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Q. 2. Parliamentary triangle.

The parliamentary triangle is also known as the par tri. The triangle is formed by Commonwealth, Kings and Constitution avenues. The three points of the triangle are Parliament House, the Defence Head Quarters and city Hill.

Q. 3. Who were the original inhabitants of this area? What was the name of the place and what did it mean? What is the significance still today? The original inhabitants of Canberra were the Ngunnawal tribe. It is believed that the Ngunnawal tribe named the area Kamberra which meant meeting place in the old Ngunnawal language.The reason for the name was because of the corroborees held in the area to feast on moths which flew through at different times of the year. The name Canberra resulted from the aboriginal name being written into english. The significance still today is that parliament is held there and it is Australia's capital city. Q. 4. What does democracy mean?  A democracy is where the people have the right to decide who will be in government, this is their democratic right. For example, Australia is a democratic society where all Australian citizens can vote to elect who will be the Prime Minister. Another example of a democracy is in our grade 56T when all of us had a chance to vote to decide who would be our Junior School Council Representative. Q. 5. Name the two parliamentary houses. What colours represent them. ﻿The two parliamentary houses are the Senate (upper house) and The house of Representatives (lower house). The House of Representatives is gum tree green and the Senate is red. The Senate ﻿includes 76 members and the House of Representatives includes 150 members however these numbers can change. The members of the House of Representatives are from electorates throughout Australia. Q. 6.Why was there a new parliament house built? <span style="color: #eb0a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">Who opened both the old and new parliament houses? <span style="color: #eb0a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">﻿ <span style="color: #eb0a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">﻿ <span style="color: #e91c1c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">﻿﻿The old Parliament house was supposed to last 50 years but it lasted 61 years instead. A new Parliament house was built because the old one was too small and over-crowded. The new parliament house is supposed to last 200 years. Old parliament house was opened by king George V in 1927. New parliament house was opened on May 9th 1988 by Queen Elizabeth II (Queen of England). <span style="color: #ef1a1a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">﻿Q. 7.What does A.I.S stand for and which Olympic <span style="color: #f22121; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">games was it established and why? <span style="color: #f22121; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;"> <span style="color: #f02424; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">The A.I.S stands for the Australian Institute of Sport. It was established in 1981 after the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games where Australia didn’t win one gold medal. It was set up so that they could train the athletes so that they could perform beter at the next olympics. <span style="color: #ef1a1a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Q. 8.﻿ Choose one area of sport at the A.I.S that <span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">interests you and write a paragraph about it. <span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;"> <span style="color: #ee1b1b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">The track and field interests me because I used to do little athletics and I love running, jumping and throwing things like a discuss, a shot put and tennis balls. The thing that I enjoy most about the track and field events is the high jump because its fun jumping over the bar and landing on a mat. <span style="color: #ee1b1b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">﻿ <span style="color: #ef2a2a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Q. 9. Do you have any relative who fought in any way or <span style="color: #f33f3f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">conflict? discuss this with your family and write about this person. <span style="color: #f33f3f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">﻿ <span style="color: #ea1a1a; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: left;">My great grandfather, George William Cook served in the Pacific in World War II with the Royal Australian Electrical-Mechanical Engineers. He was selected with several others to be a welder on aeroplanes in 1942. His job was to repair and maintain the American aeroplanes when they landed to refuel. He returned from the war in 1946. <span style="color: #f20d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Q. 10. describe the gallipo﻿﻿li diorama. how was <span style="color: #f20d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">it made? What does it show? <span style="color: #f20d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;"> <span style="color: #fa1414; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">The diorama shows Australian soldiers on the 6th of August 1915, charging an assault on heavily secured trenches by Turkish soldiers. The area held by the Turkish soldiers was known as Lone Pine and as such, this event became known as the battle of Lone Pine. The diorama represents a moment in time when brave Anzacs captured the enemy’s position. It is believed that the diorama was made from chicken wire, plaster and bronze. <span style="color: #f20d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Q. 11 Where is the unknown Australian located? <span style="color: #f20d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%; line-height: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Why is he unknown? <span style="color: #fa1414; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">﻿﻿﻿ <span style="color: #f11313; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">The unknown soldier was buried in the hall of memory at the Australian War Memorial on the 11th of November 1993. He is a representation of all Australian soldiers who died in the war and an honour to all Australian soldiers. <span style="color: #f11313; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%; line-height: 29px;">Q. 12 When we return from Canberra, choose the place that most interested you. Did it meet your expectations or not? Why? <span style="color: #f11313; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Questacon interested me the most because of how awesome all of the things were there. Like the earthquake room it was so cool, it actually felt like a real earthquake. Also when we saw the real lightning bolt!!! The drop slide was my favourite thing, it was awesome. The trip to Canberra met my expectations even more than I thought it would. I loved watching the House of Representatives and the Senate. My favourite one was the House of Representitives because there was a lot of yelling. Canberra was so much fun!!!! <span style="color: #fa1414; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%; line-height: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: left;">