You'll find Canberra at35°18′27″S 149°07′27.9″E, or 35.3075°S 149.124417°E, or -35.3075; 149.124417 as you choose to plot it on a map. A link can be found below.
The name "Canberra" is derived from an aboriginal word meaning "meeting place". This name was chosen as Canberra is Australia's capital city, and therefore the "meeting place" of the nation's...
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...
The first settler in the Canberra region - then known as Limestone Plains - was Joshua John Moore who took up land in the area in 1824, naming it Canberry. He took this name after hearing the local...