Where is the Australian Capital Territory?

Answer 1

The Australian Capital Territory was formed when the NSW government ceded land for the new Australian Capital Territory to the Commonwealth Government. The Australian Capital Territory was founded on 1 January 1911. However, until 1938, it was called the Federal Capital Territory.

The Naval territory of Jervis Bay, which is the ocean port for the Australian Capital territory, was ceded in 1915.

Answer 2

• The Australian Capital Territory covers an area of just over over 2,400 square kilometres
• At its longest point it is 88km, north to south, and at its widest point it is 30km east to west
• As well as the main centre of Canberra, there are numerous small, rural towns in the ACT
• The location for Canberra and the ACT was not decided until 1908
• The NSW government ceded land for the new Australian Capital Territory to the Commonwealth Government, and the Australian Capital Territory was founded on 1 January 1911.
• Until 1938, the ACT was called the Federal Capital Territory.
• The Naval territory of Jervis Bay, which is part of the ACT and not a separate territory, was ceded in 1915.
• The layout of the city of Canberra was designed by American architect Walter Burley Griffin
• The ACT and Canberra are home to the Floriade Flower Festival every Spring, during October and November
• Near Canberra is the model township of Cockington Green, where everything - roads, houses, people, animals - are on a miniature scale to real life
• Mount Stromlo Observatory, headquarters of the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics of the Australian National University, is in the ACT. In the January 2003 bushfires, five historically significant telescopes were destroyed, along with instrumentation and engineering workshops, the observatory's library and the main administration buildings
• Major industries of the ACT are Manufacturing, Property and Business Services, Ownership of Dwellings and Finance and Insurance
• Like many parts of southern or inland Australia, temperatures can drop to below 0 degrees in Winter, but exceed 30 degrees (Celsius) in Summer.

Answer 3

After Federation on 1 January 1901, Australia needed a national capital. Both Sydney and Melbourne, as the two largest cities in the two wealthiest colonies, wished to claim that title. Sydney and Melbourne, had been rivals since before the goldrush days. It was therefore decided that the nation's capital should be situated between the two cities. A location was chosen which was 248km from Sydney and 483km from Melbourne, within easy access of both cities. Farming land was taken up for this purpose.

Section 125 of the Constitution of Australia provided that:

"The seat of Government of the Commonwealth shall be determined by the Parliament, and shall be within territory which shall have been granted to or acquired by the Commonwealth, and shall be vested in and belong to the Commonwealth, and shall be in the State of New South Wales, and be distant not less than one hundred miles from Sydney.

Such territory shall contain an area of not less than one hundred square miles, and such portion thereof as shall consist of Crown lands shall be granted to the Commonwealth without any payment therefore. The Parliament shall sit at Melbourne until it meets at the seat of Government."

The NSW government ceded land for the new Australian Capital Territory to the Commonwealth Government, and the Australian Capital Territory was founded on 1 January 1911. Until 1938, it was called the Federal Capital Territory.

Answer 4

The government and centre of administration of the Australian Capital Territory is the city of Canberra, which is also Australia's national capital.

The Australian Capital Territory, or ACT, is located in southern New South Wales. It is bordered by the Brindabella Ranges to the east, with the small city of Yass at the top corner, Lake George to the east and the Murrumbidgee River to the west.

Answer 5

The Australian Capital territory is located in southern New South Wales and is completely surrounded by that state. It lies about 230 km from Sydney and 480 km from Melbourne, and about 150km inland from the coast. It is bordered by the Brindabella Ranges to the west, with the small city of Yass at the top corner, Lake George to the east and the Murrumbidgee River to the west. The closest city is Queanbeyan, about ten kilometres to the east.

Answer 6

The Australian Capital Territory was created as a territory to house the site for the nation's capital of Canberra. The land was ceded from New South Wales for the purpose.

Answer 7

The Australian Capital Territory is surrounded by New South Wales.

Answer 8

The area of the Australian Capital Territory is 2,358 sq km.