| Description |
ix, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Learning to live on the Limestone Plains / Kate Rigby -- The long dinner party / Frank Moorhouse --A city of the mind / Marion Halligan -- An ideal city / David Headon -- 'A chosen city': Americans in the Capital / Christopher Vernon -- The view from Mount Ainslie / Andrew Sayers -- A great place to raise (Australian) kids / Shanti Sumartojo -- Cultural Capital / David Nichols -- Belconnen Mall / P. Harness -- When our Ethis sings / Glenda Cloghey -- Made in Canberra / Susan Boden and NIcholas Brown -- Recovery stories / Andrew McKenzie -- Representing the National Capital ar Regatta Point / Robert Freestone and Margaret Park -- Decompacting the City / Jack Lydiard -- Still settling the Limestone Plains / Stephen Dovers |
| Summary |
Canberra Red takes us beyond the elected reps and national landmarks, beyond the neat maps and ubiquitous aerial photographs that are the public face of the planned, political city. Some of Canberra's best known writers reveal what it is that makes their special city tick, and what has become of the grand vision of Walter Burley Griffin and his extraordinary partner, Marion.Including chapters from Marion Halligan, Frank Moorhouse and Andrew Sayers, lyrics from the unforgettable P. Harness, and newly 'discovered' postcards from Walter Burley Griffin himself, Canberra Red is a thoughtful and warm evocation of a city that has come of age |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Record machine-generated from publisher information |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| SUBJECT |
Canberra (A.C.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021725 -- In literature.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011414
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Canberra (A.C.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021725 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Canberra (A.C.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021725 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
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| Author |
Headon, David John, 1950- editor
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MacKenzie, Andrew (Landscape Architect), editor
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| ISBN |
174331583X (paperback) |
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9781743315835 (paperback) |
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