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		Major Australian talent, hates tennis
Sigrid Thornton	Actor	12-Feb-1959		The Man from Snowy River
Mia Wasikowska	Actor	14-Oct-1989		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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