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#16648 - Charles Scrivener

Resource ID
Location
16648
Photograph 2945
Title/subtitle
Charles Scrivener
Picture
Charles Scrivener
Format
Photograph
Publisher
[n.d.]
Physical description
Black & white photograph; 16cm x 13cm
Summary
Charles Scrivener and his motorised bicycle.
Availability
Not for loan. Copies available for purchase.
Notes
Scrivener was the Government surveyor who in 1909 recommended the site, in the Yass-Canberra district, for the construction of the national capital. He later became Director-General of Lands and Survey in the Department of Home Affairs.