White .:. Canberra

White, H.L. [ed.],
Canberra. A Nation’s Capital. Sydney: Halstead Press, 1954. xvi, 243 mit graphischen Darstellungen + Abbildungen auf LXIV Tafeln + 7 lose Faltkarten. Leinen. 630 g

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Contents
FOREWORD, by SIR ROBERT RANDOLPH GARRAN
G.C.M.G., Q.C., M.A. (Syd.), LL.D. (Melb.), First Commonwealth Solicitor-General; Chairman, Canberra University College Council.

PART I
THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY AND CANBERRA AS POLITICAL ENTITIES
1, IN SEARCH OF A CAPITAL CITY, by LAURENCE FREDERIC FITZHARDINGE B.A. (Syd.), B.Litt., M.A. (Oxon.), Reader in the Sources of Austra-lian History, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. The Federal Capital in the Constitution, 3, The Federal Conventions, 3, The Premiers' Conference of 1899, 4, The Oliver Report and subsequent investigations, 7, Selection of Dalgety, 9, Negotiations with New South Wales, 9, Selection of Yass-Canberra, 11. 2 OLD CANBERRA AND DISTRICT 1820-1910, by LAURENCE FREDERIC FITZHARDINGE 14 B.A. (Syd.), B.Litt., M.A. (Oxon.), Reader in the Sources of Australian History, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. Discovery, 14, First settlement, 16, Early resident landholders and small settlers, 16, Charles Campbell's ideas an village settlement, 21, St John's Church, 23, Other religious denominations, 24, Canberra parish school, 25, Canberra and the outside world, 29, The pattern of settlement 186o-1910, 3o. 3 THE GROWTH OF A CITY, by CHARLES STUDDY DALEY 33 O.B.E., B.A., LL.B. (Melb.), A.C.I.S., Assistant Secretary, Depart-ment of.the Interior, to 1952; Secretary of the Federal Capital Com-mission, 1924-30; Civic Administrator of the Federal Capital Terri-tory, 1930-2. Survey of the site, 33, Design for the capital, 33, Development and protection of the plan, 35, Construction of the city and its services, 37, Administration, 47, Law and judiciary, 53, Land policy, 55, De-velopment by private enterprise, 57, Education, 59, Health services, 63, Jervis Bay Territory, 64. 4 THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, by PIERCE WILLIAM EDWARD 66 CURTIN B.A., LL.B. (W.A.), Ph.D. (Lond.), Director of die Colombo Plan Bureau, formerly of the Commonwealth Public Service Board. Commonwealth Administration 1901-27,66, Plans for the transfer, 69, Transfer to Canberra and subsequent administrative history 1927-46, 7o, Problems of wartime administration, 73, Post-war development of Canberra as the seat of government, 74, The Public Service and the Canberra community, 76, The growth of Public Service employment, 77. 5 A CENTRE OF LEARNING, by HAROLD LESLIE WHITE 81 M.A. (Melb.), Librarian, Commonwealth National Library, since 1947. The Commonwealth in research and higher education, 81, The effects of the war, 83, The Office of Education and the Universities Commission, 86, The Australian National University, 88, The Can-berra University College, 92, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization,94, The Commonwealth Obser-vatory, 97, The Forestry and Timber Bureau, 99, The Australian Forestry School, wo, The Australian Institute of Anatomy, 101, The Bureau of Mineral Resources, 101, The Census and Statistics Bureau, 103, The Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 104, The Royal Military College, Duntroon, 104, The Australian War Memorial, 106, Australian Official War History, 107, Common-s,vealth Literary Fund, 108, Commonwealth National Library, 108.

