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<p>[QUOTE="clayirving, post: 1518837, member: 18867"]Interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">The Kingdom of Kamberra is an invention of Luxembourg artist Franck Medina (King Franck I), as a focus for the creation of his artistamp and banknote designs. It is purportedly a small Pacific island nation, founded on 24 August, 1988. Home to a population of 23,800 who speak Spanish and Kamberri, it is described as a place of "peace, well-being, tolerance and sharing". Mr Medina's website states that the name "Kamberra" is derived from the Kamberri word "kamba'area", meaning "meeting place".</font></span></font></font><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><font face="Arial">The similarity with the name of Australia's capital city, Canberra (named for a Ngunawal Aboriginal word also meaning "meeting place") is probably deliberate.</font></font></span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></font></span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><font face="Arial"></font></font></span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clayirving, post: 1518837, member: 18867"]Interesting. [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]The Kingdom of Kamberra is an invention of Luxembourg artist Franck Medina (King Franck I), as a focus for the creation of his artistamp and banknote designs. It is purportedly a small Pacific island nation, founded on 24 August, 1988. Home to a population of 23,800 who speak Spanish and Kamberri, it is described as a place of "peace, well-being, tolerance and sharing". Mr Medina's website states that the name "Kamberra" is derived from the Kamberri word "kamba'area", meaning "meeting place".[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Arial]The similarity with the name of Australia's capital city, Canberra (named for a Ngunawal Aboriginal word also meaning "meeting place") is probably deliberate. [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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