Summary heading

Function and purpose

Related legislation

Using the series

Language of material

Physical characteristics

System of arrangement and control

 The control symbol is a two part number consisting of the contestant's number followed by the number of the lithographic copy

Relationships with other records

Finding aids

Access conditions

Series history

Provenance

This series consists of those extant copies of designs of finalists submitted by the finalists in the Federal Capital Design 

Competition, 1911-1912.  The original designs were drawn over a map of a contour survey of the Federal Capital Site 

by C.S. Scrivener, District Surveyor of the Department of Home Affairs. It is apparent that multiple lithographic 

copies of all designs submitted were produced. 

However not all have survived. 

The designs in this series have 1, 2 or 3 copies. 

Immediate source of acquisition

Custodial history

The series was originally transferred to archival custody as CP895/3 in 1961 from the Lands and S

urveys Branch of the then Department of the Interior.

Quantity in agency custody

Disposal history

Publication note

Additional information

17 lithographs were given running numbers from 1-17 and placed in mylar covers. (17/5/1979)

These 17 lithographs had 8 identifiable candidate numbers : - 4; 7; 10; 18; 29; 35; 41 and 81.

A project was undertaken in February 2013 to prepare this series for the centenary of Canberra. For consistency, it was decided to apply the same control symbol to this series as had been applied in series A763. This is a two part number comprising the design competition candidate number and the number of the lithographic copy. 

Fortunately, through a process of comparison, the other 12 items subsequently located in the folder, which were second or third copies were able to be attributed to candidates, as they were duplicates of the 17 items that had candidate numbers and identification written on them.

These 12 were also at this date encapsulated in mylar and allocated a control symbol. A new control symbol was given to the original 17 items.

The designs were submitted as part of the Australian Federal Capital Design competition May 1911 - 31 January 2012. The date for receipt of designs was later extended to 28 February 2012.

See: Paul Reid - Canberra following Griffin : a design history of Australia’s national capital, Canberra, NAA., 2002.