PART II
THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY AS A REGION
6 GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY, by LYNDON CHARLES NOAKES I 15 B.A. (Syd.), Senior Geologist, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Department of National Development and ARMIN ALEXANDER OPIK Ph.D. (Tartu, Est.), Senior Palaeontologist, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Department of National Development. THE CANBERRA REGION, by L. C. Noakes 115 Previous investigations, 115, Topography, 116, Regional geog-raphy, 118, Geomorphology, 124, Economic geology, 129. THE GEOLOGY OF THE CANBERRA CITY DISTRICT, by A. A. Öpik 131 Previous investigations, 131, General aspects, 131, The geological sequence, 134, Before Middle Ordovician, 134, Ordovician, 136, Silurian, 137, The erosion after the Bowning Orogeny and the consolidation, 144, Devonian, 145, Permian, 146, Post-palaeozoic deposits, 148. BIBLIOGRAPHY, compiled by Germaine Anne Joplin 148 B.A., D.Sc. (Syd.), Ph.D. (Cantab.), Fellow in Geophysics, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University, and Joyce Gilbert-Tomlinson, B.Sc. (Syd.), Palaeontologist, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Department of National Development. 7 THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, by LINDSAY DIXON PRYOR 153 M.Sc. (Adel.), Dip. For., Superintendent, Parks and Gardens, Australian Capital Territory Planning and Development Branch, De-partment of the Interior; with section on soils by ROY BREWER, B.Sc. (Syd.), Research Officer, Division of Soils, C.S.I.R.O., Canberra. Physiography, '53, Climate, 153, Rainfall, 154, Temperature, 156, Soils, 158. 8 PLANT COMMUNITIES, by LINDSAY DIXON PRYOR 162 M.Sc. (Adel.), Dip. For., Superintendent, Parks and Gardens, Aus-tralian Capital Territory Planning and Development Branch, Depart-ment of the Interior; with section on the communities following settlement by RAYMOND MILTON MOORE, M.Sc. Agr. (Syd.), Princi-pal Ecologist, Division of Plant Industry, C.S.I.R.O., Canberra. Flora, 162, Original plant communities, 163, Grassland, 165, Savannah woodland, 168, Sclerophyll forest, 169, Alpine wood-land, 173, The plant communities following settlement, 176. 9 ZOOLOGY, by FRANCIS NOBLE RATCLIFFE 178 B.A. (Oxon.), Officer-in-Charge,Wildlife Survey Section, C.S.I.R.O., Canberra, and joHN H. CALABY Wildlife Survey Section, C.S.I.R.O., Canberra. Zoogeographical and ecological relationships, 178, Termites, i8o, Grasshoppers, 181, Birds, 182, Mammals, 184, Reptiles, 185, Amphibia, 186, Fishes, 186, Invertebrates, 186. io FORESTRY, by GEOFFREY JAMES RODGER 188 B.Sc. For. (Adel.), Director-General, Commonwealth Forestry and Timber Bureau, since 1946, and MAXWELL RALPH JACOBS M.Sc. (Adel.), Dip. For. (Oxon.), Dr. Ing. (Dresden), Ph.D. (Male), Principal, Australian Forestry School. Development of forestry within the Australian Capital Territory, 189, Indigenous forests, 190, Forest types, 191, Firewood, 192, Softwood plantations, 192, Problems of plantation management, 193, Likely future yields, 195. II RURAL ACTIVITIES, by HERBERT WILLIAM HENRY KING 196 M.A., Dip.Ed. (Syd.), Research Fellow in Geography, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. Retrospect, 196, Contemporary rural activities, 197, Suitability of the Australian Capital Territory for farming, 197, System of rural land tenure, 199, Rural land use, 200, City and rural water supplies, 203, Transport in relation to topography, 205.

