It's a simple map, published a century ago in the Commonwealth Gazette between pages of customs and tender notices.

But the "plan of the lay-out of the city of Canberra and its environs" gazetted on November 19, 1925 finally enshrined Walter Burley Griffin's vision and made it a lasting touch point for a new city with national ambition.

The plan, devised by Griffin and his wife, Marion , had been the last entry to arrive in the international competition to design a new Australian capital.

"The Australian authorities may merely adopt my ground plan and fill in the architectural details to suit themselves," Griffin said on winning the competition in 1912.

"However, if my plan is carried out in all its details, I think the Australian capital will be the most beautiful city in histor

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