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| Canberra has a very particular history. When the Australian colonies became states in 1901 they needed a capital. For diplomatical reasons this capital was built somewhere between the famous cities Sydney and Melbourne. The American architect Walter Burley Griffin was found by writing out. The new Parliament House was finished in 1988 by Romaldo Giurgola, who used not more than 1,1 billion A$. The building's roof is covered by grass letting it merge into Capital Hill. | |||
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