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Canberra city map pdf Continue Canberra Location Map Full Size Large detailed tourist map of Canberra 10513x7377 / 22.8 MB Go to map Canberra tourist map 2465x3750 / 2.97 MB Jump to map Canberra sightseeing map 3556x2480 / 2.07 MB Jump to map Canberra street map 2556x2480 / 2.07 MB Jump to map Canberra Street map 2556x2480 / 2.07 MB Jump to map Canberra Street map 2556x2480 / 2.07 MB Jump to map Canberra Street Map 2 1050x1450 / 825 Kb Go to map the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) tourist map 2840x2098 / 2.51 MB Go to map map of Canberra's surroundings 2326x3064 / 2.47 MB Go to the map about Canberra: Facts: State: Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Population: 385,000 euros. The actual size of the Canberra map is 3556 X 2480 pixels, the file size (in bytes) is 1111803. You can open this downloadable and printed map of Canberra by clicking on a map of yourself or this link: Open the map. The actual size of the Canberra map is 2465 X 3750 pixels, the file size (in bytes) is 1699183. You can open, download and print this detailed map of Canberra by clicking on a map of yourself or by clicking here: Open the map. The actual size of the Canberra map is 2326 X 3064 pixels, the file size (in bytes) is 1412517. You can open this downloadable and printed map of Canberra by clicking on a map of yourself or this link: Open the map. The actual size of the Canberra map is 3556 X 2480 pixels, the file size (in bytes) is 922915. You can open, download and print this detailed map of Canberra by clicking on a map of yourself or by clicking here: Open the map. Canberra - Chapter 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Capital of Australia This article is about the australian capital. For other purposes see the City in the Australian capital TerritoryCanraAustralian Capital TerritoryCanberra, from top left to the lower right-hand town is seen from Mount Ainslie, the land of the axis with the image of the Old Parliament Building and the new Parliament Building, Australian War Memorial, National Carillon, National Gallery of Australia and National Library of Australia at Lake Burley GriffinCity map CanberraCanberraCoordinates35'17'35S 149'07'37E/ 35.29306's 149.12694'E/-35.29306; 149.12694Coordinates: 35'17'35S 149'07'37E / 35.29306'S 149.12694'E / -35.29306; 149.12694Population426 704 (2019) (8th place) - Density503,932/km2 (1,305.18/sq.m)Set 12 March 1913Elevation578 m (1,896 ft) 4.2 km2 (314.4 sq.m.) 958 km (595 miles) E Adelaide SSW Brisbane 3087 km (1,918 miles) ESE Perth (8) Territory electorate (s) Brindabella Ginninderraj Kurong Murrumbidgee YerrabiFederal Division (s) Canberra Fenner Bean (from July 2018 ˈkænbərə.) Founded after from the colonies of Australia as the seat of government to the new nation, it is Australia's largest inner city and the eighth largest city as a whole. The city is located in the northern part of the Australian Capital Territory; 280 km southwest of Sydney and 660 km northeast of Melbourne. On January 1, 1901, the Federation of Colonies of Australia was reached. Section 125 of Australia's new constitution stipulates that land located in NSW and at least 100 miles (160 km) from Sydney will be granted to the new federal government. After discussing and exploring different areas in NSW, the 1908 Government Place Act was passed in 1908, setting up the capital in the Yass Canberra area. The land was handed over to the Commonwealth of New South Wales in 1911, creating the Australian Capital Territory, two years before the founding of the capital and officially named Canberra in 1913. This is unusual among Australian cities, being a fully planned city outside of any state, like Washington, D.C., the United States or Brasilia in Brazil. After an international competition to design the city, the project of American architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney Griffin was selected and construction began in 1913. The Griffins' plan featured geometric motifs such as circles, hexagons and triangles, and focused on axes aligned with significant topographical landmarks in the Australian Capital Territory. The design of the city was influenced by the movement of the garden city, which includes significant areas of natural vegetation. As the seat of the Australian government, Canberra is home to many important federal government institutions, national monuments and museums. This includes the Parliament building, the official residence of the monarch's representative, the Governor-General, the High Court and numerous government departments and institutions. It is also home to many social and cultural institutions of national importance, such as the Australian War Memorial, the Australian National University, the Royal Australian Mint, the Australian Institute