Canberra, federal capital of the Commonwealth of Australia. It occupies part of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), in southeastern Australia, and is about 150 miles (240 km) southwest of Sydney. Canberra lies astride the Molonglo River, which is a tributary of the Murrumbidgee River.
Tectonic uplift is a geologic uplift of the Earths surface that is attributed to plate tectonics. It’s basically like mountain building because tectonic plates are moving up creating mountains and hills