Bibliograph

Canberry tales, an informal history, Granville Allen Mawer

Type

Label

Canberry tales, an informal history, Granville Allen Mawer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-235) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsportraitsfacsimilesmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Canberry tales

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

810235285

Responsibility statement

Granville Allen Mawer

Sub title

an informal history

Summary

Long before Canberra, there was Canberry. After Federation, Canberry, which had been renamed Acton by an absentee English landlord, became the base from which the national capital was built. Canberry Tales explores, through the stories of its occupants down the centuries, the history of this remarkable microcosm, and tells how its Aboriginal name survived to grace a city for all Australians, black and white

Table Of Contents

Prologue - Pilgrims all--Waterhole on the Molonglo (to 1911)--Compact colony (1911-1941)--Lady of the lake (1941-1977)--Epilogue - endings and beginnings

Target audience

general

Classification