Timeline: 1908

(Former) Prime Minister Reid votes for the 'Yass-Canberra' option

(Former) Prime Minister Reid votes for the 'Yass-Canberra' option

This is George 'Yes-No' Reid's ballot paper to choose the capital, cast during the final historic vote in the House of Representatives, 8 October 1908, which selected 'Yass-Canberra'. A very canny politician, and Prime Minister of Australia in 1904-5, Reid played an important, behind-the-scenes role in the promotion of Canberra as the national capital.