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Australian Capital Territory: Information from Answers.com (2142 words) |
 | The Territory was transferred to the Commonwealth by the state of New South Wales in 1911, and construction of the capital, Canberra, began in 1913. |
| The two main tertiary institutions are the Australian National University (ANU) in Acton and the University of Canberra (UC) in Bruce. |
| The Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) and the Royal Military College, Duntroon (RMC) are in the suburb of Campbell in Canberra's inner northeast. |
| Constitutional Referenda in Australia (Research Paper 2 1999-2000) (9816 words) |
| Australian voters have been cautious, and conservative at times, but they have shown their willingness to accept change when persuaded that such change is sensible or right. |
| The Fisher Government's eight attempts, in April 1911 and May 1913, indicated the party's clear determination to reshape the Constitution, the Curtin and Chifley Governments sponsored five attempts between 1944 and 1948, and 12 of the party's 25 attempts were proposed by the Whitlam and Hawke Governments. |
| Similarly, Labor attempted to gain power to legislate in respect of trusts in 1913, but opposed their opponents' 1919 attempt, despite the provision that the new power was to remain in force for a maximum of three years. |
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