Looking down Anzac Parade

From the red centre to the power centre

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August 12th 2012
Last weekend I was basking in the heat, surrounded by the red earth of central Australia. This weekend I was trying to stay warm in the Australian centre of power. Apparently Canberra became the seat of government because Sydney and Melbourne both wanted to be the capital and couldn't agree where it should be, so as a compromise they came up with Canberra, somewhere in between the two. And ... 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