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Canberra was chosen as Australia capital as a coastal compromise
Selected in 1908, Canberra was built inland to resolve rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne.
American architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin won an international design competition to plan the city. Built around an artificial lake named Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra incorporates extensive geometric avenues and natural bushland reserves. It officially became the seat of government in 1927.
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