Federal Capital Site photographs, Canberra, 1909-1929.

Title devised by cataloguer based on accompanying documentation, see file 206/07/00018 and reference sources.; Condition: Yellowing, faded, loss, creases, folds, soiled.; Album owned by Dudley Frederick Field (1907-1999) and includes 6 ephemera items in addition to the photographs. A Mr R. C. Field who was Steward of the Commonwealth Parliament House Refreshment Rooms in Melbourne is listed as being a member of the Federal City Camp in 1909.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn6386013. Album contains photographs and postcards of the Federal City Camp, which was used by the members of the Board appointed to report on sites for the federal capital along with the surveyors assisting them, and sites nearby. The camp was also known as Surveyor's Camp and Federal Members Camp. It was opened in March 1909 on Kurrajong Hill which was later renamed Capitol and Capital Hill. It's purpose was to conduct preliminary surveying work of an area to define the city area of the proposed national capital. This camp lasted for three weeks. In 1910 the surveyors returned and set up a base camp to undertake further surveying duties.Also contained in the album are images of Canberra from the 1920s including the construction and opening of Parliament House