卧龙岗城市介绍

wendywang

卧龙岗位于新南威尔士的南部，距悉尼只有80公里，开车一个小时即可到达。说起卧龙岗这个名字的来历，和中国还有很深的渊源。它是为了纪念中国古代伟大的智者卧龙先生（诸葛亮）而得名的。

卧龙岗市是一座30万人口的多元文化城市，是澳大利亚第九大城市。卧龙岗大学距离市中心仅数分钟的车程。“卧龙岗”在澳洲土语中意为“巨浪之声”，它是澳洲的工业及技术重镇。卧龙岗是澳大利亚第八大城市，以农业、采矿业和钢铁制造闻名。但是现在卧龙岗正在迅速的发展教育、信息技术、通讯、制造和观光业，以作为未来发展的主要产业。
在澳洲国家教育及职训部的评鉴中，名列前十名内；连续在1999、2000二年内得到澳洲大学奖的殊荣。卧龙岗也是南半球最大的信息和通信技术的研究中心之一，俗称IT城。卧龙岗大学建于1951年，海外学生达数千人的著名学府－卧龙岗大学。卧龙岗大学是澳洲十所最佳大学之一，她具备了一流大学的一切优点：丰富的学术资源，广泛而实用的课程设置，一流的教学质量和设备，杰出的国际地位和毕业生求职率，优美的校园，活跃的学生会，对海外学生的特别照顾。卧龙岗还有澳洲最好的海滩，以及Illawarra国家公园。风景十分漂亮。

卧龙岗Wollongong是澳洲著名的旅游观光城市。就在这里,崎岖陡峭的绝壁筑成海上堡垒, 掩蔽的海湾，碧蓝的海水、金沙闪闪的海滩，如画美景，一望无际。还有富有特色的活动,带您饱览沿海风光的Grand Pacific Drive和顶级的住宿环境。卧龙岗冬天气温很少低于10度，夏天在26-30度之间，全年适宜游泳、划艇和冲浪。

Grand Pacific Drive从皇家国家公园开始，这是世界上历史第二悠久的国家公园。皇家国家公园的尽头，在Grand Pacific Drive和Bald Hill交接点。Bald Hill是俯瞰卧龙岗海港风光的最佳地点，也是高空滑翔爱好者的天堂。著名的Lawrence Hargrave的第一次飞行地点就在这里。Grand Pacific Drive的下段驾在沿海的悬崖峭壁之上，连接了卧龙岗海岸从南到北如诗如画的乡村小镇，公路下面便是广阔无边的南太平洋。北卧龙岗海岸村以纯净的海滩，美丽的岩池，独特的手工和艺术，一级棒的垂钓和冲浪地点以及优雅的餐厅而闻名。当Grand Pacific Drive通向卧龙岗熙熙攘攘的城市，不计其数的冒险活动、美丽的海滩，琳琅满目的购物地点、餐馆、咖啡馆、高尔夫球场, 艺术画廊等等便争相跃入您的眼帘。

[ 本帖最后由 wendywang 于 2008-12-10 16:48 编辑 ]

eraineve

Wollongong

Parish of Wollongong County of Camden

There are many conflicting suggestions about the meaning of the name Wollongong.

1. The meaning of the word, according to positive information handed down traditionally from a great-niece of Dr Throsby, is "the sound of the sea". The word was pronounced Woll-long-gong, the second syllable being accented, and is supposedly onomatopoeic for the pounding and surging of the waves.

2. An expression of surprise and fear uttered by the aborigines when they first saw a ship in full sail. This has been rendered as "see! The monster comes". According to this view the original word was actually pronounced "Nywoolyarngungh".

3. Wollongong has also been thought to be from "Wol-lon-yuh" meaning "sound of the sea". Other versions of the word are "Wolonya, "Wollonga" and "Woolyunyal".

4. "Woollungah" is the correct aboriginal name for Wollongong, according to Aboriginal Billy Saddler (of "Nioka" Port Kembla). Woollungah means a place where a marriage took place between the son of one great king and the daughter of another great king, long before Captain Cook found this country. The word also means that there was a great feast of fish and other good things at the wedding, which was such a remarkable event that the place was named after it. The name has also been spelled "Wullungah".

6. Some other suggested meanings are: hard ground near water; song of the sea or sound of the waves; many snakes.