Canberra Album

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Looking south from the site of the Australian National University, Canberra
(2004-02-25T22:42:10Z) Australian News and Information Bureau
View from a grassy slope of a plain and low hills with in the distance, the mountains of the Brindabella Range. The foreground land is mostly fenced paddocks with eucalyptus trees in the lower left and willows and poplars towards the centre. The university's site had been chosen by Canberra's planner, Walter Burley Griffin in his 1912 prize-winning design for the federal capital. He had sited it at the foot of Black Mountain to the west of Civic Centre and on the northern shore of the future Lake Burley Griffin. This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the Australian National University over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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Projected development of the Australian National University site, Acton, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
(2004-02-25T22:42:13Z) Australian News and Information Bureau
Aerial view of the plan for the university site as seen from the east. On the left, the campus extends onto a peninsula into the not yet created Lake Burley Griffin. The future West Basin borders the university in the lower part of the drawing and West Lake is visible in the upper area where Sullivan's Creek enters the lake below Black Mountain. The plan was designed by Brian Lewis, Professor of Architecture at the University of Melbourne who in 1947 was appointed Consulting Architect for the Australian National University. Lewis' scheme envisaged a roughly symmetrical axis from West Basin to Black Mountain, in keeping with Walter Burley Griffin's overall vision for Canberra.This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the ANU over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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View from the slopes of Mount Ainslie, over the Australian War Memorial and the Molongolo river flats, to the Australian Alps in the distance
(2004-02-25T22:42:14Z) Australian News and Information Bureau
View from a mountain slope of a plain with trees and buildings and in the distance, the mountains of the Brindabella Range. The large domed building is the Australian War Memorial which was designed by Emil Sodersten and John Crust and opened in 1941.Saint John's Anglican church, completed in 1845, can be seen in the centre left of the picture while the houses of Reid are visible among the trees on the right.This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the Australian National University over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
(2004-02-25T22:42:15Z) Australian News and Information Bureau
View of the front façade of Old Parliament House seen from a rose bed on the other side of King George Terrace. The setting includes flowering trees and large conifers. Three cars are parked in front of the building and two flags fly from flagpoles. One is the Australian flag and the other is white with dark shapes at the corners.The temporary Parliament House was designed by John Murdoch and officially opened by the Duke and Duchess of York on 9 May 1927.This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the Australian National University over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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A typical home in one of the older parts of Canberra
(2004-02-25T22:42:17Z) Commonwealth Department of Information
View of a white house with tiled roof set in a garden with deciduous trees and an evergreen hedge. The house features a small front porch with an arch, a broad tapering chimney and a multi-paned window placed symmetrically below a roof apex. These design details indicate that it is a Federal Capital Commission Type 3 cottage. In 1926 the FCC published a booklet: Canberra; General Notes for the Information of Public Servants, which included a range of house designs from which newly arrived public servants could choose a home to buy or rent. The designs were prepared by the Commission's Chief Architect, Henry Rolland, with the help of John Murdoch and John Kirkpatrick. The trees on the nature strip appear to be silver birches (betula alba). This house was probably in Belmore Gardens in Barton because that was one of the very few streets in suburbs built in the 1920s which was planted with birches. A house of this type still exists in Belmore Gardens.This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the Australian National University over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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Aerial view of part of Canberra's southern suburbs, Australian Capital Territory
(2004-02-25T22:42:22Z) Commonwealth Department of Information
View from the north of Canberra's southern suburbs. The sportsground on the left is Telopea Park which leads to Manuka Oval. Behind the oval is the cinema theatre known as the Capitol Theatre (demolished 1980), St Christopher Roman Catholic church and the Manuka shopping centre. Spreading out to the rear is the suburb of Griffith. The oval in the centre is part of the grounds of the Telopea Park public school, which is to the right. In the foreground is a section of the suburb of Barton. The influence of the Garden City movement on Canberra's town-planning can be seen in the generous spaces allowed for parks and gardens. The near view of houses and streetscapes also shows nature strips, street planting and uniform hedges.This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the Australian National University over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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Autumn scene in Civic Centre, City, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
