Overview of Canberra: History

Canberra was established in 1913 as the capital for the newly federated Australian nation - this brought the rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne for national capital status to an end. The Australian Capital Territory was excised from New South Wales, and put under the control of the federal government. Read More »

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Streams in Australian Capital Territory

Western Creek, 8 km (5 miles)
White Sands Creek, 39 km (24 miles)

Mud Flats in Australian Capital Territory

Whitehorse Flat, 28 km (18 miles)

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Albany Middle School, a school in Gentry County, Missouri
Basti Gadi in Punjab, Pakistan
Bereya-Udychanskaya, a stream in Zabaykal'skiy Kray, Russia
Boche in Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau
Cerro Pailahueque, a mountain in Region de la Araucania, Chile
Cobila, a stream in Provincia do Uige, Angola
Day Hollow, a valley in Houston County, Tennessee
Dutton Cemetery in Teton County, Montana
Haringachi in Khulna Division, Bangladesh
Hay Creek, a stream in Sioux County, Nebraska
Hilcrest (historical) in Custer County, Montana
Jobote in Estado Barinas, Venezuela
Krasnaya Zor'ka in Samarskaya Oblast', Russia
Lac du Moulinet, a lake in Quebec
Las Cejas in Provincia de Ciego de Avila, Cuba
Las Lagunas in Departamento de Choluteca, Honduras
Mau Creek, a stream in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea

Mosipa in Central African Republic
Muchemba in Mozambique
Nahawila Estate in Province of Uva, Sri Lanka
Nguel Nyelbo, a waterhole in Zinder, Niger
Pagga in Province of Cagayan, Cagayan Valley, Philippines
Pidalna in Singana, Baglung, Dhawalagiri Zone, Western Region, Nepal
Qarn Bani Shahan in Muhafazat al Jawf, Yemen
Rudkhaneh-ye Pasbol, a stream in Ostan-e Mazandaran, Iran
Santi in Central Java, Indonesia
Sendimirkino in Chuvashia, Russia
Sogli in North Eastern Province, Kenya
Starrtjarn, a lake in Norrbottens Laen, Sweden
Tand Shakha, an intermittent stream in Balochistan, Pakistan
Trepalovina in Serbia
Welcome Home Church, a church in Randolph County, Alabama

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Canberra Tourist Information from You.travel
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Overview of Canberra: History is based on Canberra by Peter Ellis, Neil, Inas, Globe-trotter, Felix505, Zepppep, The Poacher\'s Way, Ascough, JRG, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.

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