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Originally Posted by cracticus
I live in Canberra, the capital of Australia.
Population of over 323,000, it is Australia's largest inland city. The site of Canberra was selected for the location of the nation's capital in 1908 as a compromise between age-old rivals Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's two largest cities. It is unusual among Australian cities, being an entirely purpose-built, planned city. Following an international contest for the city's design, a design by the Chicago architects Walter Burley Griffin and
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I keep forgetting that Canberra is so young
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