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Local History

The ACT Heritage Library receives many enquiries about the history and development of the ACT. 

Here we provide answers to frequently asked questions as well as some links to external sources of information.

People
          Places
                                   Events
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
  • Aboriginal People of the ACT
  • ACT Heritage Register
  • ACT Memorial
  • ACT Sport Hall of Fame
  • Albert Hall
  • Anticline at Deakin
  • Australian Forestry School
  • Ayrton, Alfred William
 
B
  • Berry, A.
  • Boyer, Richard
  • Brilliant, John David "Jack"
  • Brown, Morely
  • Buie, Robert
  • Burns Memorial
C
  • Canberra Croquet Club
  • Canberra and District Local History : A Select Bibliography
  • Canberra Incinerator
  • Corey, Ernest Albert
  • Cotter, James Cecil "Cec"
  • Cotter, Thomas Francis "Frank"
  • Crace, Everard Gregory
D
  • Deakin Anticline
  • de Salis, Charles Eric Fabius Fane "Eric"
  • Design of Canberra - Ideal City - 1912 competition to design the National Capital 
  • Domestic Architecture - Federal Capital period
  • Douglas, Percival Francis
E
  • Edwards, Albert William "Eddie"
  • Electoral Rolls
  • Evans, William John "Snowy"
F
  • Family History, Researching ACT 
  • Farrer, William
  • Federal Capital Domestic Architecture
  • Forestry School
G
  • Grimes, Edward Joseph "Ted"
H
  • Hamilton, Colin Campbell
  • Harrison, Hector
  • Heritage Register for the ACT
  • Hotel Canberra
I
  • Ideal City - 1912 competition to design the National Capital
  • Incinerator, Canberra
J
  • Jackson, Edward Mandevile "Johnny"
K
  • Kevans, Jack
L
  • Landon, Henry Osborne
  • Charles Lane-Poole
  • Ruth Lane-Poole
  • Literary Awards
  • Little, Leo
  • Local History of Canberra and District: A Select Bibliography
M
  • Mayo, Ernest Frederick
  • McMahon, Timothy Edumund
  • Merry-Go-Round
  • Middlecoat, Ray Twynham
  • Murray, Ernest
N
  • Newson, Frederick Thomas "Tom"
O
  • Ozlife
P
  • Place Names in the ACT
  • Pollack, Frederick  
  • Potter, George and also here
Q
R
  • Robertson, Henry "Harry"
  • Rowan Tree
S
  • Schools in the ACT
  • Southwell, Malcolm McIntosh "Mack" and also here 
  • Sport Hall of Fame
T
  • Tocumwal Houses
  • Turner, Henry Howard "Harry"
U
V
W
  • Webb, John "Jack"
  • Well Station
  • Westbourne Woods
  • Weston Park
  • Willis, Leslie Rumble 
  • Women in the Making of Canberra
X
Y
  • Yarralumla Brickworks
  • Yarralumla Brickworks Houses
  • Yarralumla Nursery
  • Yarralumla Woolshed

     

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