LAKE BURLEY GRIFFIN - AN INDEPENDENT GUIDE

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The following links are provided for reference. They are in no particular order. More will be added in due course.
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National Film and Sound Archive - Every March from 1985 to 1992 thousands flocked to the shores of Lake Burley Griffin to witness one of the more spectacular events on the Canberra Festival program, the Capital 7 Birdman Rally. Here is an article, with video and image of the event plus another video of the opening of Lake Burley Griffin in 1964.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/tags/lake-burley-griffin
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National Archives of Australia - Walter Burley Griffin - entry in Canberra design competition
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/snapshots/design29/burley-griffin/index.aspx
ACT Mapi - Historic plans including 1918 Walter Burley Griffin plan
http://app.actmapi.act.gov.au/actmapi/index.html?viewer=hp
Walter Burley Griffin - Capital Facts
https://www.nca.gov.au/sites/g/files/net791/f/6WalterBurleyGriffin_0.pdf
Walter Burley Griffin Society - Established in 1988 in Sydney, Australia, the Society commemorates the lives and
works of Walter Burley Griffin (1876–1937) and Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961) and promotes the environmental ideals and community life they fostered in Australia.

https://www.griffinsociety.org/
Lake Burley Griffin - Wikipedia entry - lots of useful links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Burley_Griffin
Engineers Australia - Lake Burley Griffin Scheme, Molonglo River 1964
https://portal.engineersaustralia.org.au/heritage/lake-burley-griffin-scheme-molonglo-river-1964
Watershed: Lake Burley Griffin Celebrates 50 Years - article by Sally Prior, Sydney Morning Herald
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/watershed-lake-burley-griffin-celebrates-50-years-20140828-1090op.html
Lake Burley Griffin - National Capital Authority. Useful info and maps
https://www.nca.gov.au/attractions-and-memorials/lake-burley-griffin
Captain Cook Society - Captain James Cook Memorial
https://www.captaincooksociety.com/home/detail/lake-burley-griffin-canberra-act-australia
Sir Robert Menzies address at the inauguration of Lake Burley Griffin, 17 October 1964. National Library of Australia oral history recording.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-222211020/listen?searchTerm=lake%20burley%20griffin
The City Renewal Authority’s Acton Waterfront Place Plan was released on 11 August 2020.
https://www.act.gov.au/cityrenewal/places/Acton-Waterfront/acton-waterfront-place-plan
The Lake Burley Griffin Guardians issued a media release in response to the above City Renewal Authority’s Acton Waterfront Place Plan on 13 August 2020
http://lakeburleygriffinguardians.org.au/media/Meda-Release-WB-New-plan-11Aug-20.pdf
Brochure - Lake Burley Griffin Guardians - "Crisis time for Lake Burley Griffin and its Foreshore"
http://lakeburleygriffinguardians.org.au/crisis-time-for-lake-burley-griffin-and-its-foreshore/

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