Canberra: site surveys and schemes for 'the Federal Capital of Australia', 10 July 1912

Sheet of 7 plans of Canberra, cut from the Architect and Builders Journal. Site surveys and schemes for the Federal Capital Design Competition, 1912. Text on reverse reads "Canberra entries for Plan Competition. Canberra 2." Top Row - Entry number 41 - second minority by Arthur C. Comey, Harvard. Top Row - 3rd position in competition - Premiated Scheme by Alfred Agache, Paris. Second Row - 1st position in competition - Premiated Scheme by Walter Burley Griffin of Chicago. Second Row - design of the layout as projected by the Departmental Board. Third Row - 2nd position in the competition - Premiated Design by Eliel Saarinen of Helsingfors Finland. Third Row - competition number 35 by Schaufelberg, Rees and Gummer, architects, London. Third Row. Hon. Mention, by Harold van Buren Macgonigle. 'The Federal Capital of Australia' design competition received 137 entried from architects and architect teams offering visions of the proposed capital. 46 original plans survive and are held at the National Library of Australia, exhibited in 1995 at the 'An Ideal City' touring exhibition.