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Canberra 1908
Old parliament house was opened by the queen
The first 'Canberra map' is published.
House of Representatives agrees to conduct a new ballot on the site of the national capital with eleven site options. -
canberra 1912
Walter Burley Griffin's 1912 Plan's entry no 29 is announced as the winner of the international competition to design Australia's new national capital. The entries of Elial Saarinen of Finland and Professor Alf Agache of France are named second and third respectively.
