Canberra
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| Elevation | 577 |
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| Area | 8142 |
| Population | 356,585 (2011) |
| Territory electorate(s) | Brindabella |
| Ginninderra | |
| Kurrajong | |
| Murrumbidgee | |
| Yerrabi | |
| Colleges and universities | University of Canberra |
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| ID | 568738 |
About Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of 410,301, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory, 280 km south-west of Sydney, and 660 km north-east of Melbourne.
Clare Nowland: Tasering of 95-year-old 'grossly disproportionate' - police
... Details of the incident in the town of Cooma - about 114km (71 miles) south of Canberra - have been outlined for the first time in police facts tendered to court...
Australia Bush fires: Canberra, shrouded in smoke
...As the Bush fires in Australia raging still on the BBC s Shaimaa Khalil in the capital of Canberra attended, where the quality of the air has enveloped to one of the worst in the world, and the famous Parliament building and the building in smoke...
Australia fires: Marine rescues people from fire-hit-Mallacoota
... What is with the other parts of Australia? In the capital, Canberra - an administrative region, which is surrounded by NSW fire smoke meant the quality of the air, and it was the third worst of all the major global cities on Friday, after the Swiss group with headquarters in AirVisual...
Apollo 11: 'I helped the world watch Moon landing'
... The first few minutes of footage came via Honeysuckle Creek - another dish in Australia near the capital Canberra - before it was switched to Parkes in New South Wales which had a better signal...
Apollo 11: 'I helped the world watch Moon landing'
About 600 million people watched Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on The Moon In July 1969.
But many of those pictures were only possible thanks to a scientific outpost in rural Australia.
The First few minutes of footage came via Honeysuckle Creek - Another dish in Australia near the capital Canberra - before it was switched to Parkes in New South Wales which had a better signal.
We visited Parkes to meet The Man who helped get those famous images on to TV sets around the globe.
Video by Simon Atkinson
Source of news: bbc.com
