Canberra as a continuing city and national symbol
Thirty years after its founding Canberra is praised as a continuing city central to Australian life. The piece compares Canberra to Washington, notes its world capital status, and warns that short sighted planning and political meddling threaten its long term vision and protection. The argument stresses Canberra's national significance and the need for sustained planning discipline.
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Canberra Times
Canberra
Australia
Commonwealth
Washington
Sydney
Melbourne
New Lectureships Open at Canberra College
Canberra University College invites applications for three new academic posts to support college expansion. Positions include a law lecturer or senior lecturer, a geography lecturer or senior lecturer focusing on economic geography, and a German lecturer. Closing date advertised also in England and the United Kingdom.
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Canberra University College
England
United
Canberra Times era and early Canberra housing scene
The article surveys Canberra in the 1920s, noting the hazy city outline from Red Hill, limited public buildings, and the first city omnibus. It details Commission housing with tents, cubicles, and cottages, locations in Acton Braddon Eastlake Forrest Molonglo and others, riverfront cottages, and transport links via Queanbeyan. It covers street naming, district renamings in 1927, and the rise of Kingston retail life alongside Eastlake and Ainslie housing. It mentions post office use in Acton and Eastlake, and early shopping patterns before widespread footpaths, lights, or shop hours laws.
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Griffith
Red Hill
Forrest
Kingston
Manuka
Commission Workshops
Government Printing Office
Printers’ Quarters
Monts
Can- TB
Nwo
Commission
Acton
Canberra Times
Canberra
Federal Capital Commission
Queanbeyan
Liversidge Street
Acton Road
Acton Hall
Braddon
Gormoan House
Ainslie
Limestone Avenue
Torrens Street
Northbourne Avenue
Eastlake
Telopea Parkway
Giles Street
Wentworth Avenue
Brisbane Avenue
Pranklin Street
Reid
Barton
Feaston
Grifith
Monolyte Constructions
Oakley and Park
Walter Burley Griffin
Canberra Avenue
Wellington
Eample
B. Young Ltd
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John Northcott
J. BR. Macneil
Newcastle
Newcastle Jockey Club
Broadmeadows
Daryl Lindsay
Admiralty House
Dimpse
Icauseway
Molonglo
Westlake
Fastlake
Causeway
City of
Open
Westridge
Yarratumla
Commonwealth Bank
Camberra
Manuka Castra
Foundatios
Civic
Ste Bilines Io Sa al
Mit
First Bank
Civic Centre
London
Queensland National Bank
Woodgers
Calthorpe
Grant's
Tentall
Mount Majura
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