User:Annrobinaaustin

I came to Canberra in 1941 when the city had changed little from 1927. It consisted of isolated temporary settlements, camps and the beginnings of permanent suburbs. The temporary Canberra was set up in areas out of sight of permanent Canberra.

As post World War Two development took place that included the filling of Lake Burley Griffin in 1963 the temporary settlements that included Westlake, Molonglo, Russell Hill and Causeway had to go. The history of this Canberra has been neglected. I began my research on this part of our history in the 1980s and have published several books, the first being Builders of Canberra 1909-1929 and the last, A Story of Capital Hill.

I have several webs that contain information on this period of Canberra's local history - http://hiddencanberra.webs.com/ The Hidden Canberra Web Home page has links to my other web pages and others - Canberra Camps, Early Canberra and Canberra History. In the Canberra Camps Web are drafts for a revised Builders of Canberra 1909-1929 and a full copy of A Story of Capital Hill.