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Canberra, Australia
LOCATION
Official Website: http://www.virtualcanberra.gov.au/
Population: 340,800 (2007) Capital of Australia since 9 May 1927.
A number of Canberra's civic institutions are actually in Parkes and Acton.
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Nick Kyrgios |
Tennis |
27-Apr-1995 |
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Major Australian talent, hates tennis |
| Sigrid Thornton |
Actor |
12-Feb-1959 |
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The Man from Snowy River |
| Mia Wasikowska |
Actor |
14-Oct-1989 |
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Alice in Wonderland |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Ben Chifley |
Head of State |
22-Sep-1885 |
13-Jun-1951 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1945-49 |
| Manning Clark |
Historian |
3-Mar-1915 |
23-May-1991 |
A History of Australia |
| John Curtin |
Head of State |
8-Jan-1885 |
5-Jul-1945 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1941-45 |
| R. G. Neale |
Historian |
7-Mar-1919 |
1-May-2004 |
Great Britain and U.S. Expansion |
| Mark Oliphant |
Physicist |
8-Oct-1901 |
14-Jul-2000 |
Deuterium reactions |
| Judith Wright |
Poet |
31-May-1915 |
26-Jun-2000 |
The Moving Image |
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