My understanding it started from the very beginning just after the colonies federated into the Commonwealth of Australia. It started with where should the National Capital be. They had to compromise and decided to create the ACT because these two cities were bickering that they should be the Capital.
I would suspect it was the same with the United States and their capital.
New Zealand (where I am from) had a similar issue but it was more of a geographic and even a threat to secede from the country. So they moved the capital from the North to the centre of New Zealand to please the Southern provinces.
Melbourne / Sydney rivalry
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My understanding it started from the very beginning just after the colonies federated into the Commonwealth of Australia. It started with where should the National Capital be. They had to compromise and decided to create the ACT because these two cities were bickering that they should be the Capital.
I would suspect it was the same with the United States and their capital.
New Zealand (where I am from) had a similar issue but it was more of a geographic and even a threat to secede from the country. So they moved the capital from the North to the centre of New Zealand to please the Southern provinces.