Why is the capital of Australia a relatively unknown Canberra?

Canberra, the capital of Australia, is a compromise between Melbourne, Victoria and Sydney, New South Wales.

Australia was originally a British colony. Before the 1940s, it was mainly a place where the British exiled criminals, so its development was very limited. For example, Melbourne was completely wasteland before 1835, while Sydney had only 35,000 people at that time. However, from 65438 to 1940s, the discovery of gold mines in Melbourne and Sydney gradually attracted immigrants from all over the world, making these two places the main economic centers of Australia.

With more people and the formation of industries, Australians began to prepare to establish their own federation and form Australia. However, when deciding the capital, Australians made a mistake, because both Melbourne and Sydney are Australia's major economic and cultural centers, Sydney is Australia's oldest immigrant city and the largest city, while Melbourne is an emerging major economic center, and the two places have been arguing for ten years.

Later, the two sides reached a compromise, and the capital will choose New South Wales, where Sydney is located, instead of Sydney. At first, Victoria, where Melbourne is located, advocated setting its capital in Dalgeti, but it was opposed by New South Wales. Later 1908 formally agreed to make Canberra its capital.

There are several reasons why the two sides agreed to locate the capital in Canberra.

First of all, at that time, New South Wales was only willing to designate Yas-Canberra as the capital special zone, and resolutely opposed the demarcation of Dalgeti, which led to the decrease of Australians' selectivity.

Secondly, the capital exercises political functions, so the supporting facilities do not necessarily need to be perfect, nor do they necessarily need densely populated areas. Canberra, which was underdeveloped at that time, was also chosen because of this factor, because it is a new city designed from scratch, so there is no need to worry too much.

Finally, it is also because of the Englishman John? Gail's vigorous promotion of the Australian parliament at that time. John? Gail is a British journalist. 1907, when the Australian parliament was deadlocked on the issue of funds, Gail completely refuted the former Australian Prime Minister John? Forest? Nine factors theory? Finally persuaded the Australian parliament to choose Canberra, also known as? Father of Canberra? .