Canberra Then and Now
Canberra Then and Now

Author: Geoff Page

Publisher: National Library Australia

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 0642277680

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Produced for the Centenary of Canberra in 2013, Canberra Then and Now juxtaposes images of early Canberra with commissioned photography of the same places today. This anniversary publication includes a history of the land before the city was built, a memoir and, accompanying the photographs, recollections from numerous residents and some poems. But the main attraction is a visual one: the 'then and now' photographs showing the same locations and how they have changed over time. The memoir text and poems are by well-known author and poet Geoff Page, who has a long connection with Canberra and has seen it from many aspects-as a teacher, as a contributor to its cultural life and also simply as someone who now calls Canberra home.

Canberra
Canberra

Author: William Day

Publisher: Redback Publishing

Published: 2019-07-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1925860485

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Canberra is Australia's capital city. Developed according to the detailed plans produced by Walter Burley Griffin, Canberra's wide avenues and long vistas were designed to give prominence to the city's important government buildings and showcase the dignity of the nation's capital. Although it was a very quiet place for the first few decades of its existence, Canberra has now developed into a vibrant city, with business, shopping and entertainment precincts. Most visitors to Canberra are unaware that it could have been called Eureka or Britannia, or that sheep farming continued within the city's boundaries for many years after the first Parliament House was built. This book includes these stories as well as many others from the history of Canberra, and there is also a chapter on the Westminster System of government.

A History of Canberra
A History of Canberra

Author: Nicholas Brown

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-06-18

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 110764609X

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In this charming and concise book, Nicholas Brown looks beyond the clichés to illuminate the colourful history of Australia's capital.

Pictorial History Canberra
Pictorial History Canberra

Author: Mary Machen

Publisher: Kingsclear Books Pty Ltd

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 0908272650

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A pictorial history of Canberra, and a timely resource for those interested in discovering the origins of our federal capital. This book covers the Aboriginal history, the establishment of early settlement in the district, the birth of the city and the growth and development of Australia's centre of national government.

Line Zero
Line Zero

Author: John Frank Williams

Publisher: UNSW Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9780868404875

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John Williams describes himself as 'an historian who makes pictures and a photographer who writes history' finding no real distinction between the two. This lavish production represents the history of Williams' photographic career from 1958 to 2003 in 130 black-and-white images taken all over the world.