29 September 2012, 05:30 am
Capital Visions: From the Imagined to the Real
Speakers: Dr David Headon, former Director, Centre for Australian Cultural Studies, Canberra; and Prof Christopher Vernon, University of Western Australia
Planned as capital cities within years of each other, New Delhi and Canberra embody the vision of the British Empire at its peak. Hundred years on, we revisit the conception of these cities and reflect on their complex mutations