The Limestone Plains were broad, frost-hollow floodplains through which the Molonglo River flowed. Early settlers named this floodplain after the occasional small outcrops of limestone found on it. The Limestone Plains were the area Australia's capital city Canberra was built on. Those parts of the Limestone Plains that were not built over in the construction of Canberra are now flooded by Lake Burley Griffin, which was formed by damming the Molonglo River near the suburb of Yarralumla.
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