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MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, LAND AND PLANNING
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 384
History of Canberra - Fourth Volume
Mr Westende -asked the Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning
(1)Was a consultant employed to write the History of ACT Self-Government and, if so, why.
(2)Will this book be sold and; if so, will the proceeds go to the Government or the author.
Mr Wood - the answer to the Members question is as follows.
(1) During 1989 discussions were held between officers of the ACT Government Service and the University of Canberra about the development of a project to record the administrative history of the transition to self-government. The ACT Administration had previously initiated and funded, as a Bicentennial project, a three volume History of Canberra. The intention was to collect, catalogue and analyse both oral and written source materials which would provide a bank of data for use as a source for future volumes of an administrative history of the ACT and the, creation of self-government. The project was launched by the. then Chief Minister, Mr Trevor Kaine, on 11. May 1990 at a seminar entitled "Government of the. Two Canberras: Canberra as the National Capital and. Canberra as a Place to Live".
Following agreement with the University of Canberra, two research assistants were appointed in early 1990 to carry out the necessary research work. These people have worked to an academic, director, Professor Roger Wettenhall, and a steering committee. The research work entailed a large number of interviews with key figures and considerable research. of the documentary evidence. Following completion of the data gathering, work is proceeding to prepare a draft manuscript. It is expected this work will be completed by about the end-of 1992.
The project was commenced in -1989 because a large number of the key players, stretching back over the previous 25 years, were still alive and accessible. This has greatly facilitated the research effort.
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