Talk:Canberra

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A sparse gathering of frock-coated, stiffcollared politicians, their wives, a few soldiers

and local farmers watched as Lady Denman,

wife of Australia's Governor-General, took a

card from a small gold case and announced: 'I

name the capital city of Australia "Canberra".'

Although a secret up to this minute, the chosen

name was scarcely a surprise. 'Canberry' had

been the accepted name of the area as far

back as 1825 when John Joshua Moore, the

first white settler in the district, had grazed

sheep there. It had also been called 'Kamberra'.

Said to be derived from the Aboriginal word

for 'meeting place', it is also believed to have

been the name of an Aboriginal tribe inhabiting

the area when Europeans first arrived.

Also on the dais at this memorable foundation

ceremony were Lord Denman, the Prime

Minister, Andrew Fisher, and the Minister for

Home Affairs, King O'Malley, a bearded exreal estate salesman from Kansas. The date was

12 March 1913.

About them lay the empty Monaro plains,

limestone sheep country, stock tracks, and a

small scattered village.

None of those present on this almost treeless

site could have visualised the city which, only

50 years later, would have, among other things,

more than three million trees. 110.33.67.33 (talk) 06:21, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

:Nice quote, but it's not actually a request. HiLo48 (talk) 07:41, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

The article originally said "Canberra's mountainous location makes it the only mainland Australian city where snow-capped mountains can be seen in winter": changed "in" to "for much of the" since, at minimum, snow is regularly seen from Hobart (Mt Wellington) - though it's not mainland - and most Winters from parts of Melbourne (Mt Donna Buang) and a few places on the outskirts of Sydney (Mts Tomah, Wilson), sometimes even Adelaide (Mt Barker). There are rare snowfalls near Perth and Brisbane, though they may not actually be visible from the cities. Only Darwin has zero chance of seeing snow. Urilarim (talk) 00:35, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

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