Canberra - the capital of Australia

Canberra Australian Capital Territory
Clockwise: Parliament House, Australian War Memorial, view of the city along the parliamentary axis, Black Mountain Tower, National Library of Australia, and Australian National University
Canberra
Coordinates	35°18′27″S 149°07′27.9″ECoordinates: 35°18′27″S 149°07′27.9″E
Population	381,488 (2013)[1][2] (8th)
• Density	428.6/km2 (1,110/sq mi)
Established	12 March 1913
Area	814.2 km2 (314.4 sq mi)[3]
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
• Summer (DST)	AEDT (UTC+11)
Location	286 km (178 mi) SW ofSydney 669 km (416 mi) NE ofMelbourne 1,159 km (720 mi) E ofAdelaide 1,203 km (748 mi) SSW ofBrisbane 3,726 km (2,315 mi) ESE ofPerth
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 19.7 °C 67 °F 6.5 °C 44 °F 616.4 mm 24.3 in

Many school trips attend week long visits to Canberra. Canberra is a very interesting capital city, with a modern history. It is relatively cold compared to the rest of Australia.  

Reference: Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra -

The site of Canberra was selected for the location of the nation's capital in 1908 as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's two largest cities. It is unusual among Australian cities, being an entirely planned city outside of any state, similar to the American Federal District of Columbia. Following an international contest for the city's design, a blueprint by the Chicago architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin was selected and construction commenced in 1913. The Griffins' plan featured geometric motifs such as circles, hexagons and triangles, and was centred on axes aligned with significant topographical landmarks in the Australian Capital Territory.

The city's design was influenced by the garden city movement and incorporates significant areas of natural vegetation that have earned Canberra the title of the "bush capital".