Australia has big cities Sydney and Melbourne, why is the capital located in the small city Canberra?

We all know that although Australia occupies a piece of continent, its area is not actually very large. The area suitable for human habitation is even smaller. The east and west are basically desert forests, and the population living in coastal areas is denser. There are only a handful of cities with a population of more than 5 million and relatively good economic development. Among these cities, Mexico and Sydney are the leaders among large cities in Australia. At the beginning, it was true that Melbourne was the capital of Australia, but later due to Sydney's opposition and in order to better develop the new city, Canberra was chosen.

In the very beginning of Australia, Melbourne developed more rapidly because there were gold mines in the city, which attracted many overseas immigrants to go to Melbourne to pan for gold, which also led to the rapid development of the local economy. Australia also made Mexico its capital at the time.

But with the development of Sydney, as Australia's largest port city, its economy is very developed. And it also has one more advantage than Mexico, that is, Mexico is not conducive to Australia's development in the northern hemisphere. Sydney does not have this shortcoming at all. Therefore, Sydney cannot help but compete for the right to be the capital city. Melbourne will definitely not be willing to do so. It has been the capital for a hundred years. If Sydney says no, we certainly can't let it go. Therefore, people in Melbourne and Sydney also began to hold demonstrations to promote the cause. The Australian government took a look and found that no matter where the capital was, it was not peaceful. In the end, it did not choose any one, and it was cheaper than Canberra.

Although the Australian government seems to be trying to calm the competition between Melbourne and Sydney. But choosing Canberra as the capital also means developing this small city. After all, Australia has too few large cities compared to other countries. Once Canberra is declared as the capital, it will definitely be beneficial to the growth of population and economy.