The strangest capital in the world

Canberra, June 1929 – August 1929

Most likely, Ross visited Canberra in July 1929. As a passenger list indicates, Colin Ross arrived in Sydney on June 25, 1929, having departed in Auckland, New Zealand. The Brisbane Telegraph reports that Colin Ross left Sydney for his tour going north into Queensland (rather than south towards Canberra) in the first week of August 1929.








Colin Ross. Die seltsamste Hauptstadt der Welt: Canberra, das sechstausend Einwohner zählt. Arbeiter-Zeitung. 1931 Mar 15.


Route: Oceania-Asia Trip 1928-30




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