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• Town Planning

  Town Planning
  Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome - early planning
  Renaissance and Baroque styles
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  The modern metropolis - new directions for planning
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• A Nation Needs a Capital

  A nation needs a capital
  The idea for a federal capital
  Other Australian capitals in 1900
  Choosing the location
  Marking out the site

• A Capital Competition

  A capital competition
  Information and materials
  The shortlist of 46

  No. 1, WJ Gilroy
  No. 4, Alfred Agache
  No. 7, Harold van Buren Magonigle
  No. 8, W Powrie
  No. 9, Alexander J Macdonald
  No. 10, Griffiths,Coulter, Caswell
  No. 14, Christie L Waite
  No. 15, Ernest William Gimson
  No. 16, Alfred Richard Sennett
  No. 18, Eliel Saarinen
  No. 20, Herbert J Kellaway
  No. 23, Walter Schulz
  No. 25, James Hine
  No. 27, John A Moffat
  No. 29, Walter Burley Griffin
  No. 31, ET Mische
  No. 34, Edward William Cracknell
  No. 35, Schaufelberg, Rees, Gummer
  No. 36, Lawson, Parr
  No. 37, André Bérard
  No. 40, James Coutts Junior
  No. 41, Arthur C Comey
  No. 42, Rush, Hewitt, Granger, Paist
  No. 43, James Gibson
  No. 44, J Hugh Davies
  No. 47, Maybeck, White, Hyde
  No. 48, Ole Jacob Holme
  No. 51, John Humphreys Jones
  No. 52, Guy Sherwood
  No. 53, RJA Roberts
  No. 54, Arthur Branscombe Wood
  No. 57, H Bedford-Tylor
  No. 58, WA Ritchie-Fallon
  No. 59, Arthur Samuel H McClay
  No. 60, Charles Heath
  No. 61, Frank Garner
  No. 62, Alexander Forbes
  No. 63, G Wallace Williamson
  No. 64, Christopher James Yorath
  No. 69, Louis Mortelmans
  No. 70, Arthur J Price and Sons
  No. 71, Charles HJ Clayton, Harold Slicer
  No. 74, Alfred J Roewade
  No. 76, Ralph Heaton
  No. 81, Nils Gellerstedt

  Almost winners

• The Griffins Win

  The Griffins Win
  Preparing the entry