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Location
Within New South Wales, southeast Australia.
Time
GMT + 10 (GMT + 11 from first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April).
Area
2,400 sq km (927 sq miles).
Population
340,000 (official estimate 2007).
Population Density
141.7 per sq km.
Capital
Canberra (also national capital). Population: 329,000 (2007).
Geography
Canberra is located in the Australian Capital Territory on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range, and was conceived in the early 1900s in order to create a capital city in a federal state separate from any of the uniting states. Spectacular green countryside is ringed by mountains nearly 600m (2,000ft) above sea level. Lake Burley-Griffin, a manmade lake, is the centrepiece of this constantly expanding modern capital. Hills, trees and greenery remain prominent among the architecture of a city that is attractive, tidy, spacious and efficient as befits the national capital city.