Federal Capital Advisory Committee
The Federal Capital Advisory Committee (FCAC; Federal Capital Advisory Commission ) was a planning agency of the Australian government. It existed from 1921 to 1924 and oversaw the planning and construction of the new capital Canberra after the previously sole responsible planning director Walter Burley Griffin resigned.
history
The committee led by the architect John Sulman advised the interior minister and carried out a revision of the development plan designed by Griffin. It suggested that the capital's development should be done in three phases:
- In the first, three-year phase, the parliament was to be relocated from the temporary capital Melbourne and the most important employees of the ministries were to be transferred.
- The second phase, also lasting three years, was to include the construction of railway lines and public buildings.
- Finally, in the third phase, the capital should take on its permanent form.
However, the committee was barely able to implement these goals on time. For example, Parliament did not move to Canberra until 1927 and a railway line towards Melbourne does not exist to this day. In 1924 the FCAC was dissolved due to the slow development and replaced the following year by the Federal Capital Commission .
Successor authorities
The following authorities succeeded the FCAC:
- 1925-1930: Federal Capital Commission
- 1938–1957: National Capital Planning and Development Committee
- 1958–1989: National Capital Development Commission
- since 1989: National Capital Authority
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 1921-1924 Federal Capital Advisory Committee. In: History of the NCA. National Capital Authority , accessed February 24, 2020 .