Canberra

Canberra is the capital of the Commonwealth of Australia and, with a population of just over 323,000, is also Australia's largest inland city. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory, 300 km southwest of Sydney, and 650 km northeast of Melbourne. Unique in Australia as an entirely purpose-built, planned city, Canberra was selected as the location of the National Capital in 1908. Following an international contest for the city's design, a design by Chicago architect Walter Burley Griffin was selected and construction commenced in 1913. 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 "bush capital". Although the growth and development of Canberra was hindered by the World Wars and the Great Depression, it emerged as a thriving city post-World War II.

Education

The two main tertiary institutions are the Australian National University (ANU) in Acton and the University of Canberra (UC) in Bruce. ANU was established as a research university in 1946, it continues to have a strong research focus and is ranked among the best Universities in world in The Times Higher Education Supplement and the Shanghai Jiao Tong World University Rankings.{{mn|2004ranking|10}} Both ANU and UC also have campuses interstate and overseas. There are also two religious university campuses in Canberra: Signadou in the North Canberra suburb of Watson is a campus of the Australian Catholic University; St Mark's Theological College adjacent to the Parliament House is a campus of Charles Sturt University.

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Australian National University - Acton - University of Canberra - Bruce - 1946 - The Times Higher Education Supplement - Watson - Australian Catholic University - Charles Sturt University

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The Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) and the Royal Military College, Duntroon (RMC) is near the suburb of Campbell in Canberra's inner northeast. ADFA teaches military undergraduates and postgraduates and is officially a campus of the University of New South Wales; Duntroon provides Australian Army Officer training. Tertiary level vocational education is also available through the multi-campus Canberra Institute of Technology.

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Australian Defence Force Academy - Royal Military College, Duntroon - Campbell - Military - Undergraduate - Postgraduate - Campus - University of New South Wales - Australian Army - Officer - Training - Canberra Institute of Technology

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There are numerous public and non-governmental schools in Canberra. Most suburbs are planned to include a primary school and schools are usually located near open areas for play and sports. Primary school consists of seven grades: kindergarten and years 1 to 6. From years 7 to 10 children attend high school and in years 11 to 12 attend a college.

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Public and non-governmental schools - Primary school

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