PART III
CANBERRA AS A CITY
12 FACTORS OF SITE AND PLAN, by HERBERT WILLIAM HENRY KING 209 M.A., Dip.Ed. (Syd.), Research Fellow in Geography, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. The site and its surroundings, 209, Griffin's plan of the city, 209, Modifications of the plan, 209, Planned and actual city layout, 210, Urban development and morphology, 212, Canberra, a product of urban revolution, 217, The pre-city settlement, 217, Building of the city, 217, Morphology of the city: Molonglo agricultural belt, 218, the "open heart" and the public building zone, 218, commercial cells, 218, residential areas, 219, industrial areas, 219. 13 LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT, by LINDSAY DIXON PRYOR 221 M.Sc. (Adel.), Dip. For., Superintendent, Parks and Gardens, Aus-tralian Capital Territory Planning and Development Branch, Department of the Interior. 14 POPULATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRI-TORY AND OF CANBERRA, by WILFRED DAVID B ORRIE 224 M.A. (N.Z.), Reader in Demography, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. Population growth, 224, Immigration, 224, Age composition, 225, Mortality and fertility, 226, Conclusion, 227. 15 SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, by OSKAR HER-MANN KHRISTIAN SPATE 228 M.A. Ph.D. (Cantab.), Professor of Geography, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. The place of Canberra in planning development, 23o, Some problems of the plan, 231, Variations an the plan, 232, The public face of Canberra, 235, Domestic building: Garden suburb or city, 237, Canberra and the Future, 238. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY, compiled by ERICA FLORENCE CAMPBELL 241 B.A. (Melb.), Commonwealth National Library. List of Maps in Folder Canberra geological 4-mile sheet. Geological map, Canberra, A.C.T. Vegetation map of the A.C.T. Land Utilization in the A.C.T. Land Classification map of the A.C.T. Topographic map of A.C.T. and environs. Canberra, design by Walter Burley Griffin. Endpaper map, Canberra, January, 1954.

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List of Plates
Except where otherwise specified an the pictures themselves, the photographs are supplied by the News and Information Bureau, Department of the Interior.
Frontispiece: Autionn in Canberra
PLATE
(a) "The Federal City, Lake George" (b) "The Capital as it is to be" II (a) "A Tangle" (b) "A Pageant of the Future" III Federal Capital Site, Canberra, 1913, by T. Penleigh Boyd IV Limestone Plains, map by Robert Dixon, 1837 V The church of St John the Baptist, Canberra VI The Hon. Robert Campbell, 1834 VII (a) Sophia Campbell (b) Acton Cottage VIII (a) Lanyon Station (b) Cuppacumbalong IX Mrs and Mrs Thomas Southwell X (a) Canberra in 1862 (b) "Parkwood" XI Klensendorlife's farm, 1913 XII Settlers of the sixties XIII (a) The Old School and St John's (b) Ainslie Post Office XIV (a) Duntroon, c. 1870 (b) Old Duntroon XV (a) Cricket teams at Duntroon, c. 1880 (b) Croquet party at Duntroon, c. 1870 XVI (a) Duntroon, c. 1870 (b) Family group, Duntroon, c. 1860 XVII William James Farrer XVIII (a) The Hon. King O'Malley laying foundation stone, 1913 (b) "When the Circus came to Canberra—and after" XIX "The Missing Word" XX Walter Burley Griffin XXI (a) "An Easter Egg" (b) "A Strenuous Holiday" H.R.H. The Duke of York and Sir John Butters, ioth May 1927 (a) Opening of Parlament, 9th May 1927 (b) Lord Bruce of Melbourne and Sir Robert Garran Canberra from the foot of Mount Ainslie, 1923 Canberra from the foot of Mount Ainslie, 1953 E. melliodora-E. blakelyi (a) E. rnacrorrhyncha-E. rossii (b) E. fastigata-E. viminalis (a) Dicksonia antarctica and Blechnurn (b) E. gigantea-E. dalrympleana (a) E. niphophila (b) Callitris calcarata Casuarina cunninghamiana (a) Canberra from Red Hill, c. 1927 (b) Canberra from Red Hill, 1952 (a) View from Mount Ainslie across the Canberra Rift (b) View from Mount Ainslie across the Canberra Plain to the Cotter Horst (a) Uncomformity between Camp Hill Sandstone and Black Mountain Sandstone (b) Farming flats along Molonglo (a) Tharwa (b) Murrumbidgee at Tharwa (a) Naas valley (b) Cotter Dam and Reservoir Canberra: a general view (a) Canberra's "open heart" (b) Lonsdale Street, Braddon (c) Causeway, workshops Braddon industrial area Kingston-Causeway industrial area Canberra: pictorial plan (a) O'Connor from the air (b) Narrabundah from the air Racecourse flats, Acton (a) American War Memorial (b) Church of St Andrew

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