The territory is administered from Canberra by the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport, which is also responsible for the administration of the territories of Christmas Island, Cocos ( Keeling ) Islands, the Coral Sea Islands, Jervis Bay and Norfolk Island.

Naval anchor incorporated into HMAS Canberra ( 1927 ) memorial, Canberra, Australia

The territory is a possession of Australia, administered from Canberra by the Attorney-General's Department ( before 29 November 2007 administration was carried out by the Department of Transport and Regional Services ).

Several of the world's capital cities are planned cities, notably Washington, D. C., in the United States, Canberra in Australia, and Brasília in Brazil.

File: StMarkChurch. jpg | Saint Mark Church, Kaleen, Canberra, Australia

A display at Canberra Glassworks, Australia

Many mementos of the Gallipoli campaign can be seen in the museum at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia, and at the Auckland War Memorial Museum in Auckland, New Zealand.

A modern-style house in Canberra, Australia.

Hobart is served by Hobart International Airport with flights to / from Melbourne ( Qantas, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways Australia ); Sydney ( Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin ); Brisbane ( Virgin ); Gold Coast ( Jetstar ); and Canberra ( Virgin ).

* 2003 – A bushfire kills 4 people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.

JPL manages the worldwide Deep Space Network, with facilities in California's Mojave Desert, in Spain near Madrid, and in Australia near Canberra.

Luxembourg is represented in Australia through the embassy of the Netherlands in Canberra and through an honorary consulate in East Lindfield.

* 1913 – Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.

* 1964 – Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies opens the artificial Lake Burley Griffin in the middle of the capital Canberra.

Australian Capital Territory Police | ACT Police truck in Canberra Australia

In May 2007, Keating suggested that Sydney, rather than Canberra, should be the capital of Australia, saying that:

The House of Representatives Chamber of the Parliament of Australia in Canberra.

Menzies also did much to develop higher education in Australia and made the increasing development of Canberra one of his big projects.

The National Museum of Australia in Canberra holds a significant collection of memorabilia relating to Robert Menzies, including a range of medals and civil awards received by Sir Robert such as his Jubilee and Coronation medals, Order of Australia, Companion of Honour and US Legion of Merit.

# Terry Johal, " Controlling the Internet: The use of legislation and its effectiveness in Singapore ( pdf file )", Proceedings, 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, Canberra, 2004.

He served as the director of the Northern Australia Legal Aid Service and established Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander centres at the Australian National University, University of Canberra and University of Wollongong.

In the defence of Diu, the Vega with a crew of 6, confronted the INS New Delhi, a battle cruiser with over 1200 crew, plus various attacks from Indian Air Force Canberra jet bombers using its sole machine-gun for defence.

In late 1989, Stoddart purchased both BAC 1-11 aircraft ( and three Falcon 20 business jets and a large spares package for both types ) from the Royal Australian Air Force, Canberra based No 34 SQN, the VIP Squadron, intending to sell the BAC 1-11 to a VIP operator or charter service in the UK / Africa.

The Southern Cross at an Royal Australian Air Force | RAAF base near Canberra in 1943.

** Canberra Detachment-2 Canberra PR9s of No. 39 ( 1 PRU ) Squadron ( a photo-reconnaissance unit ) Azraq Air Base, Jordan

On 10 April 1959, on the occasion of the Islamic Eid ul-Fitr festival holiday in Pakistan, an Indian Air Force ( IAF ) English Electric Canberra B ( I ) 58 entered Pakistani airspace on a photo reconnaissance mission.

On 6 November 1956, a Syrian Meteor shot down an Royal Air Force Canberra PR. 7 monitoring activity at SAF bases.

This investment lead to major successes with the Lightning and Canberra, the latter serving in a multitude of roles from 1951 until mid-2006 with the Royal Air Force.

* August 13 – A Royal Australian Air Force Lockheed Hudson crashes near Canberra, Australia, killing all 10 people on board.

* May 25 – No. 101 Squadron takes delivery of its first English Electric Canberra B. Mk 2 bombers, becoming the first operational Canberra unit and the first jet bomber squadron of Royal Air Force Bomber Command.

* May 24 – English Electric Canberra with the Royal Air Forces No. 101 Squadron

* A Royal Air Force English Electric Canberra on an intelligence-gathering flight overflies the secret Kapustin Yar rocket test site in the Soviet Union.

* October 10 – A Royal Air Force English Electric Canberra wins the Christchurch Centenary air race, flying from England to New Zealand in 23 hours 50 minutes.

* August 29 – A Royal Air Force English Electric Canberra sets a new world altitude record of 65, 876 ft ( 20, 079 m ).

* August 28-A rocket-boosted Royal Air Force English Electric Canberra sets a new world altitude record of 70, 308 ft ( 21, 430 m ).

* November 1 – Viet Cong infiltrators stage a mortar attack on Bien Hoa Air Base in South Vietnam, destroying five U. S. Air Force B-57 Canberra bombers, a U. S. Air Force HH-43F helicopter, and four South Vietnamese Air Force A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft, and damaging 15 B-57s and some HH-43Fs.

* February 19-U. S. Air Force B-57 Canberra bombers become the first American aircraft to provide direct support to South Vietnamese Army ground units in combat.

Gee remained an important part of the Royal Air Force's suite of navigation systems in the post-war era, and was featured on aircraft such as the English Electric Canberra and the V-bomber fleet.

* Dec. 14, 1965, a U. S. Air Force RB-57 Canberra, ( Serial Number: 63-13287 ), was lost over the Black Sea, flying out of Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.

* " More Power to Canberra ", The Age, 11 December 1986.

* Canberra fire damage, 18 January to 14 February 2003 / Damian McDonald, Greg Power and Loui Seselja.

Narrow gauge goods railway lines for the transportation of bricks linked Yarralumla to some of the major building sites in central Canberra such as Old Parliament House, and the Kingston Power House.

In 2010, the AYCC has planned three Power Shift Conferences in Adelaide, Canberra and Geelong.