of Sport, the National Gallery, the National Museum and the National Library. The city is also home to many important Australian Defence Force institutions, including the Royal Military College of Dantrun and the Australian Defence Force Academy. It is also home to most foreign embassies in Australia, as well as the regional headquarters of many international organizations, non-profit groups, lobby groups and professional associations. Canberra has no local council or city government like other Australian cities. The Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory serves as the City Council and the Government for the rest of the Australian capital The vast majority of the territory's population lives in Canberra, although the city is therefore the focus of the ACT government. However, the federal government retains power over the territory and can repeal local laws. It still retains control of the area, known as the Parliamentary Triangle, through the National Administration of Capital Education. As of June 2019, Canberra's population was 426,704, up 1.5 per cent in the previous 12 months. With a high proportion of public servants in the city, the Commonwealth Government contributes the largest percentage of the Territory's gross merchandise product and is the largest employer in Canberra, although it is not the majority employer. Compared to national averages, the unemployment rate is lower and the average income is higher; higher education levels are higher, while the population is younger. The etymology of the Word of Canberra is said to come from the word Camber or Canberry, which is said to mean a meeting place in Ngunnawal, one of the Indigenous languages spoken by Aboriginal Australians prior to the arrival of European settlers, although there is no clear evidence to support this. The alternative definition has been claimed by numerous local commentators over the years, including Ngunnawal elder Don Bell, who said Canberra or Nganbra means female breasts and is the indigenous name of the two mountains, the Black Mountain and the Ainslie Mountains, which lie almost opposite each other. In the 1860s, the owner of the newspaper, John Gale, called the name nganbra or nganbira meaning the cavity between the female breasts and referring to the sullivans creek between Mount Ainslie and Black Mountain. A map of the 1830s region by Major Mitchell will indeed mark the view of Sullivan Creek between these two mountains as Nganbra. Nganbra or Nganbira could easily have been anglicised under the name Canberry as the terrain soon became known to European settlers. R. H. Cambage, in his 1919 book Notes on the Native Flora of New South Wales, Part X, noted that Joshua John Moore, the first settler in the region, named the area of Canberra in 1823, saying that there seems to be no doubt that the original was a native name, but its significance is unknown. Plans for the survey of the area from 1837 refer to the area as Canberry Plain. In 1920, some elderly residents of the area claimed that the name was derived from Australian cranberries, which grew in abundance in the area, not to mention that the local name of the plant was canberry. Although people pronounce /ˈkænbərə/ or /kænˈbɛrə/, the original pronunciation to its official name in 1913 was /ˈkænbrə/. Story Home article: The Story of Canberra See also: The Story of the Australian Capital The area in which Canberra will eventually be built was seasonally populated by Indigenous Australians. Anthropologist Norman Tyndale suggested that the main group occupying the region were the Ngunavaals, while Ngarigo lived just south of the ACT, Vanandian in the east, Valgulu also in the south, Gandangara in the north and Virajuri in the north-west. Archaeological evidence of settlements in the region includes inhabited rock shelters, rock carvings and engravings, burial sites, camps and quarries, as well as stone tools and machinery. Artifacts suggest that early human activity occurred at some point in the area 21,000 years ago. The European study of St John's Anglican Church, the oldest surviving public building in the city centre, consecrated in 1845 by Blandells Cottage, built around 1860, is one of the few remaining buildings built by Canberra's first white settlers. European exploration and settlement began in the Canberra area as early as the 1820s. The white settlement in the area probably dates back to 1823, when the estate was built on the Acton Peninsula, hired by Joshua John Moore. He formally applied to buy the site on December 16, 1826, and named the property Canberry. On April 30, 1827, Moore was told by letter that he could keep ownership of 1,000 acres (405 hectares) in Canberry. St John the Baptist Anglican Church, in the suburb of Reed, was consecrated in 1845 and is now the oldest surviving public building in the city.