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Definition of Capital of Australia
1. Noun. The capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia.
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: Australia, Commonwealth Of Australia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capital Of Australia
Literary usage of Capital of Australia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mitchell's Geographical Reader: A System of Modern Geography, Comprising a by Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1840)
"Sydney, the capital of Australia, stands on Port Jackson. It has a fine situation,
a good harbour, and a population of 15000 or 20000. ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1858)
"As the residence of the governor-general, Sydney was considered the capital of
Australia, and a mint was established there ; but the preponderance given by ..."
3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1907)
"... placed in the way of the Commonwealth authorities in their endeavour to obtain
a site in New South Wales for the proposed Federal capital of Australia. ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1902)
"Lake George (New South Wales) as a Site for the Federal capital of Australia.
By FB Gipps. Australia—Water Supply. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"In 1008 the Seat of Government Act provided that the federal territory and capital
of Australia should be in the ..."
6. Advanced Australia: A Short Account of Australia on the Eve of Federation by William Johnson Galloway (1899)
"One cannot look upon Sydney to-day, then, without feeling quite sure that in
trade and social importance she has become the capital of Australia, a position ..."
7. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1913)
"The Federal capital of Australia. —The federal authorities of Australia held an
international competition for a plan for the new federal capital at ..."
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