How did we end up living in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart, Darwin and Canberra?

In this "All Things Aussie" segment with Jim Haynes he looks at the names that our State Capitals could easily have been. Names proposed include Bleaton, Townsend, Lamb, Palmerston, MakDougall, Buckingham, Saxe-Meiningen or Louise or Theresa or Caroline or Amelia. 39 Names were proposed just for Canberra including Frazer Roo, Austral and Home.

How did we end up living in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart, Darwin and Canberra?
In this "All Things Aussie" segment with Jim Haynes he looks at the names that our State Capitals could easily have been. Names proposed include Bleaton, Townsend, Lamb, Palmerston, MakDougall, Buckingham, Saxe-Meiningen or Louise or Theresa or Caroline or Amelia. 39 Names were proposed just for Canberra including Frazer Roo, Austral and Home.

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