1. Canberra By Michael V.S

2. Distance  Start Mitchell St, Hawkesdale, VIC 3287  End 1246 Federal Hwy, Sutton, NSW 2620  Distance: 932km Time: 9hr 49min (approx)  Travel: Fastest (with tolls)

4. Fast fact  There are three levels of Government in Australia- Federal, State and Local.  The Australia Constitution created the Federal Parliament.  The political party with the majority of elected members in the House of Representatives forms the Government.  There are 16 Government Departments covering all areas of Federal responsibility.  The Federal Parliament passes between 150 and 220 new laws every year.

5. Wordle

6. Prime Minister  Kevin Rudd was Australia’s 26th Prime Minister and the 19th Leader of the Australian Labour Party. Kevin Rudd was Prime Minister from December 2007 until 24 June 2010. This works out to 2 years, 6 months and about two weeks.  John Howard was Australia’s 25th Prime Minister served from 11 March 1996 until 3 December 2007, the second-longest prime ministerial term after Robert Menzies. When he lost the seat of Bennelong in 2007, John Howard also became the second Australian prime minister to lose his seat, the first being Stanley Melbourne Bruce in 1929.

8. Canberra Weather

9. Important Dates  1770 Capt Cook  1788 First Fleet  1901-Federation 1 st P.M Edmund Barton  1911 The Federal Capital City design competition is launched  1913 Canberra Named  1921 First meeting of the Federal Government  1927 Old Parliament House Opened  1964 Lake Burley Griffin filled  1988 Bi-Centenial-New Parliament House Opened

10. Important Facts  Population 339,500.  100 years ago Charles Scrivener and his team recommended the Canberra Valley as the site for the new national capital.

11. Important People  Edmund Barton- First Prime Minter for Australia  Henry Parkes  King George VI/6  Walter Burley Griffin

12. Important Places  Lake Burley Griffin-It flooded in 1964  New Parliament House  Old Parliament House  Blundell’s Farmhouse  Duntroon House-Belonged to Campbell for 70 years  The High Court

13. 3 Levels of Government  Federal- P.M. Julia Gillard  State-Premier Ted Ballieu  Local-Jim Doukas

14. Federal Parliament  The Federal Parliament (also known as the Commonwealth Parliament) governs the nation of Australia.  The Federal Parliament passes between 150 and 220 new laws every year.

15. Constitution  Australia Constitution is the most important legal document in Australia.  It came into force on 1 January 1901 after it was accepted by the British Parliament.  Makes the rules.

16. Democracy  In Australia, people elect representatives to make laws for them. Australia is therefore a representative democracy.  A democracy is when you can vote.

17. The War Memorial  The War Memorial The War Memorial

18. Camp Photo’s

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31. My Conclusion  I have enjoyed making this power point about Canberra and I got to learn new things like when Canberra was found and who named it.

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