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These projects are usually driven by vanity not reason. They don't always fail though - Australians may want to weigh in but as far as I know Canberra works alr
by DC-3 6y ago
These projects are usually driven by vanity not reason. They don't always fail though - Australians may want to weigh in but as far as I know Canberra works alright?
- yesenadam 6y agoIt was planned around 1900, and "the Sydney–Melbourne rivalry was such that neither city would ever agree to the other one becoming the capital. ...Eventually, a compromise was reached: Melbourne would be the capital on a temporary basis while a new capital was built somewhere between Sydney and Melbourne." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Canberra#20th_century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Canberra#20th_centu...