NOTES AND COMMENTS.
THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. THE Prince of Wales, on laying the .foundation stone of Australia’s future Parliament House at Canberra, jocularly remarked that Canberra seemed to consist at present mainly of foundation stones. The Prince, though he would be too polite to say so, might have detected some resemblance between those foundation stones and the good intentions with which the floor of a certain establishment is said to be paved. It is twenty years since the Commonwealth of Australia came into existence, and it is still without a permanent capital. It was only after the insertion of a provision in the constitution that the capital should be in its territory that New South Wales consented to join the Federation. A further provision that the capital must not be within one hundred miles of Sydney and must be temporarily in Melbourne was necessary to secure the adhesion of Victoria. So far Victoria has had the best of the transaction, and the capital seems to be firmly established in Melbourne for a long time to come.
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Waipa Post, Volume XVII, Issue 960, 26 June 1920, Page 4
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