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*’officially known’ as the federal capital territory before ‘1938’*
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*commonly referred to as the ‘ACT’*
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(the australian capital territory and is a ‘federal territory’ of ‘australia’ containing the ‘australian capital city’ of ‘canberra’ and some surrounding ‘townships’)
(much like the american ‘washington DC’ in ‘district of columbia’)
(which is NOT considered a ‘state’)
(difference between ‘states’ + ‘territories’?)
(depends on whom you’re asking)
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(it is located in the ‘south-east’ of the country and enclaved within the state of ‘new south wales’)
(founded after ‘federation’ as the ‘seat’ of government for the new ‘nation’, all ‘important institutions’ of the ‘australian federal government’ are centered in the ‘territory’)
(it is located in the south-east of the country and enclaved within the state of ‘new south wales’)
(on ‘1 january 1901’, ‘federation’ of the ‘colonies’ of ‘australia’ was achieved)
(‘section 125’ of the new ‘australian constitution’ provided that land, situated in ‘new south wales’ and at least ‘100 miles’ (or ‘160 km’) from ‘sydney’, would be ‘ceded’ to the new ‘federal government’)
(following ‘discussion’ and ‘exploration’ of various areas within ‘new south wales, the seat of government act 1908 was passed in ‘1908’ which specified a capital in the ‘yass-canberra region’)
(the territory was transferred to the ‘commonwealth’ by ‘new south wales’ in ‘1911’, 2 years prior to the ‘capital city’ being founded and formally named as ‘canberra’ in ‘1913’)
(while the overwhelming majority of the population reside in the city of ‘canberra’ in the ACT’s north-east, the ‘territory’ also includes some surrounding townships such as ‘williamsdale’, ‘naas’, ‘uriarra’, ‘tharwa’, and ‘hall’)
(the ‘ACT’ also includes the ‘namadgi national park’, which comprises the majority of land area of the ‘territory’)
(despite a common misconception, the ‘jervis bay territory’ is not part of the ‘ACT’ (although the laws of the ‘australian capital territory’ apply as if ‘jervis bay’ did form part of the ‘ACT’)
(the ‘territory’ has a relatively dry + ‘contintental’ climate experiencing ‘warm’ to ‘hot’ summers and ‘cool’ to ‘cold’ winters)
(the ‘australian capital territory’ is home to many important institutions of the ‘federal government’, ‘national monuments’, and ‘museums’)
(this includes…)
*the ‘parliament’ of ‘australia’*
*the ‘high court’ of ‘australia’*
*the ‘australian defense force academy’*
*the ‘australian war memorial’*
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(it also hosts the majority of ‘foreign embassies’ in ‘australia’ as well as ‘regional headquarters’ of many ‘international organizations’, ‘not-for-profit groups’, ‘lobbying groups’, and ‘professional associations’)
(several ‘major universities’ also have ‘campuses’ in the ‘ACT’ including…)
*the ‘australian national university’*
*the ‘university of canberra’*
*the ‘university of ‘new south wales’*
*’charles sturt university’*
*the ‘australian catholic university’*
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(a ‘locally elected legislative assembly’ has governed the ‘territory’ since ‘1988’)
(however, the ‘commonwealth’ maintains authority over the ‘territory’ and may overturn ‘local laws’)
(it still maintains control over the area known as the ‘parliamentary triangle’ through the ‘national capital authority’)
(residents of the ‘territory’ elect 3 members to the ‘house of representatives’ and 2 ‘senators’ to the ‘australian senate’)
(with ‘419,200 residents’, the ‘australian capital territory’ is the ‘2nd smallest mainland state’ (or ‘territory’) by ‘population’)
(at the ‘2016 census’, the ‘median weekly income’ for people in the ‘territory’ aged over 15 was ‘$998’ and higher than the ‘national average’ of ‘$662’)
(the average level of ‘degree qualification’ in the ‘ACT’ is also higher than the ‘national average’)
(within the ‘ACT’, 37.1% of the population hold a ‘bachelor degree level’ (or above) education compared to the ‘national figure’ of 20%)
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