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Lake Burley Griffin topographic map

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Name: Lake Burley Griffin topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Lake Burley Griffin, Kings Avenue, Parkes, Canberra, District of Canberra Central, Australian Capital Territory, 2600, Australia (-35.31405 149.07130 -35.28415 149.15672)

Average elevation: 589 m

Minimum elevation: 508 m

Maximum elevation: 811 m

Charles Robert Scrivener (1855–1923) recommended the site for Canberra in 1909, which was to be a planned capital city for the country. One of the reasons for the location's selection was its ability to store water "for ornamental purposes at reasonable cost"; Scrivener's work had demonstrated that the topography could be used to create a lake through flooding.

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