C1958

Tourist Map Canberra Australian Capital Territory

Mapmaker:

Walter Burley Griffith (1876 - 1937)

$A 850

Scarce, large scale c.20th map of Canberra made by the Department of the Interior which at the time was headed by John Rogers (1898-1971), surveyor and public servant. Following reorganisation of the Department of the Interior in 1951, Rogers was appointed assistant-secretary in charge … Read Full Description

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S/N: ACT-TP-TMC-1958–458066

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Full Title:

Tourist Map Canberra Australian Capital Territory

Date:

C1958

Mapmaker:

Walter Burley Griffith (1876 - 1937)

Condition:

In good condition, with folds as issued. Laid on archival linen.

Technique:

Lithograph printed in colour.

Image Size:

445mm

x 634mm

Paper Size:

462mm

x 851mm

Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:

1958

Description:

Scarce, large scale c.20th map of Canberra made by the Department of the Interior which at the time was headed by John Rogers (1898-1971), surveyor and public servant.

Following reorganisation of the Department of the Interior in 1951, Rogers was appointed assistant-secretary in charge of the A.C.T. planning and development branch while retaining his existing post of surveyor-general. His new role gave him the additional responsibilities that included, areas such as parks and gardens, forestry and agriculture, and the sale of leases for business and residential purposes.

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National Library Australia: Bib ID: 356103

Walter Burley Griffith (1876 - 1937)

American architect, landscape designer, and city planner whose most ambitious work was the Australian Federal Capital, Canberra. After studying at the University of Illinois, Urbana, Griffin worked in Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural studio at Oak Park. There he met the architect-renderer Marion Mahony, whom he married in 1911. Early in 1912 Griffin won an international competition to plan the new Federal Capital of Australia, Canberra.

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