Answer: Giralang
Giralang comes from the language of the Wiradjuri tribe and means "star". All of the street names in Giralang are aboriginal words for stars, constellations and other things celestial. Kaleen means "water" in the Wiradjuri language. Aranda is the name of one of the aboriginal tribes of Central Australia (Arrernte). Waramanga is also the name of an Aboriginal tribe.
From Quiz: Canberra's Suburbs
Answer: Walter Burley Griffin
Walter Burley Griffin won a competition to design the national capital in 1911. Marion Mahony was Griffin's wife, an architect herself who worked with her husband.
Francis Greenway was the Colony's first architect. Harry Seidler did design some buildings in Canberra, but not until it was well established.
From Quiz: Canberra, the Nation's Capital
Answer: Fyshwick
All of the choices are located in South Canberra. Fyshwick has a street theme of industrial towns of Australia, such as Mount Isa (Isa Street) and Townsville (Townsville Street).
Streets in the other suburbs mentioned are Strzelecki Street, named after the geologist Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki in Narrabundah; Lockyer Street in honor of Edmund Lockyer in Griffith; and Leichhardt Street in Kingston which is in memory of Ludwig Leichhardt.
(Source: ACT Planning and Land Authority Website, 2010)
From Quiz: Canberra Suburbs
Answer: Floriade
Floriade is an annual flower festival that begins in early spring. It is held in Commonwealth Park.
From Quiz: Canberra and Sydney
Answer: Lady Denman
Lady Denman was the wife of the Governor-General, Sir Thomas Denman. She proclaimed the name with the accent on the "CAN", thus setting its future pronunciation. Sir Thomas Denman, in a speech made that same day, said "Here a city may arise where those responsible for the government of this country in the future may seek and find inspiration in its noble buildings, its broad avenues, its shaded parks and sheltered gardens - a city bearing perhaps some resemblance to the city beautiful of our dreams".
From Quiz: Canberra, the Nation's Capital
Answer: Holt, Fraser, Page
Turner, O'Connor and Ainslie are located in the Inner North. Red Hill, Forrest and Symonston are in the Inner South. Finally, Bonython, Gordon and Calwell are located in Tuggeranong.
From Quiz: Canberra Suburbs
Answer: Two
Old Parliament House and the current Parliament House. Old Parliament House served as the official Parliament House of Australia from 1927 to 1988.
From Quiz: Canberra and Sydney
Answer: Kingston
The street themes often, but not always, link in with the reason for the suburb's name, e.g. Kaleen is an aboriginal word for "water" and its streets are all named for Australian rivers and waterways.
From Quiz: Canberra's Suburbs
Answer: Royal Australian Mint
The Royal Australian Mint was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh on 22nd February 1965. It was built to mint the new decimal coinage which was introduced in February 1966. It still mints most of Australia's coins and struck coins for other countries. It also manufactures such things as seals, tokens, medals and even casino chips.
From Quiz: Canberra, the Nation's Capital
Answer: Yarralumla
The suburb of Yarralumla is located next to the Parliament House. This suburb has most of the embassies in Canberra. Many embassies are also located in the suburbs of Deakin and O'Malley.
From Quiz: Canberra Suburbs
Answer: The National Science and Technology centre
Questacon is the national Science and Technology centre. It is located in the business district of Canberra and includes a lot of interesting science and technology facts for people of all ages.
From Quiz: Canberra and Sydney
Answer: Theodore
The street is named after Cyril Callister, who was the Chief Chemist of Kraft Walker Cheese Company, which was established in 1926. Vegemite was launched the following year. Kraft still produces Vegemite, arguably Australia's favourite spread.
From Quiz: Canberra's Suburbs
Answer: Australian Institute of Sport
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) was opened by the Prime Minister, Hon. Malcolm Fraser on 26th January 1981. From its original 8 sports, the AIS has extended its premises and expanded to offer programs in 26 sports, with over 600 athletes training there.
From Quiz: Canberra, the Nation's Capital
Answer: Black Mountain
Telstra Tower is one of the most popular visitor attractions in Canberra. It is located in the city, and tourists can go up the tower and see a breathtaking view of Canberra.
From Quiz: Canberra Suburbs
Answer: ACT
ACT Stands for Australian Capital Territory. NSW stands for New South Wales, VIC for Victoria and QLD for Queensland.
From Quiz: Canberra and Sydney
Answer: Melba
Dame Nellie Melba (Mrs Helen Porter Armstrong, nee Mitchell) was one of Australia's best known singers. Bronhill was the stage name of singer June Gough, and derived its name from her home town of Broken Hill.
From Quiz: Canberra's Suburbs
Answer: 1964
Lake Burley Griffin was begun in 1960 when the Scrivener Dam was started, damming the Molonglo River to form the lake. It was filled and used for its first sporting events in 1964.
From Quiz: Canberra, the Nation's Capital
Answer: Parliamentary Triangle
The precinct is called the Parliamentary Triangle because the three main points it connects to are the City Centre, the Parliamentary House and the Russell Offices. It contains many tourist attractions, such as the National Gallery, the High Court of Australia and the National Library of Australia.
From Quiz: Canberra Suburbs
Answer: Bondi
Bondi beach is one of Australia's most famous beaches. During the summer thousands of tourists and locals flock to this beach.
From Quiz: Canberra and Sydney
Answer: Kambah
Jerrabomberra is much larger, but it is across the N.S.W. border and is a settlement near Queanbeyan. Belconnen is a town, not a suburb. Canberra is a planned city and no further expansion of suburbs (as generally applies in other cities) will be taking place. Kambah will always retain this title.