(2004-02-25T22:42:26Z) Commonwealth Department of Information
View of the Sydney Building in Northbourne Avenue looking north from London Circuit. Hotel Civic (demolished 1985) can be seen on the far side of the Sydney Building.The scene includes a street planting of deciduous trees (probably ulmus americana) and conifers (probably calocedrus decurrens). The number two on the front of the bus parked on the right indicates that this bus ran the second of the two bus routes operating in Canberra at that time.The Sydney Building, completed in 1927 and its twin, the Melbourne Building, were designed by John Sulman and John Kirkpatrick to be the focal point of Civic Centre. Sulman's idea of the arcaded loggias is derived from Brunelleschi's Foundling Hospital and the cloisters of the Church of San Lorenzo in fifteenth century Florence. The Mediterranean influence was maintained by Kirkpatrick with Roman roof tiles and cast embellishments such as roundels. Civic Centre was opened by the Prime Minister, Mr S. M. Bruce on 3 December 1927. This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the Australian National University over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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St John's Church of England, Reid, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
(2004-02-25T22:42:29Z) Commonwealth Department of Information
View of St John's Church seen from the back, and graveyard. Constructed out of bluestone from Mount Pleasant and sandstone from Black Mountain and with a shingle roof, this early Canberra church was completed in 1845. St John's is in the Gothic Revival style, as seen in the spire and the tracery structure of the stained-glass window in the rear wall. Among the headstones is one carved with a cross in a circle above two diagonals and an inscription that includes; In Loving memory/OF/WILLIAM YOUNG. This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the Australian National University over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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St. Christophers Catholic Church, Manuka, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
(2004-02-25T22:42:32Z) Commonwealth Department of Information
View looking north from Franklin Street of the front and left side of a large church built of pale bricks. In the distance can be seen the spire of St Andrews Presbyterian Church and Capital Hill, the site of the future New Parliament House. St. Christopher's exterior features extensive use of rounded arches; in doorways, windows and as a relief motif in the brickwork. Above the front entrance is a large circle composed of circular windows. Clement Glancey designed the church in 1935 in the Spanish Romanesque style. The first stage was opened in 1938 and in 1973 the building was complete when a campanile tower was erected. The church is now St Christopher Cathedral. The land it was built on was one of a number of five-acre sites offered in 1926 to the various Christian denominations by the Federal Capital's planners. The Catholic precinct in Forrest includes the Colonial Revival Convent of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan and the former St Christopher's School, both designed by S. Roarty and built in 1928. This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the Australian National University over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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Commonwealth Solar Observatory at Mount Stromlo
(2004-02-25T22:42:34Z) Photographer: Commonwealth Department of Information
View of the administration wing of the observatory flanked by two domed octogonal towers. A man stands on the viewing platform of the foreground dome. This dome houses the Farnham Telescope, named in honour of Lord Farnham whose estate funded the telescope. The dome to the right of the entrance houses the Solar Telescope. Cypresses have been planted either side of the entrance wing and in the distance can be seen pine plantation trees.The buildings have a symmetrical layout with an arched doorway marking the central axis. Visible on the near tower is a frieze that alludes to the sun by means of roundels. The administration building was one of a number of garden pavilion complexes designed for the Federal Capital. Its architect was John Murdoch, assisted initially by Henry Rolland and later by Robert Casboulte. Established in 1924, observatory activities were underway by late 1926 and in 1957 Mount Stromlo became part of the Australian National University. Bushfires destroyed much of the Mount Stromlo complex on 18 January 2003.This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the ANU over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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The Entomology section of the Australian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Acton, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
(2004-02-25T22:42:36Z) Commonwealth Department of Information
View of the Entomology and Administration buildings of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) branch in Canberra. The buildings are distinguished by their symmetrical facades and vertical bays of windows. Architecturally, they are examples of the Inter-War Stripped Classical style, with some elements of Art Deco. The latter is seen in the molded insect plaques inserted under the streamlined relief at the base of the roof line. The landscape setting comprises lawn, paths and evergreen shrubs planted at regular intervals. The Division of Economic Entomology was one of the earliest Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Divisions created. It was established in April 1928 with Dr Robin Tillyard as its first Chief. This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the Australian National University over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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Forestry School, Yarralumla, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
