because the name of Canberra means place from meeting
For the same reason they chose to measure volume in cubic units
Canberra's area is approximately 814 square kilometers.
Canberra has a total area of 201,216 acres.
Canberra's total area is 814.2 million square meters.
Canberra covers an area of: 814.2 km²
Canberra is the capital of Australia. Canberra covers a total of 314. 4 square miles and has a current population of 381,488 people.
The area where Canberra now stands was first settled in the early 1800s under the name "Limestone Plains". The modern city of Canberra was founded in 1913, but the Federal Parliament did not sit there until 1927.
Canberra
Canberra is the national capital of Australia.
Canberra was colonised in 1820 when European settlers began to arrive in the region. The area was originally inhabited by the Ngunnawal people for thousands of years before European settlement. In 1913, Canberra was officially designated as the capital of Australia.
Abraham Lincoln chose the area in 1879.
The ISO for Canberra is either CBR or AU-CBR The telephone country code for Australia is +61; the area code for Canberra is +61 2, followed by an 8-digit number. (All numbers in Canberra begin with +61 2 61 or +61 2 62, but that may change in the future.)