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Title: Design for the Capital City of the Commonwealth of Australia. [Competitor no. 39]. Sheet no 2 [cartographic material].
Scale: Scale [1:4 800]. 400 feet to one inch (E 149p0s08'/S 35p0s18')
Publisher: [1912]
Date: 1912
Material Type: Map
Physical Description: 1 ms. map : col. ; 114 x 90 cm.
Notes: At base of maps: "Plan of City".

Competitor 39 is unknown; no sealed envelope, containing the name, was received by the Competition.

Map has been severely trimmed, on all sides; originally possibly ca. 133 cm. in height.

Ms. plan of the city area for Canberra, by competitor 39, showing buildings, railways etc. of the proposed city.

Associated maps: Sheet 1 [Federal Capital Design Competition plan. Competitor no 39] : [on base map] Map of contour survey of the site for the Federal Capital of Australia ; Sheet 3, Sections on scale of 400 feet to 1 inch ; Sheet 4 and 5, Plan of Central Avenue from Camphill northward.

Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-gmod48
Subjects: Federal Capital Design Competition, (1911-1925) -- Maps, Manuscript.
City planning -- Australian Capital Territory -- Maps, Manuscript.
Australia -- Capital and capitol -- Maps, Manuscript.
Canberra (A.C.T.) -- Historical geography -- Maps, Manuscript.
Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra -- 1912.
Call Number: MAP G8984.C3S1 FCDC no. 39 1912
Amicus Number: 11134037
To cite this item use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-gmod48