Test your knowledge with these top questions!
Canberra was built on land that originally belonged to which Australian state?
Canberra now sits in its own Australian Capital Territory, cut out of New South Wales so the federal capital would belong to no state.
Which of these is true of Canberra among Australia's capital cities?
Canberra's inland setting gives it cold, frosty winters, unlike mild coastal capitals such as Sydney and Melbourne.
Which American architect won the international competition to design Canberra?
Griffin's wife, Marion Mahony Griffin, was a fellow licensed architect whose striking renderings helped win the competition.
The name Canberra is commonly said to come from a local Aboriginal word meaning what?
The Ngunnawal people are the traditional custodians of the Canberra district, which long served as a gathering place for neighbouring groups.
Which architect designed Brasília's most famous government buildings?
Oscar Niemeyer's designs for the National Congress and presidential palaces made sculptural modernism central to Brasília.
Which Canberra building houses Australia's federal Parliament?
The current building opened in 1988, replacing the smaller Old Parliament House nearby.
Brasília's urban layout is often compared to what flying form?
Lúcio Costa's Plano Piloto bends the thoroughfare axis around local terrain and crosses it with a straight monumental axis.
Canberra became Australia's capital to settle what?
Sydney and Melbourne competed for national status, so planners chose a new inland site as a compromise.
Which artificial lake forms the centerpiece of Canberra?
Engineers dammed the Molonglo River to create the lake at Canberra's center.
Abuja replaced which Nigerian city as the country's capital?
Abuja's inland location offered Nigeria a more central federal seat than coastal Lagos.