Building a Capital City Canberra

Australia is a young nation, but its history is rich with stories of adventure, courage and endurance. This interesting series shares some of Australia’s great stories, revealing that truth is often more exciting than fiction. Each book covers the story comprehensively, using timelines, detailed accounts, fact boxes, variety of primary source materials and text types and informative photographs and illustrations. Read how Canberra was chosen over Australia’s two biggest and wealthiest cities – Melbourne and Sydney – and why there was controversy over the city’s design. This book is packed with information about the development of Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory. It tells about the people, plans, difficulties, setbacks and successes behind the building of the city at the centre of the Australian nation.