- Capital City of Australia
- Established in 1911 to create a capital for the newly Federated country of Australia
- The site of Canberra was selected for the location in 1908 as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne
- Canberra is a planned city that was originally designed by architect Walter Burley Griffin, one of the world's greatest examples of urban planning and landscape architecture
- Is the centre for many national institutions including; The National Archives, National Gallery of Australia, Australian War Memorial, National Portrait Gallery and the National Mueseum of Australia
- Floriade is Australia’s premier spring festival and a world-class floral spectacular with over 1 milion blooms!
- The Canberra Balloon Fiesta Australia was one of the national capital's most colourful spectacles
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