Sunday, September 11, 2011
OLD CANBERRA VIDEO
Next year makes it only a decade until Canberry's bi-centenary in 2022. Too far away to think about perhaps but perusing my photo collection in preparation for a school talk I found a 'dirty dozen' of old structures in Canberra dating from the 30's of the 19th century through to the 90's and thought it would be nice to show them together as a collection...
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History lost through lack of funding
The following ABC article laments the possible loss of many historical audio visual records that are waiting for digitising into modern fo...

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Oaks Estate is a remnant of Canberra's early colonial history. This Canberra residential area sits squarely on the border of New South W...
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The competition to design the new Federal Capital City of Canberra in 1913, having 136 entries, ended with the decision to award Walter Bur...
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Found by my son whilst hiking in the Brindabellas was this small skull. What I thought was interesting was the remaining canine evident. At...
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If anyone is looking for a place to do a little gold prospecting might I suggest the mighty Goodradigbee in the Brindabella Valley. I'll...
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Out past Uriarra to the west of Canberra is the Brindabella Road. The road rises to the peak of the Brindabella Mountain on the ACT border b...
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Every time I drive past the new Australian National Museum I am reminded of the place of my birth, the (now demolished) Royal Canberra hos...
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A little known fact is that Canberra is built on the top of numerous limestone caves... In 1821 Charles Throsby (1777 - 1828) (bio here ) ...
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