[kan-ber-uh, -ber-uh] 
| a city in and the capital of Australia, in the SE part, in the Australian Capital Territory. 219,331 (with suburbs). |
[aw-streyl-yuh] | 1. | a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). |
| 2. | Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and territories of Australia and Tasmania. 18,438,824; 2,974,581 sq. mi. (7,704,165 sq. km). Capital: Canberra. |
| Can·ber·ra (kān'bər-ə, -běr'ə) The capital of Australia, in the southeast part of the country. Settled in 1824, it replaced Melbourne as the capital in 1908. Population: 368,000. |
Capital of Australia, located in southeastern Australia.
Nation occupying the whole of Australia, the smallest continent, between the Indian Ocean and the southwest Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney.
Note: The first settlements there were penal colonies for British convicts.
Note: Its aboriginal tribes, which still exist today (see aborigines), are thought to have migrated from Southeast Asia twenty thousand years ago.
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