• Uncertain. Most commonly said to be from Ngunawal kamberra (“meeting place”). See more theories on Wikipedia. Pronunciation.
  • Find out more about the best places to visit in Australia's dynamic capital with our list of the top attractions and things to do in and around Canberra.
  • The city’s naming day, took place in Canberra on 12 March 1913, when Canberra was pronounced, Can-bra, by Lady Denman, the Governor-General’s wife.
  • It is located in the interior of the continent, not on its ocean shore, and has a population of nearly 400,000. The closest cities to Canberra are Melbourne and Sydney.
  • Numerous local commentators, including the Ngunnawal elder Don Bell, have speculated upon possible meanings of "Canberra" over the years.
  • This website provides a map and directions for a walk in each of Canberra’s over 100 established residential suburbs.
  • Even Melbourne and Adelaide, with their neat inner-city grids, can’t match Canberra’s carefully planned, circular grandeur, designed around the original...
  • A design competition was held for the city in 1911, and the name Canberra given to the place in 1913.
  • 1967 yılında Başbakan Harold Holt, ulusal koleksiyonun barındırılması için Canberra şehrinde yeni bir galeri inşa edileceğini duyurdu.