The capital city of Australia is a twentieth century creation. It emerged from a paddock in rural New South Wales one hundred years ago. On 12th March 1913 Lady Denman, the wife of Australia’s Governor-General, stood on the newly laid foundation stones and announced the name of the city to be – Canberra. The city had already been born by the time the crowd gathered in the … [Read more...] about The Dream of a Century: The Griffins in Australia’s capital
