Australian Capital Territory and Canberra

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 on the Limestone Plains, a rich agricultural area, which was 248km from Sydney and 483km from Melbourne.

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."

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 highest recorded temperature in Australia of was 53 degrees C was recorded at Cloncurry, Queensland, on 16 January 1889.

Jervis Bay is in the Australian Eastern Time, which becomes Australian Daylight Saving Time in Summer. It is not a territory in its own right, but is part of the Australian Capital Territory, forming the only naval port for the ACT.

It is uncertain how many people were killed in Kinglake itself, in the Black Saturday bushfires of Fbruary 2009. Kinglake, together with the nearby towns of Strathewen, Humevale, Steels Creek, Chum Creek, Kinglake West, Toolangi and Flowerdale, was the worst-hit area, and in this region there were 120 people killed.

The 2003 Canberra bushfires ended through the concerted efforts of the Emergency Services personnel. A protracted campaign of fire-fighting, together with water-bombing were necessary to contain the worst of the fires. The speed and intensity of the fires was unexpected, and there were so many fire fronts that firefighters struggled to keep up. 150 NSW Rural Fire Service personnel and 40 extra firefighters were brought in from Queensland to help the ACT firefighters. In the end, the fires continued past Canberra, met with back-burning and burnt themselves out as they ran out of fuel.

A small mountain is often referred to as a hill or a peak.

The sale and possession of fireworks is severely restricted in most states of Australia. Fireworks are not available to the public, only corporate permit holders. The only exception is in the Northern Territory - for a few days each year, in the lead up to Territory Day celebrations(commemorating the establishment of the Territory) on July 1st, the public can purchase a limited selection of fireworks. It may be necessary to be a NT resident - my research is unclear.

Canberra experiences warm to hot summers and cool to cold winters, compared to the rest of Australia.

Traditionally, the hottest month in Canberra is January, with a mean daily maximum temperature of 27.7°C and an average of 10 days of 30 °C or more with 2 days of 35°C or more. Nights are considerably cooler due to the fact that Canberra lies inland, and is surrounded by mountain ranges. Average night-time temperatures are around 13.0 °C. Relative humidity sits around 37-40%.

Winter in Canberra is cold compared to most of the rest of the continent. The coldest month tends to be July, with a mean daily maximum of 11.2 °C , dropping to a mean daily minimum of −0.2 °C. Overall there is an average of 99 frosts annually, and occasional snow. Canberra has also been known to have snow in October (Australia's Springtime).

The highest ever recorded maximum temperature was 42.2 °C on 1 February 1968 while the lowest ever recorded minimum temperature was −10.0 °C on 11 July 1971. Canberra's average annual rainfall is 629 mm, with an average of 108 rain days per year.

No. It has a lake, named Lake Burley Griffin. The Molonglo River which flows across the Molonglo plain has been dammed to form the body of water in the centre of the city called Lake Burley Griffin.

arsonits are to blame! they are silly little things that go around and say 'Hey there is some dry land, lets burn it!' and they drop a cigarette and PCHaooooo off goes the fire and then everyone dies and goes chaaarrcccck and go to the flying spaghetti monster in the sky.

Australia is the 6th largest country in the world. Russia - 17,078,000 sq km

Canada - 9,970,610 sq km

China - 9,579,000 sq km

USA - 9,363,130 sq km

Brazil - 8,511,965 sq km

Australia - 7,682,300 sq km

India - 3,166,830 sq km

Argentina - 2,777,815 sq km

Kazakhstan - 2,717,300 sq km

Sudan - 2,505,813 sq km

In the most recent horrific "Black Saturday" bushfires in Victoria, Australia in February 2009, the death toll was believed to be 210, twelve days after the fires started. Police and sniffer dogs were still searching through the burnt rubble of whole towns. On 30 March 2009, after searching missing person's data and examining bushfire victims, this death toll was revised down to 173.

Former Imperial Palace

Temple of Heaven (where the Emperor worship for a good harvest)

Great Wall

Summer Palace (where emperors lived)

Thirteen Ming Tombs (where emperors berried)

Yonghegong Lamasery

Ruins of Yuanmingyuan (former of the Summer Palace, but destroied by Eight-Power Allied Forces in Qing)

Lugou Bridge

Biyun Temple

Tanzhe Temple

Wofo Temple

Jietai Temple

Fahai Temple

Yunju Temple

Baiyun Temple

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 .

Before using a whistle, officials used hand signals or flags to communicate calls during sports games or other events. Whistles eventually became popular for their loud and clear sound that could easily grab players' attention and signal them to stop or start play.

the answer is a atlas AN ATLAS IS A MAP THAT FINDS LOCATIONS OF A PARTICULAR PLACE

The Northern Territory does not have an official motto.

The northern region is unofficially known as the Top End, while the southern desert regions are known as the Red Centre.

Some websites will report that the motto is "The Never-never", but this is not the case; nor is this nickname restricted to the Northern Territory.

There is no specific limit required for either the Northern territory or the Australian Capital Territory to become a state. For either territory to become a state would be a fairly straightforward matter. Australia's constitution of 1901 did (and does) allow for the admission of new states into Australia. Section 121 of the constitution states that all that is required for a new state (or, in this case, for a territory to be declared a state) is for the Federal Parliament to agree. This even means that the Parliament could admit the Northern Territory as a state whether or not the NT agreed to it.

One of the two longest rivers in the USA is the Mississippi River.