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A Capital Idea! - A Tale of Two Cities

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March 10th 2007
Yes, we're in Canberra, Australia's national capital, and a place where most traveller's dare not even venture! We thought that we should come here before we headed to Sydney, the city that most people think is the capital, and give poor old Canberra a chance to impress these two backpackers. A brief history of federal Australia - Australia is a federation of six states and two territories, 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