The Canberra Yacht Club was formed in 1959 in anticipation of the creation of

Lake Burley Griffin Lake Burley Griffin is an artificial lake in the centre of Canberra, the capital of Australia. It was completed in 1963 after the Molonglo River, which ran between the city centre and Parliamentary Triangle, was dammed. It is named after Wal ...

in the centre of Canberra, Australia, which happened in the 1960s. It is located on the shore in the suburb of Yarralumla. Its members have competed in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

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