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Line 45: \|archive = Talk:Canberra/Archive %(counter)d }} ~~== Canberra area ==~~ ~~Could someone independently work out an appropriate current area of Canberra, from some explained official source or otherwise.~~ ~~Reasons:~~ 1) The reference for the Canberra area size comes from a 2005 spreadsheet which is reachable by following the links of reference 4. This suggests it is outdated. Further the reference table does not indicate what boundaries are being used, and includes a majority of 'open space'. ~~2) Further to 1), the 814km^2 is therefore > 1/3 of the area of the ACT. This is hard to understand given a look at the satellite imagery of the ACT area.~~ 3) The interpretation of area implied currently is likely to be incompatible with the area measurements of other cities, although this is a difficult requirement to harmonise. [[User:KangarooHerder\|KangarooHerder]] ([[User talk:KangarooHerder\|talk]]) 14:17, 23 October 2023 (UTC) ~~== OpenStreet Map ==~~ ~~Something's wrong with the Openstreet map. It shows the Atlantic ocean instead of the city.[[User:PAper GOL\|PAper GOL]] ([[User talk:PAper GOL\|talk]]) 15:57, 28 March 2024 (UTC)~~ == Population completely wrong == Line 67 ⟶ 54: Going through the random orphaned pages link, I found an [[Chris Walrus Dalzell\|article]] about an artist from Canberra. I've also noticed that several articles about towns or cities often have sections about notable people whom were born or lived there. The article about Canberra doesn't, and even if it did, I would not be able to edit it seen as it is a semi-protected page and I have not made enough edits to contribute to semi-protected pages yet. Could someone fix this? [[User:Bradicalguy\|Bradicalguy]] ([[User talk:Bradicalguy\|talk]]) 03:53, 15 April 2024 (UTC) :This article does not have a list of notable people and it would be deleted if anybody tried to create it in order to preserve its FA rating. Even it existed, thousands of people would qualify ahead of Chris Walrus Dalzell. The Dalzell article was lucky to survive a deletion nomination.--[[User:Grahamec\|Grahame]] ([[User talk:Grahamec\|talk]]) 07:19, 15 April 2024 (UTC) == Semi-protected edit request on 4 August 2024 == {{edit semi-protected\|Canberra\|answered=yes}} A sparse gathering of frock-coated, stiffcollared politicians, their wives, a few soldiers and local farmers watched as Lady Denman, wife of Australia's Governor-General, took a card from a small gold case and announced: 'I name the capital city of Australia "Canberra".' Although a secret up to this minute, the chosen name was scarcely a surprise. 'Canberry' had been the accepted name of the area as far back as 1825 when John Joshua Moore, the first white settler in the district, had grazed sheep there. It had also been called 'Kamberra'. Said to be derived from the Aboriginal word for 'meeting place', it is also believed to have been the name of an Aboriginal tribe inhabiting the area when Europeans first arrived. Also on the dais at this memorable foundation ceremony were Lord Denman, the Prime Minister, Andrew Fisher, and the Minister for Home Affairs, King O'Malley, a bearded exreal estate salesman from Kansas. The date was 12 March 1913. About them lay the empty Monaro plains, limestone sheep country, stock tracks, and a small scattered village. None of those present on this almost treeless site could have visualised the city which, only 50 years later, would have, among other things, more than three million trees. [[Special:Contributions/110.33.67.33\|110.33.67.33]] ([[User talk:110.33.67.33\|talk]]) 06:21, 4 August 2024 (UTC) :Nice quote, but it's not actually a request. [[User:HiLo48\|HiLo48]] ([[User talk:HiLo48\|talk]]) 07:41, 4 August 2024 (UTC)