Monday, September 28, 2009

An educational tour - learn Australian history and politcs on a cold weekend in Canberra

A rainy weekend in Canberra

It was an unusually cold, wet and windy spring weekend. Poor visibility shrouded the land axis from Parliament House to Mount Ainslie.


Parliament House

Canberra is the aboriginal word for "meeting place", a compromise sought to break the stalemate over whether Sydney or Melbourne should be the capital city.


The marble depicted the early European migrants - white from Italy, pink from Portugal, black from Belgium


The Senate (pink) and House of Representatives (grey).



The priceless Magna Carta written during the 13th century in England.

War Memorial

Serious historians and weapons buffs could practically spend a whole day exploring the artefacts. What lessons can be learnt from the tour? Of war and peace, alliances, patriotism, bravery, folly, flawed strategies, loneliness, life and death.


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