Camberra Day in Australia
Canberra Day commemorates the official birth of the federal capital of Australia .
On march 12th.1913
the foundation stone was laid on the Capitol Hill and the Govenor-General's wife
announced that the
city would be named Canberra." This is how Canberra day originated.
Canberra Day is on the Monday 16 March 1998, so events on this day are: Canberra Festival balloon Fiesta Time: 6.30am Venue: Lake foreshore, Old Parliament House Canberra Festivals Dragon boat regatta Time: 8am Venue: Lotus Bay Scenic Helicopter flights Time: 9am Venue: Foreshores, between Questacon & High court Cost: Adults $40, Child under 16yrs $35, Child under 4 with adult- Free Esso presents New Worlds from QLD Time: 9.30am Venue: National Gallery of Australia Cost: Adult $12, Mem/Conc $7, Family $30 Festival in Glebe Park Time: 10am Venue: Glebe park Model railway exhibition Time: 9am Venue: Wesley centre, Forrest Cost: Adult $7, Conc $3, Family $30 Natstamp '98 Time: 10am Venue: National Convention Centre Cost: Adult/Pens/Stud $5, Children up to 16yrs -free 1998 Sunsmart ACT Womens Open Time: 9am Venue: National Sports Club, Lyneham Cost: Free for spectators ACT Alive Time: 10am Venue: Lawns, Old Parliament House Canberra Museum & Gallery Open Day Time: 10am Venue: Canberra Museum and Gallery RAAF Roulettes Time: 6pm Over Lake Burley Griffin Medibank Private Finale Concert & Fireworks Time: 7pm Venue: Lawns of Old Parliament House
If you need any more information you can contact the festivals office on Ph: 02 62076477 Fax: 02 62076472 or look up the festivals internet site on: http://www.cnaberrsfestival.org.au
Australians all let us rejoice, For we are young and free; We've golden soil and wealth for toil, Our home is girt by sea. Our land abounds in Nature's gifts Of beauty rich and rare; In hist'ry's page, let ev'ry stage Advance Australia fair. In joyful strains then let us sing, "Advance Australia Fair." Beneath our radiant Southern Cross We'll toil with hearts and hands; To make this Commonwealth of ours Renowned of all the lands; For those who've come across the seas We've boundless plains to share; With courage let us all combine To Advance Australia fair. In joyful strains then let us sing, "Advance Australia Fair."