(2004-02-25T22:42:37Z) Commonwealth Department of Information
View from Schlich Street of the symmetrical façade of the Australian Forestry School. The School was built in 1927 by the Federal Capital Commission from designs by John Kirkpatrick, assisted by Henry Rolland. Architecturally, it is an example of the Inter-War Stripped Classical style. It features round arched openings at the entrance and in the projecting end bays and roundels above the rectangular vertical windows. The stepped parapet above the front door follows through from the entrance steps. The landscape setting is also symmetrical and formal in its arrangement of lawns, paths and cypresses. The School's location was chosen because of the proximity to the arboretum at Westbourne Woods. In 1965 the School's educational role was taken over by the Australian National University and in 1975 its research activities were transferred to the CSIRO (Commonweath Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) which has since occupied the building. This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the ANU over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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Practical work in a laboratory at Canberra High School, Acton, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
(2004-02-25T22:42:39Z) Commonwealth Department of Information
Photograph of a high school student writing notes in an exercise book while looking down a microscope. Jars on the bench that contain organic specimens indicate that the occasion is a biology class. On the other hand, some retorts connected by pipes suggest that a chemistry experiment may also be under way.The benchtop is equipped with gas taps for bunsen burners. Behind the boy is a blackboard. Canberra High School, designed by Charles Whitley, opened in 1939 and was regarded as one of the most modern high schools in Australia. Over 300 students attended at the time the picture was taken. In the 1960s, the school vacated the Acton site and occupied a new building in Macquarie. Over a number of years the old premises came to be used as an art school. In 1992 the Canberra Institute of the Arts, as it was now called, amalgamated with the Australian National University.This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the ANU over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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Practical work in a workshop at Canberra High School, Acton, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
(2004-02-25T22:42:39Z) Commonwealth Department of Information
Photograph of a high school student in overalls working at a metal lathe. Presumably the boy is attending a metalworking class. His hair has been cut in the short, back and sides style. Canberra High School, designed by Charles Whitley, opened in 1939 and was regarded as one of the most modern high schools in Australia. Over 300 students attended at the time the picture was taken. In the 1960s the school vacated the Acton site and occupied a new building in Macquarie. Over a number of years the old premises came to be used as an art school. In 1992 the Canberra Institute of the Arts, as it was now called, amalgamated with the Australian National University.This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the ANU over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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Practical work in a workshop at Canberra High School, Acton, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
(2004-02-25T22:42:40Z) Commonwealth Department of Information
Photograph of a high school student in a woodwork class feeding a plank of wood through an electric bench saw. The saw's brand name is: OLIVER. The model number is possibly:158. The boy wears an apron over his clothes, which include a vest and tie. Visible in the background is another workbench that holds lathe-worked timber cylinders and a mallet.Canberra High School, designed by Charles Whitley, opened in 1939 and was regarded as one of the most modern high schools in Australia. Over 300 students attended at the time the picture was taken. In the 1960s the school vacated the Acton site and occupied a new building in Macquarie. Over a number of years the old premises came to be used as an art school. In 1992 the Canberra Institute of the Arts, as it was now called, amalgamated with the Australian National University.This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the ANU over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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Practical work in a workshop at Canberra High School, Acton, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
(2004-02-25T22:42:41Z) Commonwealth Department of Information
