Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the...

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous urban city in Australia. It is located on Australias south, east coast along the Tasman Sea. To the east of Sydney you will find the basin bordered by the Pacific Ocean. To the west is the Blue Mountains region in New South Wales. North of Sydney you will find the Hawkesbury River. South of Sydney is the Woronora Plateau. To see more information on Sydney’s location, see Image 1 below. Sydney is located on a submerging coastline, meaning the ocean level has risen and is flooding deep river valleys carved out in sandstone. There are more than seventy harbors and ocean beaches in Sydney including the famous Bondi Bay (Australian Government 2008). According to the†¦show more content†¦Image 1: Seek Sydney: The Gateway to Australia. â€Å"Sydney Area Map.† Last Modified April 24, 2014. http://www.seeksydney.com/map-of-sydney Migration Patterns Since the early nineteenth century, Chinese migration to Australia has played a big role in the economic and political development of Australia (Inglis 2012). According to their 2011 census, the rapid growth in migration is evident (Inglis 2012). In 2011, Australia’s long-term resident population increased over five years by 8.3% to 21,507,717 people (Inglis 2012). Surprisingly, even more rapid has been the growth in numbers involving the Chinese population. Of about 319,000, those born in China were 1.5% of Sydney’s total population (Inglis 2012). This ranked them as the third largest foreign born group in Sydeny, ranking behind only those born in England 4.2% and New Zealand 2.2% (Inglis 2012). Although this ranking has been unchanged since 2006, the numbers of those born in China has increased rapidly by 50% over this five year period (Inglis 2012). Languages With connection to the increase in migration from China, the importance of Chinese languages in Australia is growing as well. Mandarin which is spoken by 1.6% of the population, about 336,410 people, at home has now taken place of Italian as the most important language other than English in Australia (Inglis 2012). Christine Inglis (2012) found from the perspective of Sydney’s