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Australia's Old Parliament House is now the Museum of Australian Democracy. It caters to tours and school groups wanting to explore the history of Democracy in Australia.

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Australia has a federal, not state, capital. This is the city of Canberra. Each of the states has its own capital, as does the Northern Territory.

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It is 163km from Gundagai to Canberra. Estimated travel time is just over an hour and a half.

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Its about 30 to 60 minutes

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Prior to Federation of the states, each of the states still operated separately, with its own laws and trade rules. A new national capital was necessary to help unify the new, young nation.

The city of Canberra was built for the purpose of it becoming the national capital of Australia, and land for the Australian Capital Territory (originally Federal Territory of Australia) was purchased from New South Wales for the purpose.

Australia's two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, had been rivals since before the goldrush days. After Federation in 1901, 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.

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The ACT or Australian Capital Territory lies entirely within the state of New South Wales.

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Australia is rich in natural resources, and imports tend to be mainly manufactured products such as aircraft, telecommunications equipment, computer accessories and vehicle parts and accessories. Australia also imports pharmaceuticals and medicinal equipment.

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The Foundation Stone in Canberra is located on the lawn in front of the Parliament House on Capital Hill.

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The new national capital of Canberra was located in the region known as Limestone Plains.

Australia's two largest cities, 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.

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He was the author of "Neonatal Formulary".

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Canberra, Australia - Latitude 35.15 S Longitude 149.08 E

Source: Web called Maps of the World

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House of Representatives (Lower House)

Senate (Upper House)

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The capital city of Tuvalu is Funafuti. In the Oxford Atlas 32nd edition, you might find that the capital is Sunasupi. I think it was also called Fongafale .

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Canberra is the capital of Australia.

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Population figures for December 2007 indicate Canberra's population was 340800.

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For Western tourists- perhaps; for East Europeans tourists, no. The only things popular in Belarus with visitors are cheap alcohol, food, sex and other legal and illegal forms of entertaiment.

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Average flight time between Canberra and Melbourne is 1 hour 5 minutes.

As with any flight, sometimes it varies by a few minutes (depending on the wind).

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Cities themselves are not discovered, but the regions where they come to be built are discovered.

The local Aboriginal nation, comprising the Ngambri and the Ngunnawal people, had been living in the Canberra region long before Europeans first found it.

Following European settlement of the continent, where Australia's capital city, Canberra, is now located became rich farming land known as Limestone Plains. Little-known Australian explorer Joseph Wild, an ex-convict, together with James Vaughan and Charles Throsby, first explored the area in 1815.

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Because originally the two most influential states NSW and Victoria could not agree on what state would house the Capital, so the only way to settle it was to create a non state to house the capital in the middle of no where. (political thinking) Makes one wonder why the whole world is still at war.

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They would be travelling East in reverse order. 116 is China, 125 is Korea and 139 is Japan.

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The highest mountain in the ACT is Bimberi Peak, with an elevation of 1912m.