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On 1 January 1911, the Federal
Capital Territory came into existence and, in April, the
Government launched an international competition for the design
of Australia's national capital. A young American architect,
Walter Burley Griffin, won the competition. Thus Canberra, the
capital city o f Australia, was born as per his design.
Tourism is the ACT's major growth industry with more than 1.25
million visitors a year, staying more than one night in the
national capital. The Namadgi National Park covers about 40 per
cent of the ACT. It reaches to the border of the New South Wales
Kosciusko National Park, and together with parks in Victoria is
part of a series of reserves which protect most of Australia's
alpine and sub alpine areas.
Attractions outside Canberra include Cockington Green Minature
Village, Mount Stromo Observatory, Canberra Space Center and
Cotter Dam. ACT offers some beautiful natural landscape.
Excellent bush walking tracks can be found close to the city. |
