#23492 - History of the Canberra Region
- Resource IDLocation
- 23492Ingram 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