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#23492 - History of the Canberra Region

Resource ID
Location
23492
Ingram compactus
Title/subtitle
History of the Canberra Region
Author/Creator
Dawson, Barbara
Format
Collection
Publisher
Barbara Dawson
Summary
In 1989 and 1990 Barbara Dawson conducted a course, The History of the Canberra Region at ANU's Centre for Continuing Education. The collection consists of her course notes, overheads, slides and an interview with Bert Vest.
Notes
Folder 1 - History of the Canberra Region course outline, notes on sources. Folder 2 - notes on Aboriginal history, place names, sources. Folder 3 - 1828 census. Folder 4 - explorers. Folder 5 - Early names. Folder 6 - Earliest settlers & homesteads. Folder 7 - Way of Life. Folder 8 - Site selection and Canberra as the national capital