What city is the capital of Australia?

Canberra is located in an open valley in the mountains of southeastern Australia. East longitude 149 07', south latitude 35 17', covering an area of 2,395 square kilometers, was originally built in sheep farm in 19 13 as planned, and the federal government moved here from Melbourne in 1927. The national political center, with banking, catering and public services as the main economic sectors, has railways connecting major cities, and has educational institutions such as Australian National University, Canberra University and Australian National Library.

After World War II, at the initiative of Premier robert menzies, the National Capital Development Committee with executive power was established, and Canberra began to flourish as a new capital.

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The development of history

As early as 100 years ago, Canberra was a barren land at the foot of Kosi Asco Mountain in Australia. It was discovered in 1820, and later immigrated to build a pasture. 1840 developed into a small town. 190 1 year, after the establishment of the Australian federal government, the two major cities, Sydney and Melbourne, argued endlessly about the issue of building the capital, which lasted for 89 years. Until 19 1 1, the federal government passed a resolution to choose a place with good weather and mountains and water between the two cities to build a new one. This is the prototype of Canberra.

19 12, the federal government held a worldwide urban design competition. A year later, Congress chose the scheme of 36-year-old Chicago landscape architect Walter Burley Griffin from the 37 versions of/kloc-0. Later, we discussed the name of the new capital for a long time, and finally chose the traditional name of local residents-Canberra, which means "gathering place" and the people also call it "gathering place".

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