of six and seventeen,
  corresponding to primary and secondary
  school.Tertiary education is available through a
  number of universities and technical and further
  education (TAFE) colleges.
• Perth is home to four public universities the
  University of Western Australia, Curtin
  University, Murdoch University, and Edith Cowan
  University. There is also one private university,
  the University of Notre Dame.

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Sport

• Perth was host to the 1962 Commonwealth Games and
  the 1987 America's Cup defence (based at
  Fremantle).
• Australian rules football is the most popular
  spectator sport in Perth nearly 23 of Western
  Australians attended a match at least once in
  20092010.
• The two Australian Football League teams located
  in Perth, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle
  Football Club, have two of the largest fan bases
  in the country.

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Source

• http//australiapopulation2017.com/population-pert
  h-2017.html
• https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PerthCulture