| Creator: |
Griffin, Walter Burley, 1876-1937. |
| Title: |
Canberra, plan of city and environs [cartographic material] / Walter Burley Griffin, Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction ; drawn by Home and Territories Dept., Lands and Survey Branch, Melbourne.
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| Scale: |
Scale [ca. 1:19,200]. 1600 ft to 1 in. (E 14845'--E 14925'/S 3505'--S 3555')
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| Publisher: |
Melbourne : The Department, 1918 (A.J. Mullett, Government Printer) |
| Date: |
1918 |
| Material Type: |
Map |
| Physical Description: |
1 map ; 68 x 66 cm. |
| Notes: |
Griffin's plan of Canberra showing proposed roads, railways, industrial areas, military areas, parks and forest reserves, with relief shown by contours at 25 ft. intervals.
Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-gmod24; Library's 3rd copy annotated in pencil by F.W. Robinson with handwritten note "Canberra city plan ..." on verso.
Library's 4th copy hand-coloured in brown & blue watercolour and annotated in pencil by F.W. Robinson with handwritten note "Canberra city plan ... Griffin plan with contours heights coloured ... also lakes etc." on verso.
Library's 5th copy hand-coloured by F.W. Robinson in yellow & blue watercolour showing public buildings; natural features highlighted, including Green Hill. Handwritten note " ... city of Canberra plan September 1918 with added details by F.W.R. of 2000 ft Canberra, elevations, new names & features" on recto.
Library's 7th copy hand-coloured in blue & brown watercolour.
Robinson collection. |
| Subjects: |
City planning -- Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra -- Maps.
Australia -- Capital and capitol -- Maps.
Canberra (A.C.T.) -- Maps.
Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra -- 1918 -- Maps.
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| Call Number: | MAP G8984.C3G45 1918 |
| Amicus Number: |
10668526 |
| To cite this item use: |
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-gmod24 |
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