CIVIC CENTRE SHOPPING AREA.— Canberra’s residential and shopping areas are unique, the majority of the buildings being Australian adaptations of Spanish and Virginian types, so, popular, in American model cities. Unlike the business quarters of most cities, the business section of Canberra is of a uniform style. The civic centre — the main commercial and banking area of the city — is arresting with its tall white colonnaded buildings and dignified architecture.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1940, Page 5
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70CIVIC CENTRE SHOPPING AREA.—Canberra’s residential and shopping areas are unique, the majority of the buildings being Australian adaptations of Spanish and Virginian types, so, popular, in American model cities. Unlike the business quarters of most cities, the business section of Canberra is of a uniform style. The civic centre — the main commercial and banking area of the city — is arresting with its tall white colonnaded buildings and dignified architecture. Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1940, Page 5
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