The selection of the location for Australia's national capital had become a race between Dalgety and Canberra. This newspaper article from the Queanbeyan Age - 11 September 1908 describes the merits of the Limestone Plains and region for selection and relates a few interesting observations about the landscapes of different areas of present day Canberra such as Mount Taylor "...takes its name from another free-booter who, after his raids on the out-stations of the shepherds, found in it's rocky summit a safe retreat".
Many areas of Canberra's Limestone Plains are mentioned apart from Yarralumla and Duntroon including Ginninderra, Tuggeranong, Wanniassa, Lanyon, Woden, Murrumbateman, Majura, Gungahlin and Uriarra...
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