The history of the Australian Capital Territory began on January 1, 1911, when it was created in law as the site for Australia's capital city
Canberra. The region has a long prior history of human habitation before the Territory's creation, however, with evidence of
Indigenous Australian settlement dating back at least 21,000 years. Following the colonisation of Australia by the British, the 19th century saw the initial European exploration and settlement of the area and their encounters with the local indigenous peoples, beginning in 1820 and shortly followed by settlements in 1824. In 1908, the region was selected as the site of the nation's future capital city. The territory officially came under government control as the Federal Capital Territory on 1 January 1911. The planning and construction of Canberra followed, with the
Parliament of Australia finally moving there in 1927. (more...)
... that David Shirk, owner of the historic David L. Shirk Ranch in southeastern Oregon, killed an employee of cattle baron
Peter French over a land claim?
... that in the past,
Arubans used the caves of Aruba for performing sacrificial services and holding assemblies, and sometimes also to hide in during enemy attacks?
A
panoramic view of Parliament House, the meeting facility of the
Parliament of Australia located in
Canberra, the capital of
Australia. At the time of the completion in 1988, it was the most expensive building in the Southern Hemisphere at over
AU$1.1 billion. The building contains 4,700 rooms and many areas are open to the public. From above, it appears as two
boomerangs enclosed within a circle. Much of the building is underground, located beneath
Capital Hill.
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