This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Canberra milestones and early capital development timeline
A fragmented record traces Canberra from 1909 governance acts to early 1950s progress. It notes the Seat of Government Acceptance Act, Duntroon as Royal Military College site, initial surveys, Acton resumption, the opening of Royal Military College, first administrations, hospitals, railway, universities, and early public works shaping the federal capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Royal Military College
Acton
Causeway
Civic
Burley Grif
Grretes Hoods
Industrial
Act
Cricket Association
E . of Parelope Pack School
Commonwealth
Melbourne
Federal League
Federal Capital Commission
Mount Canberra
Highland Society
Burns Club
Canberra Horticultural Society
New South Wales
Kingston
City Omnibus Service
Canberra Times
Empire Parliamentary Association
Territory
St" Gabriels C. of E
Federal Territory Soccer Association
Canberra Musical Society
ALP
Canberra University College
Sr.r
Young Women’s Christian Association
C.S. Daley
Court of Petty Sessions
Institute of Anatomy
Royal Society of Australia
Sydney
Cs.lr
2CA
Lea Pes