While we in Adelaide celebrated ‘The Adelaide Cup’ Canberrans celebrated their 100th birthday. Canberra is our national capital. 100 years ago Lady Denman the wife of the then Governor- General Lord Denman announced that the name of the new Australian capital would be Canberra. Find out more about the history of Canberra by visiting
http://www.canberra100.com.au/resources/history-timeline/
or watch some videos about the history of Canberra