Jack Mildenhall's album captures the optimism of the first Canberra day

Jasper Lindell
January 16 2021 - 12:00am
Governor-general Lord Denman, prime minister Andrew Fisher, Lady Denman and home affairs minister King O'Malley on March 12, 1913, in a photograph included in Mildenhall's album. Picture: National Museum of Australia
Governor-general Lord Denman, prime minister Andrew Fisher, Lady Denman and home affairs minister King O'Malley on March 12, 1913, in a photograph included in Mildenhall's album. Picture: National Museum of Australia

In 1944, one of the best known public servants in Canberra came up the driveway at a neighbours' house on Flinders Way near Manuka and handed their 14-year-old son a large album of black-and-white photographs.

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Jasper Lindell

Jasper Lindell

Assembly Reporter

Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times' Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter.

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