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Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Australia. With a population of over 334,000, it is Australia's largest inland city. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory, 280 km (170 mi) south-west of Sydney, and 650 km (400 mi) north-east of Melbourne. The site of Canberra was selected for the location of the nation's capital in 1908 as a compromise between age-old rivals Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's two largest cities.
It is unusual among Australian cities, being an entirely purpose-built, planned city. Following an international contest for the city's design, a design by the Chicago architects Walter Burley Griffin Marion Mahony Griffin was selected and construction commenced in 1913. The city's design was heavily influenced by the garden city movement and incorporates significant areas of natural vegetation that have earned Canberra the title "bush capital". Although the growth and development of Canberra were hindered by the World Wars and the Great Depression, it emerged as a thriving city after World War II.
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- Australian Capital Territory
- Canberra
- Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory
- Parliament House, Canberra
- Parliament of Australia
- Kings Avenue at Parliament House
- Canadian High Commission, Canberra
- Canberra 400
- Australian Secret Intelligence Service
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- National Archives of Australia
- Embassy of the United States, Canberra
- Magna Carta Place
- Old Parliament House
- Old Parliament House, Canberra
- National Rose Garden, Canberra
- Constitution Place, Canberra
- The Lodge (Australia)
- Centenary House
- Australian International Hotel School
- Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School
- Aboriginal Tent Embassy
- Barton, Australian Capital Territory
- Immigration Bridge
- Hotel Canberra
- Lennox Gardens
- Australian Whale Sanctuary
- Edmund Barton Building
- 1971 Canberra flood
- Albert Hall, Canberra
- German Embassy, Canberra
- Telopea Park School
- Canberra Yacht Club
- Australia
- Australia
- Australia
- Parkes, Australian Capital Territory
- Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra
- Reconciliation Place
- Forrest, Australian Capital Territory
- National Portrait Gallery (Australia)
- Questacon
- Asia Pacific Network of Science and Technology Centres
- Kugel ball
- Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory
- Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture
- Pandora Archive
- National Library of Australia
- Canberra Girls' Grammar School
- National Gallery of Australia
- National Gallery of Australia Research Library
- High Court of Australia
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn
- Carbon capture and storage
- Solar power in Australia
- Australians of the Year Walk
- Telopea Park
- Commonwealth Place, Canberra
- Canberra Peace Park
- Manuka Oval
- Prime Minister's XI
- Manuka, Australian Capital Territory
- Kings Avenue Bridge
- National Museum of Australia
- Royal Canberra Hospital
- Deakin, Australian Capital Territory
- Kingston Powerhouse
- Lake Burley Griffin
- Canberra Glassworks
- National Carillon
- Aspen Island
- Acton Peninsula
- Captain James Cook Memorial
- Royal Canberra Hospital implosion
- Kingston, Australian Capital Territory
- National Police Memorial Australia
- Yarralumla Primary School
- Australian Merchant Navy Memorial
- Kings Park, Canberra
- Apostolic Nunciature to Australia
- Griffith, Australian Capital Territory
- Spinnaker Island (Lake Burley Griffin)
- Floriade (Canberra)
- Blundell's Cottage
- Springbank Island
- Commonwealth Park
- Sullivans Creek
- History of Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory
- Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory
- Mount Pleasant
- Jerrabomberra Creek
- Australia ? New Zealand Memorial, Canberra
- St Edmund's College, Canberra
- South Canberra
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
- Defence Signals Directorate
- Canberra Grammar School
- Canberra railway station
- Russell, Australian Capital Territory
- London Circuit at Commonwealth Avenue
- Kings Avenue at Russell
- St John the Baptist Church, Reid
- Canberra Institute of Technology (Reid Campus)
- Basser Library
- Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Academy of Science
- University House, Australian National University
- Australian?American Memorial
- National Convention Centre Canberra
- St Clare's College, Canberra
- Russell Offices
- London Circuit at Edinburgh Avenue
- Australian Institute of Anatomy
- National Film and Sound Archive
- Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
- Rats of Tobruk Memorial
- Mounted Memorial, Canberra
- Latitude and longitude of cities, A-H
- Vietnam Forces National Memorial
- ACTTAB Radio
- City, Australian Capital Territory
- City Hill, Canberra
- Land & Water Australia
- Royal Australian Air Force Memorial
- North Canberra
- Canberra Theatre
- London Circuit at Akuna Street
- Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly
- ANZAC Parade, Canberra
- ActewAGL
- Legislative Assembly Building, Canberra
- Red Hill, Australian Capital Territory
- Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
- ANU School of Music
- Casino Canberra
- Black Mountain Peninsula
- Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
- Canberra Railway Museum
- John Curtin School of Medical Research
- Korean War Memorial, Canberra
- Cooperative Research Centre
- ANU College of Law
- ANU College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences
- Australian Service Nurses National Memorial
- Canberra Museum and Gallery
- ACT Memorial
- Glebe Park, Canberra
- Yarralumla brickworks
- London Circuit at Northbourne Avenue
- Canberra Centre
- Reid, Australian Capital Territory
- Royal Australian Mint
- Royal Canberra Golf Club
- Acton, Australian Capital Territory
- Mooseheads, Canberra
- Mount Pleasant (Australian Capital Territory)
- 2APH
- Australian Army Memorial, Canberra
- Burgmann College
- City Walk, Canberra
- Alfred Deakin High School
- Mort Street
- Petrie Plaza
- Jacka, Australian Capital Territory
- Royal Australian Navy Memorial
- Australian National University Library
- Garema Place
- Ursula Hall
- Gus's
- Bunda Street
- Weston Park, Canberra
- Campbell, Australian Capital Territory
- Kemal Atatürk Memorial, Canberra
- Australian National Botanic Gardens
- Australian National University
- Comcare
- Hellenic Memorial, Canberra
- Toad Hall (ANU)
- Australian National University Medical School
- Burton & Garran Hall
- Narrabundah Parish
- Bruce Hall (Australian National University)
- Australian War Memorial
- Australian War Memorial
- Royal Military College, Duntroon
- Narrabundah, Australian Capital Territory
- Narrabundah College
- Australian Defence Force Academy
- Campbell
- Campbell
- Campbell High School (Australian Capital Territory)
- Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory
- Hughes, Australian Capital Territory
- Braddon, Australian Capital Territory
- Yarramundi Reach
- Garran, Australian Capital Territory
- Lindsay Pryor National Arboretum
- Black Mountain Tower
- Government House, Canberra
- 104.7 (Canberra)
- 1CMS
- 1WAY
- 2XXfm
- ABC
- ArtSound FM
- CBN
- CTC
- Mix 106.3
- WIN (TV station)
- List of APRS nodes
- Turner, Australian Capital Territory
- Glenloch Interchange
- Black Mountain (Australian Capital Territory)
- Narrabundah Ballpark
- Corroboree Park
- Curtin, Australian Capital Territory
- Ainslie Tennis Club
- Canberra Hospital
- Fyshwick, Australian Capital Territory
- Mount Mugga Mugga
- Scrivener Dam
- Scrivener Dam
- All Saints Anglican Church (Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory)
- All Saints Church, Canberra
- Woden Cemetery
- Woden Valley
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