Planning is under way for a year of memorable celebrations to mark this special anniversary not only for Canberrans but for all Australians. The Centenary of Canberra will create lasting legacies in many forms, to take our city confidently into the next century.

Events

Sue Holliday 2011 Walter Burley Griffin Memorial Lecture

Wednesday, 30 November, 2011

Sue Holliday will deliver the 2011 Walter Burley Griffin Memorial Lecture on Wednesday at 6pm in the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University
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Jyll Bradley Residency

Tuesday, 27 September, 2011-Wednesday, 16 November, 2011

Creative Director Robyn Archer AO has invited internationally renowned UK visual artist Jyll Bradley to Canberra for a four week research and development residency.
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Canberra Memorabilia project information sessions

Thursday, 15 September, 2011

The Canberra Memrobilia project is now open! The project is a competition to design high quality items to be sold as memorabilia for the city’s centenary in 2013. Information sessions are being held across Canberra.
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Centenary of Canberra Community Tree Planting Day

Sunday, 1 May, 2011

Join the Centenary of Canberra and Greening Australia and plant native trees and shrubs to help rehabilitate the Lower Cotter Catchment. This planting will see the 200,000th tree planted in the Lower Cotter since the 2003 Bushfires. .
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Canberra Day Oration

Saturday, 12 March, 2011

Centenary of Canberra Creative Director Ms Robyn Archer AO, will deliver the Canberra and District Historical Society's 2011 Canberra Day Oration,
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You Are Here

Thursday, 10 March, 2011-Sunday, 20 March, 2011

Over 10 days, You Are Here will enliven the Canberra CBD for Canberra’s 98th birthday, in the lead up to the Centenary of Canberra in 2013.
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Devotion, Daring and Sense of Destiny Exhibition - last chance

Friday, 3 December, 2010

The Devotion, Daring and Sense of Destiny: Surveyors of the Early Commonwealth exhibition, curated by Centenary of Canberra History Adviser Dr David Headon, is closing soon.
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2011 Designing a Capital: Crafting a City

In the years leading up to the Centenary of Canberra celebrations, Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre presents Designing a Capital: Crafting a City, an annual program that probes and explores the design and crafting of a nation's capital.
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Speeches

Gastronomia

Friday, 13 May, 2011 by Robyn Archer AO

Tree of Knowledge Planting Ceremony - Arboretum

Tuesday, 19 April, 2011 by Chief Minister Jon Stanhope

Canberra Day Oration

Saturday, 12 March, 2011 by Robyn Archer AO
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Events

Jyll Bradley Residency

Tuesday, 27 September, 2011 - Wednesday, 16 November, 2011
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