~ Auto Buzz ~: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 1956

Saturday 8 November 2014

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 1956



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For an “industrial precinct,” as the National Archives of Australia described this section of Canberra at the time of this June 1956 photo, Lonsdale Street looks fairly active with non-industrial folks going about their daily business. It also looks freshly laid out, like an insta-town just carved from the land surrounding the capital and seeded with fresh-faced settlers and their newly purchased cars. What do you see here?


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