The territorial area of Canberra is completely surrounded by which Australian State?
History of the Canberra Raiders for the first time since the 1960s. This time it would venture further out into the state of New South Wales by introducing two teams from outside Sydney. The Canberra franchise was accepted as the 14th team to compete in the NSWRFL premiership for the 1982 season, beating bids from Campbelltown, Newcastle and the Central Coast. They were admitted along with the Illawarra Steelers, of Wollongong. Thus the Canberra club, being in the Australian Capital Territory, was the first team ever from an Australian state other than New South Wales to compete in the premiership. The initially unnamed team decided
1995 Canberra by-election Smyth became leader of the ACT Liberal Party from 2002 to 2006. 1995 Canberra by-election The 1995 Canberra by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Canberra in Australian Capital Territory on 25 March 1995. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, the Australian Labor Party's Ros Kelly on 30 January 1995. The writ for the by-election was issued on 17 February 1995. The by-election was won by Liberal Party candidate Brendan Smyth. The by-election took place in the shadow of the "sports rorts" affair. Smyth would later contest the new seat of Namadgi at the