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Capital designs : Australia House and visions of an imperial London / Eileen Chanin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chanin, Eileen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Australia House (London, England)--History--20th century.
- Australia House (London, England).
- London (England)--History.
- London (England).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (474 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- North Melbourne, Victoria : Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty, Limited, [2018]
- Summary:
- This book relates the untold story of how Australia's first diplomatic mission was conceived, designed and built. Commenced in 1913, Australia House was opened in 1918 while the Great War still raged. Being London's first purpose-built Dominion embassy building, it defined London as an Imperial capital. It is a story of ambitions and achievements - global, imperial, local and personal.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-922454-69-9
- OCLC:
- 1243536951
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