Canberra
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Canberra is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest Australian city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory at the northern tip of the Australian Alps, the country's highest mountain range. As of June 2023, Canberra's estimated population was 466,566.
Image: Canberra panorama from Mount Ainslie
Image: National Carillon, Canberra ACT (2)
Image: Australian War Memorial Canberra, ACT (2)
Image: Torre Telstra, Canberra panoramio (cropped)
Australian Alps
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The Australian Alps are a mountain range in southeast Australia. The range comprises an interim Australian bioregion, and is the highest mountain range in Australia. The range straddles the borders of eastern Victoria, southeastern New South Wales, and the Australian Capital Territory. It contains Australia's only peaks exceeding 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in elevation, and is the only bioregion on the Australian mainland in which deep snow falls annually. The range comprises an area of 1,232,981 ha.
Mount Feathertop, Victoria
The Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales
Skiing, Mt. Kosciusko, Australia, c. 1925, by Albert James Perier
Perisher, New South Wales, is Australia's largest ski resort.