Canberra Day
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Canberra Day is a public holiday held annually on the second 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] Previously it had been held on the third Monday in March.
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- ^ "Changes to Canberra Day Public Holiday From 2008". Office of the ACT Chief Minister. 2007-03-03. http://www.chiefminister.act.gov.au/media.asp?media=2318§ion=56&title=Media%20Release&id=56. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
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