Parliament

Canberra

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January 4th 2008
We left Sydney on the greyhound destined for Canberra. A lot of people had told us not to bother with Canberra but we wanted to break up the journey to Melbourne so we decided to give it a go! It is a planned city so very easy to navigate around. We went to the Parliament buildings on Capitol Hill - going into the House of Representatives and the House of Speakers. We also went onto the roof for a ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Australian Capital Territory » Canberra

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more