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Local History
Sources for Aboriginal History in the ACT
Stories from the ACT Memorial
ACT Memorial Stories Gallipoli Landing
ACT Memorial Stories Gallipoli Evacuation
ACT Memorial Stories Leo Little
ACT Memorial Stories Ainslie Cricket Club
ACT Memorial Stories Tobruk
ACT Memorial Stories Everard Crace
ACT Memorial Stories Snowy River Men
ACT Memorial Stories Villers-Bretonneux
ACT Memorial Stories Colin Hamilton
ACT Memorial Stories Snowy Evans and the Red Baron
ACT Memorial Stories Jack Brilliant
ACT Memorial Stories Hector Harrison
ACT Memorial Stories Hill of Lambs
ACT Memorial Stories Chairman of the Board
ACT Memorial Stories Swinging the Banjo
ACT Memorial Stories Jack Kevans
Albert Hall Fact Sheet
Australian Forestry School
Canberra and the ACT
Bibliography of ACT History
Burns Memorial
Canberra Croquet Club
Canberra Houses
Researching ACT Family History
Canberra Incinerator
Deakin Anticline
Farrer, William
Hotel Canberra
Literary Awards
Merry-Go-Round
The Rowan Tree
Schools in the ACT
Well Station
Westbourne Woods
Weston Park
Yarralumla Brickworks
Yarralumla Brickworks Housing
Yarralumla Nursery
Yarralumla Woolshed

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Local History

The ACT Heritage Library receives many equiries about the history and development of the ACT.  Here we provide some of our answers to frequently asked questions and links to external sources of information.

People
Places
Events

Aboriginal People of the ACT

Researching ACT Family History

ACT Memorial and Stories from the ACT Memorial

Canberra and District Local History : A Select Bibliography

Electoral Rolls
searchable database 1916-1967

William Farrer, pioneer wheat breeder

Charles Lane-Poole, first Commonwealth forester

Ruth Lane-Poole, interior designer of the Lodge

Women in the Making of Canberra

Ozlife,
contains an index to The Canberra Times 1989-2005

Albert Hall, Yarralumla

Australian Forestry School, Yarralumla 

Burns Memorial, Forrest

Canberra and District Local History : A Select Bibliography

Canberra and the ACT  

Canberra Croquet Club, Yarralumla

Canberra Incinerator, Yarralumla

Deakin Anticline

Federal Capital Domestic Architecture

Hotel Canberra, Yarralumla

Merry-Go-Round, Civic 

Place Names in the ACT, origins 

Rowan Tree, Forrest

Schools in the ACT, opening dates

Westbourne Woods, Yarralumla

Well Station, Harrison

Weston Park, Yarralumla

Yarralumla Brickworks

Yarralumla Brickworks Houses

Yarralumla Nursery

Yarralumla Woolshed

Canberra and District Local History : A Select Bibliography


Ideal City,
1912 Competition to design the National Capital  

Literary Awards

 

 
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