Robert Macklin ‘The man who planted Canberra: Charles Weston and his 3 million trees’

Robert's recent book explores Weston's life in the UK and his vital contribution to Canberra’s dramatic foundation and its arboreal and botanic creation.

Abstract
The design of the Capital by Walter Burley Griffin – and its brilliant illustration by Marion Mahony Griffin – has overwhelmed its remarkable arboreal and botanical creation by Charles Weston from 1913. When Griffin departed in 1920 at the behest of the Hughes Government, Weston became responsible for the city’s entire landscape in time for the Opening of Parliament in 1927. With the support of the thesis by Dr John Gray, Robert's book explores Weston's life in the UK and his vital contribution to Canberra’s dramatic foundation.

Biography:
Robert Macklin is the award-winning author of 31 books, mostly non-fiction, of Australian history in peace and war.

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Booking
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