Territorio de la Capital Australiana

"El Territorio de la Capital Australiana (en inglés: Australian Capital Territory, anteriormente: The Territory for the Seat of Government y más tarde: Federal Capital Territory) es un distrito federal de Australia. Comprende un enclave sin salida al mar en el estado de Nueva Gales del Sur, a 320 km al suroeste de Sídney. El gobierno australiano lo adquirió formalmente el 1 de enero de 1911 y comenzó la construcción de la capital, Canberra, en 1913. El territorio tiene una superficie de 2432 km² y su única ciudad, Canberra, es la capital nacional y sede del gobierno federal australiano. El Territorio Federal de la Capital tiene una población de 351 200 habitantes (2009), de los cuales la gran mayoría viven en Canberra. Una gran parte de la población de Canberra la componen funcionarios públicos. El 11 de mayo de 1989 el territorio obtuvo el autogobierno. Dos miembros y dos senadores lo representan en la Cámara de Representantes federal. El emblema floral del Territorio de la Capital Australiana es la Wahlenbergia gloriosa (o Royal bluebell) y el emblema animal el Callocephalon fimbriatum (o Gang-gang Cockatoo)."

"The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) (formerly, "The Territory for the Seat of Government" and, later, the "Federal Capital Territory") is a territory in the south east of Australia, enclaved within New South Wales. It is the smaller of the two self-governing internal territories in Australia. Its only city, and by far the most populous community, is Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The need for a national territory was flagged by colonial delegates during the Federation conventions of the late 19th century. Section 125 of the Australian Constitution provided that, following Federation in 1901, land would be ceded freely to the new Federal Government. The territory was transferred to the Commonwealth by the state of New South Wales in 1911, two years prior to the naming of Canberra as the national capital in 1913. The floral emblem of the ACT is the royal bluebell and the bird emblem is the gang-gang cockatoo. The economic activity of the Australian Capital Territory is heavily concentrated around the largest and most populous city, Canberra. A stable housing market, steady employment and rapid population growth in the 21st century have led to economic prosperity and in 2011, ACT was ranked as the second best performing economic region in the country by CommSec. This trend continued into 2016, when the territory was ranked the third best performing out of all of Australia's states and territories. There is a higher proportion of young adults in the region compared with other Australian states or territories. Approximately one-fifth of ACT residents were born outside of Australia, mainly in the United Kingdom. Almost one-fifth speak a language other than English at home, the most common being Chinese."