Early History

Canberra, Federal Capital of Australia, was in 1923 a city under construction. The population of the area was about 2,000 and included many building workers living in camps and “tent cities”. Four daily workers’ trains commenced running from Queanbeyan NSW to Canberra on 15 January 1923, over a railway opened to goods traffic on 23 May 1914.

Early History from 1928 to 1946

An interesting point considered by the Canberra Advisory Council during 1946 concerned the operation of double decker buses in Canberra.