I had some vague memory of visiting Canberra as a lad, when we came up with my father … - John Henry Carver

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John Henry Carver

I had some vague memory of visiting Canberra as a lad, when we came up with my father by car. But when I made the long train journey from Sydney to Canberra and arrived at the little stop, I did wonder slightly whether this really was the national capital.

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