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australiaCanberra
Canberra, the capital city of Australia, is situated in the Australian Capital
Territory (A.C.T.), an area of 911 sq miles (2,360 sq km) completely surrounded
by the state of New South Wales. The capital was designed as a city of parks and
gardens by American landscape architect, Walter Burley Griffin. Construction
of the city began in 1913. Canberra is a political and educational center rather
than a commercial or industrial town.PerTh
Founded in 1829, Perth (below)
is the state capital of Western
Australia and its financial and
commercial heart. Most Australian
people live in cities, and the
population of Perth reflects the
european ancestry of a large
percentage of today’s
Australians.AdelAide
Adelaide (right) is the capital and
chief port of South Australia. A well-
planned city, it was designed in a grid
pattern by Colonel William light,
the first surveyor-general of South
Australia. The city is bordered
by 2.7 sq miles (6.9 sq km) of
parkland and was named for
Queen Adelaide, the wife of
King William iV of england.Hay Street Mall (left) is a pedestrian
shopping precinct located in Perth’s
central business district.MelBourNe
The capital city of Victoria and the second-largest city in
Australia, Melbourne (below) displays a dramatic mixture
of old and new. Melbourne was founded in 1835 by an
Australian farmer, John Batman. Nearly 20 years later,
gold was discovered in Victoria and
Melbourne’s population climbed
sharply. Today Melbourne is a
leading seaport and the commercial
and industrial center of Victoria.St. Paul’s Cathedral stands
proudly amid modern
architecture in Melbourne.
The building was designed
by William Butterfield in the
1880s in a Gothic style.BriSBANe
The state capital
of Queensland
and its largest city,
Brisbane (right) is
a bustling seaport lying
above the mouth of the
Brisbane river at Moreton
Bay. in this way, it is similar to
Australia’s other state capitals, all of which were founded
near rivers close to ocean harbors. like other state capitals,
Brisbane also is the commercial center of its state, with its
main business district situated near the waterfront.Find out more
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