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The Australian city of Canberra (Canberra) - The capital of the Commonwealth of Australia, the city is located in the northern part Australian Capital Territory in 280 km south-west of Sydney and 650 km north-east of Melbourne, with a population of more than 334 thousand people.

Канберра – prosperous city, is the largest city in Australia, inland, rather than on the coast.
In 1908 , the territory of modern Canberra was chosen as the future capital of the Commonwealth of Australia, which was a compromise between competing among themselves for this status of the country's two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne.
The basis of design of Canberra went to the concept of a garden city, implying large areas of natural vegetation, Australians because of what was called the capital of "capital-hedge" (bush capital).

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The Australian city of Newcastle (Newcastle), located in the state New South Wales , the city's population 288 thousand people, is the second largest city in the state after the residents of Sydney.

City of Newcastle is located on the shores of the Tasman Sea, in the mouth Hunter River, in 162 kilometers north of Sydney.

The city is the Port of Newcastle, which is the world's leading exporter of coal, with a turnover of 30 million tonnes per year.

In Newcastle, a well-developed iron and steel, shipbuilding, as well as the automotive and chemical industries.

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Australia's richest sportsman became pilot of "Red Bull" Webber, earned in the last year 13,4 million dollars.

Mark Webber was the pilot of the team "Red Bull" in 2007 Year, ending the year in the rating of "F1" on 12 location, and 2010 year brought the Aussie 4 victory and 3 place ranking.

34-old Webber, slipped from first golfer Greg Norman, which still makes millions, but his income is not associated with the sport, and with business.
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