On 5 March 2004, the Canberra Spatial Plan for the city's future development was released.

With the release of the Canberra Spatial Plan by the ACT Government, the area and the adjoining Majura Valley has been denoted as an employment corridor centred on Canberra Airport and Fyshwick.

In 1967 the then National Capital Development Commission adopted the " Y Plan " which laid out future urban development in Canberra around a series of central shopping and commercial area known as the ' town centres ' linked by freeways, the layout of which roughly resembled the shape of the letter Y, with Tuggeranong at the base of the Y and Belconnen and Gungahlin located at the ends of the arms of the Y.

* The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000, Garnett, Stephen T .; & Crowley, Gabriel M., Environment Australia, Canberra, 2000 ISBN 0-642-54683-5, a comprehensive survey of the conservation status of Australian species, with costed conservation and recovery strategies.

* In 2002, in her capacity as Shadow Minister for the Status of Women, Lawrence took part in the Canberra launch of the National Maternity Action Plan.

The movement was strongly implemented in the McMillan Plan which in turn inspired Canberra ’ s grand axes, views, and effective central focal point.

Canberra's inner hills Black Mountain, Mount Ainslie, Mount Majura, Mount Pleasant, Russell Hill, Red Hill, Mount Mugga, O ' Connor Ridge, Bruce Ridge, Aranda Bushland, Mount Painter, The Pinnacle, Lyneham Ridge, Oakey Hill, Mount Taylor, Isaacs Ridge, Mount Stromlo, Mount Arawang, Neighbour Hill, Wanniassa Hill, and Narrabundah Hill are protected from development by the National Capital Plan and almost all are now part of the Canberra Nature Park system.

Curfew for Canberra has been formed in response to the changes proposed in Canberra Airport ’ s draft 2008 Master Plan, in particular the night time aircraft movements and the impact this will have on the quality of life for all residents of the Canberra region.

The Plan was launched on 24 September 2002 simultaneously in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

( Canberra ’ s Territory Plan also contains districts located outside of the urban areas for the purposes of land administration.

In December, a VFT Concept Report was released, identifying the key issues for a high-speed rail system, to be built and operated by private enterprise, with trains operating between Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne at speeds up to 350 km per hour.

Goanna were asked to perform the song at the first National Sorry Day at Parliament House in Canberra in 1998, the same morning the " Bringing Them Home " report was released.

Parliament House Canberra Locality Map-first draft-Created by Martin Conway and released under the GFDL

On 10 February 2009, Canberra Airport released its preliminary draft master plan which announced that a high speed rail link between Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne was being considered.

Government House, Canberra Locality Map-Created By Martin Conway and released under the GFDL

The main dam was the large Burrinjuck Dam between Gundagai and Canberra, which stored water to be released down the river for irrigation.

Merritt released singles " Growing Pains " in 1982 and " Mean Green Fighting Machine " in 1986, the second was a promotional single for the Canberra Raiders Rugby League team.

B ( if ) tek was an Australian electronic music duo comprising Kate Crawford and Nicole Skeltys, originally from Canberra, who released three albums between 1998 and 2003.

In September 2005, " Sex Is Not the Enemy " was released to Australian radio up-front of the band's September 21 Australian tour Canberra debut show ; and on September 11 FMR released a Bleed Like Me special edition with a bonus DVD, which included the " Sex Is Not The Enemy " promo video and " making of " documentary.

Withers signed with the European Super League side Crusaders for 2009 after being released from the final year of his contract at Canberra.

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.

Tidbinbilla is a locality to the south-west of Canberra that features the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, operated by the United States ' National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) as part of its Deep Space Network.

In Australia's Federal Parliament, the ACT is represented by four federal members: two members of the House of Representatives ; the Division of Fraser and the Division of Canberra and is one of only two territories to be represented in the Senate, with two Senators ( the other being the Northern Territory ).

Canberra is a planned city that was originally designed by Walter Burley Griffin, a major 20th century American architect.

Development in Canberra has been closely regulated by government, both through the town planning process, but also through the use of crown lease terms that have tightly limited the use of parcels of land.

In February 2004 there were 140 public and non-governmental schools in Canberra ; 96 were operated by the Government and 44 are non-Government.

Alexander Bunyip, created by children's author and illustrator Michael Salmon, first appeared in print in The Monster That Ate Canberra in 1972, Alexander Bunyip went on to appear in many other books and a live-action television series, Alexander Bunyip's Billabong.

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 ).

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 ).

An incident in which Calwell was photographed standing outside a South Canberra hotel while the ALP Federal Executive ( dubbed by Menzies the " 36 faceless men ") was determining policy also contributed to the 1963 victory.

At a function attended by the Queen at Parliament House, Canberra, in 1963, Menzies quoted the Elizabethan poet Thomas Ford, " I did but see her passing by, and yet I love her till I die ".

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.

The west wing of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in Canberra designed by Ashton Raggatt McDougall, is a near exact replica of the Villa Savoye, except its black colour.

At 39 years, the noisy but impressive Shackleton held the distinction of being the aircraft with the longest period of active RAF service, until overtaken by the English Electric Canberra in 1998.

It ranges from the layout of entire cities, as with l ' Enfant's plan for Washington DC, Griffin and Mahony's plan for Canberra and Doxiadis ' plan for Islamabad ( although such opportunities are obviously rare ), through ' managing the sense of a region ' as described by Kevin Lynch, to the design of street furniture.

The city's design was heavily influenced by the garden city movement and incorporates significant areas of natural vegetation that have earned Canberra the title of the " bush capital ".

The growth and development of Canberra were hindered by the World Wars and the Great Depression, which exacerbated a series of planning disputes and the ineffectiveness of a sequence of bodies that were to oversee the development of the city.

Before European settlement, the area in which Canberra would eventually be constructed was seasonally inhabited by Indigenous Australians.

Blundells Cottage | Blundells Cottage, built around 1860, is one of the few remaining buildings built by the first European settlers of Canberra.

By many accounts, it was decisive in the selection of Canberra as the site in 1908, as was a result of survey work done by the government surveyor Charles Scrivener.

Thespis ( 1965 ), bronze sculpture by Robert Cook, commissioned for the opening of the Canberra Theatre