AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL.
FIRST OFFICIAL BUILDING. By Telegraph. ■>• Press Association.— Copyright MELBOURNE, 6th April. The first official building proposed to be erected on the Federal capital site is an observatory on Mount Strongbew, 2600 feet above sea level. The Government is> considering- the erection of a temporary observatory pending the completion uf a permanent one. Mr. D. Miller, the Secretary of the Ilome Affairs Department, who spent the Eastor holidays on the Federal capital site, says (accordiug to the Sydney Telegraph of the Ist nit-t.) tat the party of aurveyorn h {proceeding very rapidly with the contour nirvey.s of tho city site and the surrounding area. This work will be finished in a few days' lime. The hurveyoi'h will then j, r o on with an examination of the catchment area* of the different streams. The topographical and probably tbAXMiixzn surveys will follow.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 81, 7 April 1910, Page 7
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