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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Canberra: contour survey, 1909-1911

 Item — Openshelf 5.21/PC6/1: Series Coll-1167/A
Identifier: Coll-1167/A/7/23
Scope and Contents

Map of Canberra. Compiled, drawn and printed at the Department of Lands, Sydney, New South Wales. No of Lithograph ll.ll.D. Hand coloured. Signed Charles Robert Scrivener 1909. Label text reads "Cities Exhibition No. 26" referring to the exhibit number in Geddes' Cities and Town Planning Exhibition. 20 chains to 1 inch scale is equivalent to 1/4 mile to 1 inch.

Dates: 1909-1911
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Cities and Town Planning Exhibitions / Suburbs and Garden Cities

Canberra: contour survey, 1910

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Identifier: Coll-1167/A/7/24
Scope and Contents

Map of Canberra. Surveyed under instructions from the Minister of State for Home Affairs. Signed by Charles Robert Scrivener, District Surveyor. Drawn on stone and printed in the Department of Lands, Sydney, New South Wales, from original plans by F.J. Broniowski, by authority of the Hon. Minister for Lands, Sept. 1910. Appears in Geddes' Cities and Town Planning Exhibition, exhibit number 51.

Dates: 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Cities and Town Planning Exhibitions / Suburbs and Garden Cities

Canberra: duplicate photocopy of article The New Australian Parliament House, c. 1979

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Identifier: Coll-1167/A/29/2
Scope and Contents

Xerox of an article dating from c. 1979 entitled 'The New Australian Parliament House' covering the Griffin Plan for Canberra.

Dates: c. 1979
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Cities and Town Planning Exhibitions / Suburbs and Garden Cities

Canberra: geological survey, 14 December 1910

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Identifier: Coll-1167/A/7/27
Scope and Contents

Map of Canberra. Geological Survey of the site of the Federal Capital of Australia, by Edward F.Pitman, Geologist and Under Secretary for Mines, New South Wales. Mr District Surveyor C. R. Scriveners' contour survey of the Federal Capital site has been used as a basis for this map. Appears in Geddes' Cities and Town Planning Exhibition, exhibit number 50.

Dates: 14 December 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Cities and Town Planning Exhibitions / Suburbs and Garden Cities

Canberra: plans, c. 1914

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Identifier: Coll-1167/A7/29/1
Scope and Contents 2 Plans Mounted one above the other.  1. "Architects' War Committee. The final plan prepared for the Departmental Board, and furnished with commentaries and description." Hand drawn diagram, no scale, copiously annotated (author unknown) with heavily critical notes. 2. Canberra, Federal Capital of Australia Preliminary Plan. Scaled, contoured, handcoloured, squared. Possibly copied from an official handbook. Possibly from a Marion Mahoney Griffin rendering. On reverse text reads "Canberra...
Dates: c. 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Cities and Town Planning Exhibitions / Suburbs and Garden Cities

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

 Item — Openshelf 5.21/PC6/1: Series Coll-1167/A
Identifier: Coll-1167/A/7/28
Scope and Contents 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...
Dates: 10 July 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Cities and Town Planning Exhibitions / Suburbs and Garden Cities

Canberra: topographical map of the Federal Territory, Australia, 1910

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Identifier: Coll-1167/A/7/25
Scope and Contents

Area about 900 square miles. Compiled, drawn and printed at the Department of Lands, Sydney New South Wales. Area surveyed coloured brown, area of proposed Federal City shown as lighter square. On reverse, text in blue reads "F.4. Australian maps various".

Dates: 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Cities and Town Planning Exhibitions / Suburbs and Garden Cities

Canberra: weather map, c 1910

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Identifier: Coll-1167/A/7/26
Scope and Contents

Map showing rainfall and temperature statistics of the proposed site for the Federal Capital and the surrounding districts. Printed, scaled, contoured and with isotherms noted. Compiled by H. A. Hunt, Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology. Label text reads "Cities Exhibition No. 28." referring to the exhibit number in Geddes' Cities and Town Planning Exhibition.

Dates: c 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Cities and Town Planning Exhibitions / Suburbs and Garden Cities