Photograph of two high school students working at a bench in a technical drawing classroom. There are drawing boards, set squares and similar tools on the benchtop and folders in a shelf underneath. Both boys wear long trousers and the nearest has a short, back and sides haircut. A glass-fronted cupboard holds geometric forms and measuring equipment and on the wall is a poster about the parabola. In the background are more shapes and two empty painting stretchers. Canberra High School, designed by Charles Whitley, opened in 1939 and was regarded as one of the most modern high schools in Australia. Over 300 students attended at the time the picture was taken. In the 1960s the school vacated the Acton site and occupied a new building in Macquarie. Over a number of years the old premises came to be used as an art school. In 1992 the Canberra Institute of the Arts, as it was now called, amalgamated with the Australian National University.This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the ANU over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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Aerial view of Canberra High School, Acton, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
(2004-02-25T22:42:44Z) Commonwealth Department of Information
Aerial view looking south that shows Childers Street as it comes off University Avenue and leads to a loop of lawn at the front entrance of the school. In the top right of the picture are various buildings, including those of the former Canberra Community Hospital, which were on land that was to become part of the Australian National University campus. On the left of Childers Street boys play on the football oval, while on the right, students are using other sports facilities including a hockey field and tennis courts. Trees planted along University Avenue include populus alba (white poplars), cedrus atlantica (atlantic cedars), prunus and oak species. Canberra High School was designed by Department of Works architect, Charles Whitley in Art Deco style. It features a central clock tower and semi -circular projections at both ends of the long façade. Decorative relief elements include the vertical panel between the tower windows and horizontal streamlining around the front entrance and above the windows. When it was opened in 1939 it was regarded as one of the most modern high schools in Australia. Over 300 students attended at the time the picture was taken. In the 1960s the school vacated the Acton site and occupied a new building in Macquarie. Over a number of years the old premises came to be used as an art school. In 1981 major additions to the building won the Royal Australian Institute of Architects first National award for architectural excellence.The Canberra Institute of the Arts, as it was now called, amalgamated with the ANU in 1992.This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the ANU over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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Physical training at Canberra High School, Acton, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
(2004-02-25T22:42:46Z) Commonwealth Department of Information
Photograph of girls doing synchronised skipping on grass. The girls are all bare-footed and most wear blouses. Several are dressed in school tunics or skirts, while others exercise in shorts. Canberra High School, designed by Charles Whitley, opened in 1939 and was regarded as one of the most modern high schools in Australia. Over 300 students attended at the time the picture was taken. In the 1960s the school vacated the Acton site and occupied a new building in Macquarie. Over a number of years the old premises came to be used as an art school. In 1992 the Canberra Institute of the Arts, as it was now called, amalgamated with the Australian National University.This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the ANU over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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Boys and girls change places at Canberra High School, Acton, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
(2004-02-25T22:42:47Z) Commonwealth Department of Information
Photograph of boys mixing flour in a domestic science classroom. The students stand at marble topped benches surrounded by various utensils such as flour scoops and sieves and with their hands in bowls. The boys all wear white aprons. Along the wall under the windows is a sink and an oven. Canberra High School, designed by Charles Whitley, opened in 1939 and was regarded as one of the most modern high schools in Australia. Over 300 students attended at the time the picture was taken. In the 1960s the school vacated the Acton site and occupied a new building in Macquarie. Over a number of years the old premises came to be used as an art school. In 1992 the Canberra Institute of the Arts, as it was now called, amalgamated with the Australian National University.This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the ANU over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.
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Physical training at Canberra High School, Acton, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
(2004-02-25T22:42:47Z) Commonwealth Department of Information
Photograph of girls in groups of three holding hands and running or dancing in circles on grass. The girls are all bare-footed and most wear blouses. Several are dressed in school tunics or skirts, while others exercise in shorts. Canberra High School, designed by Charles Whitley, opened in 1939 and was regarded as one of the most modern high schools in Australia. Over 300 students attended at the time the picture was taken. In the 1960s the school vacated the Acton site and occupied a new building in Macquarie. Over a number of years the old premises came to be used as an art school. In 1992 the Canberra Institute of the Arts, as it was now called, amalgamated with the Australian National University.This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the ANU over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.

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