City and environs. The fine red lines are Griffin’s axes along which he aligned the principal structures of the city. The land axis runs from Mount Ainslie, through Kurrajong Hill (marked ‘Capitol’, where Parliament House now stands) toward Bimberi Peak. The red line from Black Mountain to the southeast is the water axis. The black line is Griffin’s municipal axis and follows the line of the present Constitution Avenue. The triangle present in the centre of the drawing is the symbolic heart of the city. At its corners are the Municipal Government, the Market Centre and the Capitol. Within the triangle, Griffin placed the most important buildings of the government and the people.
152 x 76 cm.
NAA: A710, 38 http://www.aa.gov.au/cgi-bin/Search?Number=4185428&O=I