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HISTORY OF CANBERRA
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Before European settlement, the area in which Canberra would eventually be constructed was seasonally inhabited by Indigenous Australians. Anthropologist Norman Tindale suggested the principal group occupying the region were the Ngunnawal people, whi... |
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PRE-HISTORY
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Canberra is the national capital of Australia. It is located in the Australian Capital Territory and links with the Hume Highway, which is the main overland route between Sydney and Melbourne. Canberra's first design, known as the Griffin plan, which... |
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EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT
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White settlement in the area can be said to have begun in 1824, when a homestead or station was built in what is now the Acton peninsula by stockmen employed by Joshua John Moore. In 1826, Moore formally purchased the spot but never visited it. Moore... |
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CREATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
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The district's transformation from a New South Wales rural area to a built-up national capital began during political debates over Federation in the early 20th century. At the time, Melbourne was Australia's largest city and the obvious place for the... |
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