The first to settle in the area? While the search continued after Federation in , The Australian Capital Territory was founded in , kicking off a whole other round of decision making on entries for an international competition to design the new Australian capital.
The winner? The result? A romantic stretching city of greenery, wide boulevards, lush parklands and a penchant for water features.
A setting that we now know as the modern, thriving, and diverse Australian capital city brimming with cultural and natural experiences. While visitors generally lean towards the view from above hot air balloon rides or the view from the water boating in Lake Burley Griffin , we prefer the view from within. Unsurprising given its inspiring natural surrounds. All to be enjoyed before or after retiring to Ovolo Nishi for an architectural and inspired stay.
Book your room now within this cultural capital. The capital had to be at least miles or km from Sydney, which ruled out a handful of coastal locations. But there were a bunch of other factors — involving rats, cannons, and the beginnings of the White Australia Policy — that came into play. The University of Sydney's Medical School identified ports as one of the major culprits, "ships imported wave after wave of infection.
A bubonic plague hit Sydney in Rats carried the disease and professional rat catchers attempted to stop the spread. For those in the know, Canberra does have a port — a few hundred kilometres away in Jervis Bay.
Next time you're tempted to complain about the cold, just think, it could be making you smarter. David quoted a politician better known for bringing prohibition to Canberra , when it was finally open for business. Even our questioner, Lorenzo, admits that a capital by the sea may have had an impact on federal politics.
Canberra's access to water was factored into its location, just not in the way our questioner had hoped. Charts held by the National Archives of Australia show that the rainfall of potential sites was monitored closely. And that in turn explains our award-winning drinking water , and our strangely-shaped border. Our Curious Canberran found this next suggestion, from historian David Headon, especially intriguing. Before the mile rule was established, a location in Queensland that met the NSW and South Australian borders was floated.
Site inspections, written reports and numerous ballots ultimately determined where the federal capital would be. And even though we've done our best to spell it out here, the question of why Canberra is where it is will probably live on. That's because it's not just a question about where it was built but why it exists at all.
Some call it capital bashing. Lorenzo Thomas was born in Canberra to Italian parents. He's spent time working in retail and in the public service. Living between the snow and the coast has its perks and, while he used to favour the slopes, Lorenzo's recently become a fan of the NSW south coast. His question has been asked in many guises, so we weren't surprised when it won our most recent vote.
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Image courtesy of National Library of Australia. An outcry ensues, including a petition organised by George Taylor , editor of Building magazine, calling for a royal commission into the building of Canberra.
Petition to Prime Minister Joseph Cook requesting a royal commission into the building of Canberra, Image courtesy of National Archive of Australia. The members of the former board retain responsibility for Commonwealth works. Griffin is appointed Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction, and produces a detailed textual explanation of the design that makes ingenious use of the natural landscape features to project axial lines that create the fundamental form for the centre of the city.
He locates Parliament House on Camp Hill, and reserves Kurrajong Hill as the site for a Capitol building for ceremonial activities and public receptions that embody the spirit and achievements of the nation, rather than as the site of the national Parliament.
Three foundation stones are laid as part of the base of a Commencement Column, which is never completed. The monument includes six blocks representing each of the six Australian states. Each of the three foundation stones is inscribed to commemorate the occasion:. Minister for Home Affairs on the 12 th March Here on this spot, in the near future, and, I hope the distant future too, the best thoughts of Australia will be given expression to…I hope this City will be the seat of learning as well as of politics, and it will be also the home of art.
In his responding speech, the Governor-General anticipates that future Australian governments will find 'inspiration in [Canberra's] noble buildings, its broad avenues, its shaded parks, and sheltered gardens…'.
The stones are later removed from their original location during the building of the new Parliament House, and all but the base courses are re-laid in in the ceremonial Federation Mall in front of the building, in line with the Land Axis.
On 1 July the Commonwealth Government launches an international competition for the design of the Parliament House. Documentation for the competition is prepared with the assistance of Walter Burley Griffin, but the competition is withdrawn almost immediately due to the outbreak of World War I in September The Government is forced to pay compensation to architects who have undertaken work for the competition.
The war intervened, and after an interview between representatives of the Royal British Institute of Architects and the High Commissioner in London, the Government decided, in consequence of conditions arising out of the war, to postpone the completion of the competition until after the termination of the war.
The competitors concerned were not consulted nor their acquiescence secured. Griffin says in evidence that, as of November , he. The Commission finds in March that there is 'a combination, including the Honorable [sic] W. Archibald and certain officers, hostile to Mr.
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