where is canberra
Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, is Australia's capital city. After Federation in 1901, a site for the capital was sought, and Canberra was selected. The Australian Capital Territory was declared on 1 January 1911 and an international competition was held to design the new capital city of Australia.
Civic (postcode: 2601) is the central business district of Canberra, located in the Australian Capital Territory of Australia. Canberra is the capital city of Australia. However it is also referred to as Civic Centre, City Centre, Canberra City and Canberra (postcode: 2601). Canberra's City was officially established in 1927, although the suburb name City was not gazetted until 20 September 1928. Walter Burley Griffin 's design for Canberra included a Civic Centre with a separate Market Centre located at what is now Russell. However Prime Minister Stanley Bruce vetoed this idea and only the Civic Centre was developed; the idea of the Market Centre was abandoned.