We live in an apartment in Kingston, a central suburb of Canberra.
Canberra was selected as the capital of Australia in 1913 - a pastoral area on an impressive
limestone plain.
In the 1920s the city began to develop, including the new Parliament House
(opened in 1927), and our suburb, Kingston, built for workers in the new government offices.
For ACT Heritage Week there was a tour of Kingston to highlight its historical past. We
joined the tour with a friends from our apartments
We began at Green Square, the heart of the shopping centre. Local businesses maintain the
parkland for young families to enjoy.
The shopping centre was established in the late 1920s, one of the first in Canberra.
Some businesses have kept some of the original features and structure.
The home of Canberra's first commercial radio station.
Kingston or Eastlake as it was originally called was established for the workers at the Printing Office
and power station nearby.
This was one of the early street markers.
Some of the heritage - listed houses.
The small garages built in The Depression, in 1930-32, as a special work project for the unemployed.
They were designed to house a tiny Austin A30 car.
Towards Lake Burley-Griffin is a new Kingston precinct.
Some of the early buildings remain, now remodelled and forming part of a new Arts precinct.
The Printing Office annex
The bus station
The Power Station (now The Glassworks)
The Fitters' Workshop (now a music performing space)
Exciting plans and developments envisaged for Kingston, particularly on the Foreshore on Lake Burley Griffin.
M&M
