Apart from the city of Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory also contains agricultural land ( sheep, dairy cattle, vineyards and small amounts of crops ) and a large area of national park ( Namadgi National Park ), much of it mountainous and forested.

Australian National University | ANU school of art, originally built as Canberra High School

The two main tertiary institutions are the Australian National University ( ANU ) in Acton and the University of Canberra ( UC ) in Bruce.

The Australian National Football Council's primary role was to govern the game at national level to facilitate interstate representative and club competition.

Between 1977 and 1987, the Australian Football Council ( AFC ) in conjunction with the VFL ran a night series, which invited clubs and representative sides from around the country to participate in the " National Football League " for the Wills Cup, however Victorian sides still dominated.

* Advance Australia Fair ( Australian National Anthem )

* Jeffreys, Elizabeth and Michael, and Moffatt, Ann, Byzantine Papers: Proceedings of the First Australian Byzantine Studies Conference, Canberra, 17 – 19 May 1978 ( Australian National University, Canberra, 1979 ).

Papers on Far Eastern History 16, Australian National University.

Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University.

In federal Australian politics, the conservative Liberal, National, Country Liberal and Liberal National parties are united in a coalition, known simply as the Coalition.

The Southern Cross was written into the lyrics of " Advance Australia Fair " in 1901: " Beneath our radiant Southern Cross "; the song was adopted as the Australian National Anthem in 1984.

Other conservative parties are the National Party of Australia, a sister party of the Liberals, Family First Party, Democratic Labor Party, Shooters Party and the Katter's Australian Party The second largest party in the country, the Australian Labor Party's dominant faction is Labor Right, a socially conservative element.

In Australia, the National Union of Workers represents unionised workers ; their activities form part of the Australian labour movement.

* Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, an Australian National Rugby League team

* Australian National Drag Racing Association ( ANDRA )

* Australian National Drag Racing Association ( ANDRA )

With the introduction of National Health Practitioner registration legislation on July 1, 2010, the title " doctor " is not restricted in any Australian state.

On taking office, Holt declared that Australia had no intention of increasing its commitment to the war, but just one month later, in December 1966, he announced that Australia would treble its troop commitment to 4, 500, including 1, 500 National Service conscripts, creating a single independent Australian task force based at Nui Dat.

From 1952 to 1962 he worked as a professor at the John Curtin School of Medical Research ( JCSMR ) of the Australian National University.

* Australian National Gallery, Canberra

National associations of the English-speaking world include the American Library Association, the Australian Library and Information Association, the Canadian Library Association and the Research Libraries UK ( a consortium of 30 university and other research libraries in the United Kingdom ).

The MCG is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register and was included on the Australian National Heritage List on 26 December 2005.

The city is recognised as the " National Equine Capital of Australia " because of the high volume of equine events held in the city and the construction of the world class Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre, the biggest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.

* 2008 – The Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre is opened in September.

These events were hosted at the Tamworth Showgrounds in the suburb of Taminda ; however, they are now hosted at the new Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre as of 2008.

The Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre has been built by the Tamworth Regional Council at a cost of $ 30 million.

Located within the city are an athletic track, Australian football grounds, badminton courts, baseball diamonds, indoor basketball courts, indoor and outdoor cricket pitches, croquet turf, cycling ( velodrome and bmx track ), two 18-hole golf courses, a gymnastic centre, water bases hockey fields, the Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre used for equine sports, eleven bowling turfs, a kart-racing track, a speedway track and a motocross track, netball courts: twelve asphalt courts, 30 grass courts and an indoor synthetic court, an inline hockey court, rugby league and union fields ( nine senior fields and seven junior fields ).

The Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre

Tamworth is now best known as the centre of Australia's country music industry and the home of the Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre ( AELEC ) and Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre ( TREC ).

The Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre ( AELEC ) is located on the New England Highway on the southern outskirts of the city.

Some of the large events in New South Wales are at Tamworth which runs a big rodeo at the Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre, Sydney has the large ( RAS ) show and Walcha holds a four day campdrafting and rodeo competition annually.

In February 2009 the richest campdraft, the $ 50, 000 Landmark Classic Campdraft was held at the Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre, Tamworth.

Horse riding stunts have been performed in many films, as well as in equestrian events such as Equitana and the official opening of the Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre.

* Meat and Livestock Australia, Australian not-for-profit organisation of red meat producers

), Handbook of Australian Livestock, Australian Meat & Livestock Export Corporation, 2000 ( 4th ed ), ISBN 1-74036-216-0

), Handbook of Australian Livestock, Australian Meat & Livestock Export Corporation, 2000 ( 4th ed ), ISBN 1-74036-216-0

) ( 1989 ) Handbook of Australian Livestock ( 3rd ed.

) Australian Meat & Livestock Corporation, Sydney, ISBN 0-642-87194-9

Events on the cricket pitch have occasionally even been elevated to diplomatic incidents in Australian history – as occurred in the infamous Bodyline controversy of the 1930s, in which an English team bowled in a physically intimidating way leading to accusations of unsportsmanlike conduct.

* Events of the Australian constitutional crisis of 1975

In February 2012 WTC purchased USM Events, owners of Australian triathlons in Geelong, Mooloolaba, and Noosa, as well as the Sydney World Triathlon Series ( WTS ) race.

Events on the Australian goldfields in the 1850s led to hostility toward Chinese miners on the part of many Europeans, which was to affect many aspects of European-Chinese relations in Australia for the next century.

The Award Scheme in Australian Scouting consists of Awards for Proficiency in an Adventurous Activity, participation in Major Events, recognition of service, Gallantry and Meritorious Service, and for the practice of scouting ( Queen's Scout, Baden-Powell Award, etc.

The Clipsal 500 Adelaide has been recognised on several occasions as the winner of the ‘ Major Festivals & Events ’ category at the Australian Tourism Awards ( 2003 / 04, 2005, 2007 and 2008 ), demonstrating the event is more than a motor race, comparing with the best the country has to offer in the fields of the arts, sports, or once-off spectaculars.

* Sydney Olympic Games Opening Ceremony – Australian Special Events

The Equestrian Events at the 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Stockholm due to the Australian quarantine regulations and included Dressage, Eventing, and Show Jumping.

* Australian Mountain Biking Events