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#19801 - The Beginnings of the Canberra & District Historical Society

Resource ID
Location
19801
Newsletters ed.385, Feb 2003
Title/subtitle
The Beginnings of the Canberra & District Historical Society
Author/Creator
Rudduck, Loma
Format
Newsletter article
Identifier
Canberra & District Historical Society (CDHS)
Publisher
Canberra & District Historical Society
Physical description
3p.
Summary
Discusses the Glebe Rectory, the McCallum Senate Select Committee on the Development of the National Capital and the submission of the Society to the Committee in 1954.
Availability
Copies available for purchase
Notes
The author is a foundation member of the Society and she also reflects on the reasons for its foundation and describes the colourful W.P. Bluett, regarded as as the 'father' of the CDHS.