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==  W h o ' s g o t t h e P o w e r ? ==


 * Welcome to my Canberra Project! On this page you can learn about how canberra came to be and why we have a nation capital.**


 * Parliamentary Triangle **


 * The Parlimentary Triangle was formed by the Common wealth. The famous triangle was designed specially for visual effect. In the the triangle includes some significant buildings such as Questacon, The National Rose Garden, Department of the treasury, National portrait gallery and more.**


 * Who were the original inhabitants of this area? **

= **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%;">The first inhabitants of this area were the 'Nunagwall' tribe. They called it 'kambarra' meaning meeting place which is what they did. The Nunagwall tribe was first encounterd by the settlers from europe. That was in the 1820's. There are still lots of Nunagwall people today. **=


 * What does democracy mean? **


 * Democracy means that you live in a safe country were you have a fair say and get to decide and vote as who you would like to lead your country as well as having freedom of speech.**


 * A example of democracy:**
 * 'Millie, Sarah and I were on the playground. Sarah wanted to play basketball. She didn't ask Millie or I if we wanted to play. We told her that we didn't want to play Basket Ball and suggested that we had a vote on it. We voted and it was decided that Millie and I didn't want to play basket ball so we didn't.**


 * How was this showing democracy?**
 * Democracy was shown by Sarah agreeing to have a vote also the vote was fair and in the end the majority, (Millie and I) got what they wanted.**


 * Name the two parliamentary houses and what colours represent them . **


 * The two parliamentary houses are ' The House of Senate, and 'The House of Representatives.' When we visited Parliament house both houses were being used. 'The House of Representatives' had more people sitting. When we went into 'The Senate' people were sitting but not as many as the people and they were not discussing an issue as serious as to what they were talking about in the 'House Of Representatives.' When we were inside we saw Julia Gillard yelling at Tony Abbot. We also saw some faces like Kevin Rudd and we saw Kevin Andrews who represents the Menzies area were our school is located.**


 * Why was the new Parliamentary house built and who opened both of them? **


 * The first parliamentary meetings were actually held in melbourne untill 1927. They decided to create a parliament house. It is now known as 'Old Parliament House.' The 'New Parliament house' started to take place in 1981. King George V opened the old Parliament house. When he opened it he was the Duke of York. His Daughter Queen Elizabeth opened New Parliament House.**


 * What does the AIS stand for and after what Olympic games was it established? **


 * A.I.S stand for 'Australian Institute of Sport'. It was established in 1981. After australia's bad performance in the Moscow Oylmpic Games, in 1980.**


 * What is a sport that you are most exited to see? **

**I am most exited to see if there are any gymnists because I really like watching them at the olympic and commanwealth games and think that they are really amazing.**

**Do you have a relative who has fought in any War or conflict? Discuss this with your family and write about this person?**


 * I asked my Dad and he told me that his Dad's father was a carpenter and the people decided that he was skilled enough to make boats for the people in the war. My Dad's other grand father was in the airforce and was in the planes. His name was Doug Whitcomb. Later in life he played football for Wales and was famous. I also asked my grandfather and he told me that his father and two brothers were in the war. His Dad and brother were in the Army and his other brother was in the Navy.**


 * Describe the Gallipoli Diorama, How was it made and what does it show? **


 * The Gallipoili Diorama was made in the 1920's. It was made because of Charles Bean who was on the the war memorial's founders because of his discussion that he had with War artists. We saw the Gallipoli Diorama when we visited the 'Australian War Memorial.' It shows the all the soldiers in the mud drenches in the backround you can see the bombs going off.**


 * Where is the Unknown Soldier located and why is he Unknown? **


 * The Unknown soldier is located in the tomb of the unknown soldier in Gallipoli. He is unknown because when they descoverd his body they realised that he did not have a tag so they could identify who the man was. We saw the the 'Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier.'**


 * When we return from Canberra write about the place that most intrests you. Did it meet your expectations? **


 * My Favourite place that we went to was the 'Australian War Memorial.' Before we went I didn't think that it would be very interesting. I liked learning about the conditions that Australians had to face in World War One and Two and the histories and stories of Australian Soldiers.**

**Bibliography**


 * Wikipedia**
 * Google images**
 * Wikimapia.com **
 * australianwarmemorial.com.au **
 * australianinstitueofsport.com.au **

**I also got lots of my information from our Guided Reading text and our visit to Canberra.**