The 1930s and 1940s Canberra was little more than a country town during the 1930s, with a population of around 10,000. In 1941 there were as few as 400 privately owned houses, with the vast majority of housing construction government driven. There were probably only … Read More →
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Canberra’s heritage nomination backlog beginning to shift
A large backlog of nominations to the ACT Heritage Register has been building up over the past decade. During that time the RAIA has nominated a number of important houses and buildings to the ACT Interim Heritage Places Register. Unfortunately, few of these have ended … Read More →
‘The finest building in the National Capital’ — a bridge
As I drive or ride over Commonwealth Avenue Bridge, I often think of Sir Robert Menzies—no, really. Menzies thought the Bridge was the ‘finest building in the National Capital’. Opened to traffic in November 1963 over the yet to be filled lake, the bridge was … Read More →