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Süd-Pazifik,Pazifische Inseln |
SouthPacific,Pacific Islands |
siehe auch |
see also |
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American Samoa |
Canberra |
Hawaii, Oahu |
Melbourne |
Rarotonga |
Tonga |
Sydney |
Wellington |
Western Samoa |
Fiji |
Climate tables - weather in Canberra
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Captain Cook Jet |
Canberra is the capital of Australia .
The population is about 320.000.
As the capital it isn't part of any other federal state but it's own, Australian Capital Territory.
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coat of arms on top of the new parliament |
The city was planned after a struggle between Sydney and Melbourne for becoming the capital and founded in 1913.
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view over Canberra |
It was planned in the form of a triangle ourond a lake, the Lake Burley Griffin. The name originates from the Aborigines language, in which "Kamberra" meens meeting point..
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old parliament |
new parliament |
Main points of interest are the old and new parliament house, for the construction of which the top of a hill was plained to be crowned afterwords again with the new parliament.
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inner courtyard of the new parliament |
embassy |
embassy |
