Alternative Sites Considered for Australia's Capital

Before Canberra's selection in 1908, these locations were proposed:

• Albury (NSW/VIC border)
• Armidale (northern NSW)
• Bathurst (central NSW)
• Bombala (southern NSW)
• Bourke (far western NSW)
• Brisbane (Queensland capital)
• Dalgety (south-eastern NSW)
• Dubbo (central-western NSW)
• Forbes (central-western NSW)
• Goulburn (southern NSW)
• Grafton (northern NSW)
• Grenfell (central-western NSW)
• Jervis Bay (southern NSW coast)
• Kempsey (mid-north coast NSW)
• Narrabri (northern NSW)
• Tumut (southern NSW)
• Young (southern NSW)