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2. What is the parliamentary triangle viewed from Regatta point? The parliamentary triangle contains some of Austraila's most significant buildings within the Australian Capital Terrority. Many of t hese building are visited by tourists throughout the year and sit within the Commonwealth, Kings and Constitution Avenues

3. Who were the original inhabitants of Canberra? The original inhabitants of Canberra were the Ngunnawal tribe. The Aboriginal people gathered together in the high country of the southern tablelands to have important ceremonies. The original name was Kamberra or Canbery and its meaning was the 'Meeting place'.

4. What does democracy mean? Democracy is a political rule where everyone is free to vote on government. Not all countries are governed though democracy. And also my gandad fought for us to be free.

5. What are the names of the two parliamentary?

THE SENATE The senate represent the colour red. Inside it’s basically red all over. It consists of 76 senators, twelve from each of the six states and two from each of the mainland territories

THE REPRESENTATIVE The representative represent the colour green. The green is no ordinary green, it's the colour green of Australian gum trees.

6. Why was there a new parliament house built? Who opened both the old and new parliament house? The old parliamentary was initially built as a temporary parliament house, government stayed there from 1927 right up until 1988. The house was design by john smith Murdoch. He was asked to design a 'provisional' building that would serve as a parliament for fifty years.

7. What does AIS stand for and after which Olympic Games was it established and why? AIS stands for Australian Institute of Sport.one of the sports they do is swimming. The Swimming program at the AIS started in the year 1981 in Canberra, and was one of the eight foundation sports of the Institute.

8. Choose one area of sport at the AIS that interests you and write a paragraph about it. All AIS Swimming scholarship holders have the opportunity to participate in international swim meets to further enhance theirskills. The ais swimming helps you achive your goals and teachers you how to swim and be an athlet.

9. Do you have a relative who has fought in any War or conflict? Discuss this with your family and write about this person. My Grandad fought in the 2nd wold war and lived in England. In the second world war he fought against the Germans. My gandad got shot in the left leg, and he lost his leg for the rest of his life. He was saved by the same person that shot him. The Germans knewthat they lost and it was just before the end of the war, so that why they saved him. They carried him into the English camp where they then surrendered. My Grandad was very lucky.

10. Describe the Gallipoli Diorama. How was it made? What does it show? The gallipoli Diorama shows the people who have fought in the war in the past. The gillipoli diorama was made with toy soldiers, camles, horses and moulds clay and paint. It was all of the soldiers fighting in the war. When we went to canbrra I saw the Gallipoli Diorama. The people that were fighting had the same colors, so the didn't know if they shot someone for there team. So the Australians wore a white pease of cloth around there arm.

11. Were is the unknown Australian soldier located? Why was he 'unknown'? The unknown soldier was unknown because he went off to war with know one noing. They didn't know any imfomatiom about him. The Unknown Soldier honours the memory of all those men and women who laid down their lives for Australia. The Australian soldier was the 23,000 soldier to die.
 * //We do not know this Australian’s name and we never will. We do not know his rank or battalion. We do not know where he was born, nor precisely how he died ... We will never know who this Australian was ... he was one of the 45,000 Australians who died on the Western Front ... one of the 60,000 Australians who died on foreign soil. One of the 100,000 Australians who died in wars this century. He is all of them. And he is one of us.// ||

12. Choose the place which most interested you. Did meet your expectations and why? I really liked par