australias oldest and youngest capital cities
Canberra, Australias capital.
Tamworth is known as the country music capital of Australia.
Sir Walter Burley Griffin designed Australia's national capital of Canberra. He won the competition to design Australia's national capital, whereby he and his wife moved to Australia, where Griffin was appointed as the Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction.
Southern Australia does not have a capital. It is a general region encompassing several states. However, the capital of the state of South Australia is Adelaide, the capital of the state of Victoria is Melbourne, and the capital of Tasmania is Hobart.
The name Woolgold was a serious contender for the name of Australias capital because wool and gold are the 2 exports that arguably built Australia.
The American architect Walter Burley Griffin was the designer of Australiaâ??s national capital. The capital's name is Canberra, and Griffin won the architectural design competition in 1912 for the design of this city. He was born in 1876 and died in 1937.
Washington DC is the national capital so it is natural to put national monuments in the capital. The city was literally designed out of a swampy land to be the location for national focus. In the 50 states there are national monuments, parks, federal parks, and historical sites.
National Capital Region
The capital is Washington DC. It was designed to be the capital out of land that was swampy.
Sir Walter Burley Griffin designed Australia's national capital of Canberra. He won the competition to design Australia's national capital, whereby he and his wife moved to Australia, where Griffin was appointed as the Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction. To commemorate Burley Griffin's role in the design of the national capital, the artificial lake formed by damming the Molonglo River was named after him.
No,Madrid is the national capital of Spain.