Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of 367,000, it is Australia's
largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. As the seat of the government
of Australia, Canberra is the site of Parliament House, the High Court and numerous
government departments and agencies. It is also the location of many social and cultural
institutions of national significance, such as the Australian War Memorial, Australian
National University, Australian Institute of Sport, National Gallery, National Museum
and the National Library. The Australian Army's officer corps are trained at the
Royal Military College, Duntroon and the Australian Defence Force Academy is also
located in the capital.
Canberra is a planned city and the inner-city area was originally designed by Walter
Burley Griffin, a major 20th-century American architect. within the central area
of the city near Lake Burley Griffin, major roads follow a wheel-and-spoke pattern
rather than a grid. Griffin's proposal had an abundance of geometric patterns, including
concentric hexagonal and octagonal streets emanating from several radii. However,
the outer areas of the city, built later, are not laid out geometrically.
Canberra is home to many national monuments and institutions such as the Australian
War Memorial, the National Gallery of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery, the
National Library, the National Archives, the Australian Academy of Science, the National
Film and Sound Archive and the National Museum. Many Commonwealth government buildings
in Canberra are open to the public, including Parliament House, the High Court and
the Royal Australian Mint.
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