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====**2.The Parliamentary Triangle is an area of Canberra. In this triangle are some of Australia’s most important buildings, Parliament House, Defence Head Quarters and City Hall. The triangle is bounded by three avenues which form the triangle, Commonwealth, Kings and Constitution Avenues.**==== ====**Walter Burley Griffin, an architect, won a competition in May 1911 to design Canberra and the Parliamentary Triangle was an important part of his plan. Walter Burley Griffin also designed some buildings in Melbourne, the Capitol Theatre and Newman College at the University of Melbourne. He also planned Mount Eagle Estate in Eaglemont in 1914 one year before he was commissioned to design Canberra.**====

==== ** 3.For 21,000 years the Canberra region has been home to the Ngunnawal people, they lived on the land before Canberra was built.**====

**They called it Kambarra which means meeting place for the tribe. It is still a meeting place today for the Government.**
====**4.Democracy means a political system in which the supreme power lies in the body of people who can elect people to represent them. Democracy is power for the people by the people. Democracy includes religious tolerance and freedom of speech.**====

**The Federal Government has two Houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate, both elected by the people. The Prime Minister of the elected party is appointed by the Governor-General.**
====**Australia is an independent nation with Queen Elizabeth11 as constitutional Head of State. The Constitution sets out the functions of the government like trade, defence, foreign affairs and immigration.**====

====**6.The new Parliament House was built because the old Parliament House was too small and there was not enough room to hold all the people. The old Parliament House was originally built as a “provisional” building to last for 50 years until a permanent building was built but it was used for 61 years. Construction of the new Parliament House began in 1981 and the building was completed in 1988. The new Parliament House was built on Capital Hill to accommodate the increased number of politicians and staff.**====

**7.A.I.S stands for Australian Institute Of Sport.**
====**Because the Australian team performances were so disappointing at the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976, (the teams only achieved one silver and four bronze medals and finished 32nd overall), the Government decided to establish the A.I.S to allow our athletes to train and develop in Australia rather than be forced to train overseas.**====

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====**8.I have chosen Basketball as my interest, I LOVE to play and watch Basketball. Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world. Basketball was one of the first sports chosen by the A.I.S. There are many Australian Basketballers that have made it to the U.S. like Andrew Gaze, Andrew Bogut, Lauren Jackson, Patrick Mills and Penny Taylor.**====

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**Patrick Mills also plays in the NBA for Portland Trailblazers.**
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**Penny Taylor also plays in the WNBA for Phoenix Mercury and for Australia.**
====**The A.I.S offers scholarships to men and woman and has developed a program for excellence in basketball and life. The A.I.S has a program to develop basketball skills academic progress, employment, welfare and personal growth. There is a large staff of sports medicine doctors, physiotherapists, dieticians, massage staff, and many more support staff.**====

====**9.I have talked with my Grandmother and she told me about my late Great Grandfather. He was a Major in the Australian Army and served in the 57th/ 60th Battalion, called the “Hard-N-Bold. The colors of the Battalion were black and red. The Battalion served in New Guinea and was stationed at Tsili Tsili to defend a U.S. air base. My Great Grandfather returned to Australia without any injuries.**====

**10.The Gallipoli diorama shows the attack on the Anzacs by the Turks. This battle was on the 6th of August 1915. It was also known as Lone Pine.**
====**Work began on the Lone Pine diorama in 1924. The diorama was made from oil, wax, polymer paint, gold leaf on plywood, modelling, plaster, wood and wire. Louis McCubbin was the son of Fredrick McCubbin of Heidelberg School of painting. Louis McCubbin was appointed an official war artist. He painted the original figures and background of the diorama.**====




 * 11.The Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier rests at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.**

====**He is unknown because no one knew who he was. He was found in a grave at Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France. He was one of 45,000 Australians who died on t****he Western Front.The unknown soldier represents all the Australians that died in the war.**====



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**Adelaide Cemetery, villers-bretonneux somme, France**
====**12. My favourite place was Government House because it was a fantastic experience meeting the Governor General Ms Quentin Bryce. She came and spoke to us and was really nice. There was a man called Roger King who works for the Governor General and he showed us around Government House at Yarralumla, Canberra. We saw her whole house and gardens it was amazing. I liked seeing the garage with the Rolls Royce car the best.**====


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