Development of Canberra, 1949-55. The papers include correspondence, report, minutes and press releases on the development of Canberra, such as the creation of Lake Burley Griffin, Australian War Memorial, Australian National University, Mount Stromlo and the Olympic pool. The main correspondents are C.E.W. Bean, A.H. Corbett, J.A. McCallum and Sir William Slim

Containers:

Box 46

Component identifier:

File 8_10

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was donated to the National Library, in several instalments between 1973 and 1991, by Lady Kent Hughes and her daughters, Mrs Janet Derham, Mrs Margaret Sasse and Dr Mary Lou Sheil.

Names:

Kent Hughes, Lady

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