#19787 - Farrer's dream for the Federal Capital at Waniassa
- Resource ID
- 19787
- Title/subtitle
- Farrer's dream for the Federal Capital at Waniassa
- Author/Creator
- Hall, Michael
- Format
- Journal article
- Identifier
- Farrer, William
- Publisher
- Canberra & District Historical Society
- Summary
- William Farrer, the internationally reknowned wheat breeder, proposed, in 1901, that Waniassa, in the Tuggeranong valley south of Canberra, be the site of the new Australian capital. He and John Gale produced a pamphlet to push their case to Members of Parliament.
- Location
- Newsletters ed.376, Sept 2001
- Availability
- Copies available for purchase.
