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#19837 - The Primacy of the Land Axis

Resource ID
Location
19837
Newsletters ed.389, Oct 2003
Title/subtitle
The Primacy of the Land Axis
Author/Creator
Hall, Michael
Format
Journal article
Publisher
Canberra & District Historical Society; 2003
Summary
2003 marked the centenary of woman's suffrage in Australia and to mark the occassion the Commonwealth proposed erecting a sculpture called The Fan behind old Parliament House. The article discusses previous attempts to build monuments along the land axis.
Other monuments proposed for the land axis include the Australian-American war memorial, a road bridge, the carillon and the King George V statue.
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