The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is the home to Canberra, the Capital City of Australia.
The following are all suburbs of the ACT
| Acton 2601 Ainslie 2602 Amaroo 2914 Aranda 2614 Banks 2906 Barton 2600 Belconnen 2617 Black Mountain 2601 Bonython 2905 Braddon 2612 Bruce 2617 Calwell 2905 Campbell 2612 Canberra 2600 Casey 2913 Causeway 2604 Chapman 2611 Charnwood 2615 Chifley 2606 Chisholm 2905 City 2601 Conder 2906 Cook 2614 Curtin 2605 Deakin 2600 Dickson 2602 Downer 2602 Duffy 2611 Dunlop 2615 Duntroon 2600 Evatt 2617 Fadden 2904 Farrer 2607 Fisher 2611 Florey 2615 Flynn 2615 Forde 2914 Forrest 2603 Franklin 2913 Fraser 2615 Fyshwick 2609 |
Garran 2605 Gilmore 2905 Ginninderra Village 2913 Giralang 2617 Gordon 2906 Gowrie 2904 Greenway 2900 Griffith 2603 Gungahlin 2912 Hackett 2602 Hall 2618 Harman 2600 Harrison 2914 Hawker 2614 Higgins 2615 HMAS Creswell 2540 Holder 2611 Holt 2615 Hughes 2605 Hume 2620 Isaacs 2607 Isabella Plains 2905 Jervis Bay 2540 Kaleen 2617 Kambah 2902 Kingston 2604 Latham 2615 Lawson 2617 Lyneham 2602 Lyons 2606 Macarthur 2904 Macgregor 2615 Macquarie 2614 Majura 2609 Manuka 2603 Mawson 2607 Mckellar 2617 Melba 2615 Mitchell 2911 Monash 2904 Mount Stromlo 2611 |
Narrabundah 2604 Ngunnawal 2913 Nicholls 2913 Oaks Estate 2620 O’Connor 2602 O’Malley 2606 Oxley 2903 Page 2614 Palmerston 2913 Parkes 2600 Pearce 2607 Phillip 2606 Pialligo 2609 Red Hill 2603 Reid 2612 Richardson 2905 Rivett 2611 Russell 2600 Scullin 2614 Spence 2615 Stirling 2611 Swinger Hill 2606 Symonston 2609 Tharwa 2620 Theodore 2905 Torrens 2607 Tuggeranong 2900 Turner 2612 Uriarra 2611 Wanniassa 2903 Waramanga 2611 Watson 2602 Weetangera 2614 Weston 2611 Weston Creek 2611 Williamsdale 2620 Woden 2606 Yarralumla 2600 |
Australian Capital Territory
Before European settlement the area now known as the ACT was inhabited by three Aboriginal tribes: the Ngunnawal, Walgalu, and Ngarigo.
White exploration and settlement did not occur until the 1820s. From 1824 onwards, settlements and homesteads, and ultimately some small townships such as Hall and Tharwa, were established in the area.
One homestead of special historical interest was Lambrigg, near Tharwa. This was the place in which William Farrer developed the rust-resistant Federationwheat strain that had a major beneficial effect on Australia’s wheat industry. Farrer died at Lambrigg in 1906.
When the constitution for the Commonwealth of Australia was being negotiated between the colonies, a point of contention between the colonies was the location of the national capital, with both Melbourne and Sydney claiming the right to be the capital. A compromise was reached whereby a separate capital city would be created in New South Wales, provided it was no closer than 100 miles to Sydney. Until such time as the new city was established, Melbourne was to be the temporary capital of Australia.
The present site was chosen in 1908National Archives of Australia – Seat of Government Act 1908 (Cth), with additional territory at Jervis Bay (now a naval base on the NSW coast) allocated so the national capital could have a seaport. In 1909 New South Wales transferred the land for the territory to federal control and in 1910 an act of parliament created the legal framework for the territoryNational Archives of Australia – Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909 (Cth)National Archives of Australia – Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 (Cth). The Minister for Home Affairs, King O’Malley, who had charge of the legislation creating the ACT, also proposed a bill making the ACT an alcohol-free area. With his strong support, the bill became law later that year. O’Malley also pushed for a form of land tenure that restricted land holders to leasehold, rather than freehold, on the basis that this would stop land speculation and give the national government, as the lessor, more control over development. This too was adopted by the national Parliament. As of 2006 all land in the ACT is held on 99 year crown leases.
In 1911 an international design competition was held, which was won by Walter Burley Griffin. The official naming of Canberra and its official construction began on March 12, 1913.
The seat of the Federal Government officially moved to the ACT from Melbourne on the formal opening of the Provisional Parliament House on 9 May 1927. Among the first acts passed by the parliament in its new location was the repealing of the prohibition laws. At first the public service continued to be based in Melbourne, but the various departments were gradually moved to Canberra over many years.
The territory was initially known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In 1938, the territory was formally named the Australian Capital Territory.
In a 1978 referendum, Canberrans rejected self-government by 63% of the vote Parliament@Work – At a Glance Australian Capital Territory. Despite this, in December 1988, the ACT was granted full self-government through an Act of the Commonwealth Parliament that made the ACT a body politic under the crownNational Archives of Australia – Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cth). Following the first elections in February 1989, a 17-member Legislative Assembly sat at its offices in London Circuit, Civic, on May 11, 1989. The Australian Labor Party formed the ACT’s first government, led by the Chief Minister Rosemary Follett, who made history as Australia’s first female head of government.
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