From Quiz: Canberra's Suburbs
Answer: Australian National Botanic Garden
The Wollemi Pine is one of the world's oldest and rarest tree species. It had been thought extinct, but one was found in 1994. You can see a propagated tree on display in the Australian National Botanic Garden, which has one of the finest collections of Australian native plants.
From Quiz: Canberra, the Nation's Capital
Answer: Duffy
Located in the district of Weston Creek, Duffy was the worst-hit suburb in the whole of Canberra. The bushfires destroyed almost 200 homes in the area and caused the deaths of at least four people.
From Quiz: Canberra Suburbs
Answer: 1973
The Sydney Opera House was designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon. Building of the Opera House began in 1959 and it was officially opened on the 20th of October 1973. The Opera House cost a total of 102 million dollars, 95 million more than originally estimated.
From Quiz: Canberra and Sydney
Answer: They are all named after writers
Three of them were named for women - Richardson takes its name from novelist Henry Handel Richardson (whose real name was Ethel. Gilmore was named after Dame Mary Gilmore, a poet. The suburb of Franklin (due to be settled at the start of 2006) commemorates novelist (Stella) Miles Franklin. The remaining suburb owes its name to Henry Lawson, one of Australia's best known writers of stories and poetry.
From Quiz: Canberra's Suburbs
Answer: Limestone Plains
Robert Campbell, an early settler of the region known as the Limestone Plains, named his property "Duntroon", a name which is still in use by the Defence Force College now located there. The aboriginal word "Kamberra", spoken by tribes in the region, is thought to mean 'a meeting place'. A local wine company has used this name, with its wine range being called "Meeting Place". One of the main thoroughfares is named Limestone Avenue to commemorate this early name.
From Quiz: Canberra, the Nation's Capital
Answer: 2000
Sydney held the Summer Olympics in 2000. In 2004 they were held in Athens, in 1996 in Atlanta and in 1992 in Barcelona.
From Quiz: Canberra and Sydney
Answer: National Museum of Australia
The National Museum of Australia opened in 2001 in time to mark Australia's Centenary of Federation. It explores Australia's story through a number of galleries. Many Australalian icons are featured in the Eternity Gallery.
From Quiz: Canberra, the Nation's Capital
Answer: They all have the same postcodes.
These suburbs have the same postcode of 2904. They are all located in the district of Tuggeranong.
From Quiz: Canberra Suburbs
Answer: Sydney Harbour Bridge
The "Coathanger" is the name locals give to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, as it looks like a large coathanger.
From Quiz: Canberra and Sydney
Answer: The Lodge
Yarralumla, also known as Government House, is the name of the residence of the Governor-General in Canberra. The Lodge is the official Canberra residence of the Prime Minister. Canberrans generally seethed at the fact that Prime Minister John Howard chose not to reside in Canberra during his premiership, but instead lived in Kirribilli House in Sydney. This decision was all the more galling since it was accompanied by a slashing of public service jobs in Canberra.
From Quiz: Canberra, the Nation's Capital
Answer: lake
Lake Burley Griffin is a man-made lake. It is situated in the centre of Canberra. It was finished in 1964 and joins the Molonglo River. It divides North and South Canberra.
(Source: Canberra.com, 2010)
From Quiz: Canberra Suburbs
Answer: Taronga Park Zoo
Taronga Zoo is Australia's largest zoo. It is situated on elevated land and overlooks Sydney Cove, the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House.
From Quiz: Canberra and Sydney
Answer: 1989
The first election for self-government was held on 4th March, 1989. Prior to this time, the ACT was governed federally. It was usually tucked away in some obscure portfolio, such as Territories or The Interior, and was the responsibility of some junior Minister who seldom lived there. The ACT had self government imposed on it, despite having voted against self-government in two previous referenda. This probably explains the election of several candidates from the "No Self-Government" and "Abolish Self-Government" parties. To contest the 17 seats, there was a record number of 117 candidates, many of them with frivolous names, such as the "Sun- Ripened Warm Tomato Party" and the ballot paper was almost a metre in length!
From Quiz: Canberra, the Nation's Capital
Answer: Weetangera
These suburbs are very close to each other and form part of the area known as South Belconnen.
From Quiz: Canberra's Suburbs
Answer: Deakin
Alfred Deakin (1856 - 1919) filled the office of Prime Minister three times. He was the second, fifth and seventh PM.
From Quiz: Canberra's Suburbs
Answer: Curtin
John Curtin, Australia's wartime Prime Minister, suffered a fatal heart attack in June 1945, at the age of 60, and was the only PM to die at The Lodge (the official residence of the Prime Minister). He had held office since October 1941 and died just 6 weeks before the end of the war in the Pacific.
From Quiz: Canberra's Suburbs
Answer: 9
Chisholm was named after Caroline Chisholm, who helped young convict women. Isabella Plains takes its name from the infant daughter of Sir Thomas Brisbane. Melba bears the name of opera singer, Dame Nellie Melba. Gilmore is named for Dame Mary Gilmore,a poet. Richardson honours Ethel Richardson, who wrote under the name of Henry Handel Richardson.
New suburbs (gazetted but not yet established)are Kenny, named for Sister Elizabeth Kenny who worked with polio victims, Taylor which aptly commemorates Florence Taylor, town planner and Australia's first qualified woman architect, Franklin which commemorates novelist (Stella) Miles Franklin and Moncrieff, which takes its name from Gladys Moncrieff, a wartime singer.
From Quiz: Canberra's Suburbs
Answer: Duffy
In a somewhat ironic twist, it was Duffy with its streets named for water which bore the brunt of the devasting firestorm of January 2003, in which 500 homes were lost.
From Quiz: Canberra's Suburbs
