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  2. The Story of Canberra

    "The seat of Government of the Commonwealth shall be determined by the Parliament, and shall be within Territory which shall have been granted to or acquired by the Commonwealth, and shall be vested in and belong to the Commonwealth, and shall be in the State of New South Wales, and be distant not less than 100 miles from Sydney. Such Territory shall contain an area of not less than 100 square miles, and such portion thereof as shall Consist of Crown lands shall be granted to the Commonwealth without ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 149 words
  3. THE NAME.

    "I name the capital of Australia[?] Canberra," Fourteen years ago—on March 12, 1913— Lady Denman, the wife of the fifth Governor-General of the Commonwealth, uttered these ...

    Article : 326 words
  4. PIONEERS OF THE DISTRICT.

    Till the commencement of the eighteenth century the nine hundred miles of territory acquired by the Commonwealth of Australia for a Federal capital State formed part of a ...

    Article : 1,764 words
  5. STORIES OF FIELD WORK.

    The early ideas of the Federal city were nebulous, and seemed to be concerned only with the building of a Parliament House. In 1904 Mr. J. C. Watson, then Prime Minister, ...

    Article : 1,664 words
  6. A PRINCIPALITY.

    When the United States of America accomplished their union there were three chief cities which had claims to the seat of government. There was Philadelphia, the capital ...

    Article : 949 words
  7. FOUNDING[?]THE CITY.

    The endeavour to determine the seat of government, or Federal capital, brought on the shoulders of the members of the newlyformed Legislature a thousand worries, After ...

    Article : 925 words
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    THE FEDERAL CAPITAL SITE, CANBERRA, From slopes of Mount `Ainslie, January, 1910. Panorama taken before any surveys were made for the new city. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 25 words
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