Canberra Day

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Canberra Day is a public holiday held annually on the third Monday in March in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) to celebrate the official naming of Canberra. Canberra was named at a ceremony on March 12, 1913 by Lady Denman, the wife of the then Governor-General Lord Denman.

On 3 March 2007, ACT Minister Andrew Barr introduced a bill to change the day of Canberra Day to the second Monday in March so it falls closer to the actual birthday of Canberra.[1]

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  1. ^ Changes to Canberra Day Public Holiday From 2008. Office of the ACT Chief Minister (2007-03-03). Retrieved on March 19, 2007.
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