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The Story of Canberra

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Before construction of this planned city of the twentieth century there lies an interesting tale of discovery and settlement as the white man arrived on the Limestone Plains of south-eastern New South Wales. Numerous relics remain to tell the story of Yesterday's Canberra.

It is, as Walter Burley Griffin predicted, 'unlike any other city in the world'.


Adapted by Tom Worthington from the pamphlet "The Story of Canberra", with the permission of Canberra Tourism.


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This Web Site Was Moved Here, February 1999

Web page by Tom Worthington.

Note: This information is no longer being updated but has been retained for reference.