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.

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May 2010

Saturday, 1 May, 2010

The events that surrounded Canberra’s 97th birthday were many and varied:
some tried and true such as Celebrate in the Park, some brand new such as the
extremely well-attended Symphony in the Park and Flipart, and some simply with
a new twist

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January 2010

Friday, 22 January, 2010

Happy New Year to you all. We begin 2010 with a real sense of shifting gears. Apart from planning content for 2013 itself, my mantra is ‘seed now, blossom in 2013, flower for a hundred years more'.

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October 2009

Firstly, thank you for the warm welcome I have received following my appointment as Creative Director for the Centenary of Canberra. I am delighted to be back in the national capital and I’m enjoying re-exploring Canberra’s wonderfully diverse arts and events scene.

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July 2009

Friday, 10 July, 2009

In a major step forward for the centenary project, Ms Robyn Archer AO has been announced as the Centenary of Canberra Creative Director. Robyn Archer is a singer, writer, director, artistic director and public advocate of the Arts.

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March 2009

Tuesday, 10 March, 2009

This year we celebrate Canberra’s 96th Birthday and four years to go until the Centenary of Canberra. In 2009 we also commemorate 100 years since Charles Scrivener first produced his famous maps of the newly selected site for the Australian capital.

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December 2008

Wednesday, 10 December, 2008

This year we celebrate the Centenary of the selection of the Yass-Canberra area as the site of Australia’s future capital city.  That selection was the culmination of a long period of debate and controversy, stretching back well into the years before Federation, as towns and regions across Australia had vied for the honour.

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Speeches

Chief Minister's launching Strategy Report and Blueprint

Monday, 10 April, 2006 by Sir William Deane

Sir William Deane

Friday, 10 March, 2006 by Sir William Deane
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Events

Show Us Your Limits Walk and Talk

Saturday, 21 August, 2010

Designing a Capital: Crafting a City 2010

Thursday, 27 May, 2010 - Saturday, 19 June, 2010

Canberra Gold Exhibition

Saturday, 20 February, 2010 - Sunday, 20 June, 2010
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