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==Background Information== | |||
The '''Australian Capital Territory''' (ACT) was envisioned by s 125 of the Australian Constitution as the seat of government for the Commonwealth of Australia. It contains only one city, Canberra, the national capital. The site of the territory was chosen by parliamentary commissioners and control of the land formally passed from New South Wales to the Commonwealth in 1911.<ref name="OCAP">Gwynneth Singleton, "ACT" in Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts (eds), ''Oxford Companion to Australian Politics'', (2007, Oxford University Press), ISBN-13: 9780195555431; published to Oxford Reference Online 2008-2012, eISBN: 978019173520. Accessed 2 August 2013.</ref> The traditional custodians of the land are the Ngunnawal people, | The '''Australian Capital Territory''' (ACT) was envisioned by s 125 of the Australian Constitution as the seat of government for the Commonwealth of Australia. It contains only one city, Canberra, the national capital. The site of the territory was chosen by parliamentary commissioners and control of the land formally passed from New South Wales to the Commonwealth in 1911.<ref name="OCAP">Gwynneth Singleton, "ACT" in Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts (eds), ''Oxford Companion to Australian Politics'', (2007, Oxford University Press), ISBN-13: 9780195555431; published to Oxford Reference Online 2008-2012, eISBN: 978019173520. Accessed 2 August 2013.</ref> The traditional custodians of the land are the Ngunnawal people, | ||