A history in dates
From the Ngunnawal country of the Limestone Plains to the capital of today — the founding, the building, and everything the modern city replaced.
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Old photographs, a family memory, a building we've missed — the archive grows from what people share.
Illustrations are original line drawings. Dates and events are drawn from public records including the National Archives of Australia, the National Capital Authority, the Australian Dictionary of Biography and other institutional sources linked on each entry. Spotted an error? Let us know.