Canberra, plan of city and environs, 1:31,800, 1927

 
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Folder 1
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Item 1
Content Summary:
Diazo print map showing route to be taken by Regal Party from Government house to Parliament House, and from Parliament House to the saluting base, for the opening of Parliament in 1927. Also shows post and telegraph offices, lavatories, camping areas for the public, parking areas, review and viewing areas, and the main Yass Queanbeyan road, all hand drawn in colour on base map. Base map is Canberra plan of city and environs / drawn by Home and Territories Dept. Lands and Surveys Melbourne, 1918, (H.J. Green printing). Additions by Federal Capital Commission. Annotation in pencil on front with unlabelled symbols. On sheet 51 x 41 cm.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Acquired by the National Library of Australia from Anne Weston, T.C.G. Weston's daughter. Maps 1 and 5 are annotated in pencil on verso "From Miss Anne Weston 6/5/70"

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Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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