Name this place.
It's local Aboriginal name means 'Black Possum'. The site was proposed for the development a major city as a port for overseas shipping in 1918. This place was also the suggested site of the major naval base for the Pacific Fleet by Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Jellicoe, in 1919.
The proposed city was designed by W. Scott Griffiths and covered an area of 7000 acres. Plans for the development included farming lots for returned soldiers, a railway link, industrial and educational zones, a cathedral, golf links and cemeteries. Subdivisions were conducted, sales flyers sent out and the world was told that this place was likely to be the capital of Australia.
The site for Walter Burley Griffin's great city (the New York of Australia), planned in the expectation that it's access to an excellent deepwater port meant that it would become the main seaport for New South Wales. The land was purchased by Henry F. Haloran, land developer and surveyor, but the city never eventuated. Plans for the city show two railway stations, a business district, Federal and State office sites, a factory district, car parks, wharves, parks and playgrounds. The subdivision commenced in 1918, the outline of which can still be seen from the air. It's layout and design bears an uncanny resemblance to the orderliness of Canberra which were the hallmarks of Burley Griffins works.
The proposal was later rejected and the city never eventuated.
A shark catching and processing station opened in 1927 and was later converted into an ice factory.
What is my place name?
It's local Aboriginal name means 'Black Possum'. The site was proposed for the development a major city as a port for overseas shipping in 1918. This place was also the suggested site of the major naval base for the Pacific Fleet by Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Jellicoe, in 1919.
The proposed city was designed by W. Scott Griffiths and covered an area of 7000 acres. Plans for the development included farming lots for returned soldiers, a railway link, industrial and educational zones, a cathedral, golf links and cemeteries. Subdivisions were conducted, sales flyers sent out and the world was told that this place was likely to be the capital of Australia.
The site for Walter Burley Griffin's great city (the New York of Australia), planned in the expectation that it's access to an excellent deepwater port meant that it would become the main seaport for New South Wales. The land was purchased by Henry F. Haloran, land developer and surveyor, but the city never eventuated. Plans for the city show two railway stations, a business district, Federal and State office sites, a factory district, car parks, wharves, parks and playgrounds. The subdivision commenced in 1918, the outline of which can still be seen from the air. It's layout and design bears an uncanny resemblance to the orderliness of Canberra which were the hallmarks of Burley Griffins works.
The proposal was later rejected and the city never eventuated.
A shark catching and processing station opened in 1927 and was later converted into an ice factory.
What is my place name?
