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Canberra was built as an entirely artificial capital to settle a dispute between which two Australian cities?
Answer
Sydney and Melbourne
Both Sydney and Melbourne wanted to be the capital, so Australia built Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory as a neutral compromise in 1927.
💡 Did you know?
Canberra was designed by American architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney, who won an international design competition.
Other options people guess
- Sydney and Brisbane
- Melbourne and Brisbane
- Perth and Sydney
Topics
- capitals
- Australia
- city planning
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