8 June 2023

QUIZ: Which town was originally chosen as Australia's capital city?

| John Coleman and Jeremy Jones
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Armidale, Canberra, Sydney

It almost wasn’t Canberra! Photo: File.

The Seat of Government Act 1904 proclaimed … where to be Australia’s capital? Who invented the saying ‘a diamond is forever’? And how well do you know cheeses?

It’s all in this week’s quiz.

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Dalgety -because it’s as cold and miserable like Canberra! You have to realize that in that era air conditioning was not yet invented and so they looked for a place with cool nights in summer -so Dalgety and Canberra fitted the bill! Personally I wish “Canberra” had been up there near Byron Bay!

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