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prepared by Marion Mahony Griffin suggest a wide grassed area defined by rows of trees either side.  No detailed design drawings appear to have been developed by the Griffins for the Parkway but their intention was interpreted by Weston at a later date.

The 1911 competition drawings indicated a railway line set in a cutting crossing the parkway, together with a railway station.  The Commonwealth Railways preferred route was through the Canberra Gardens (now the Central Parklands) with a station centred across the Land Axis.  By 1916 the railway was relocated further south on the plan and closer to the intended Capital Terrace, with the station located off the axis and to the east.

Walter Burley Griffin's position was abolished in 1920 and his contract as Director of Design and Construction ended on 31 December.  This followed a series of changes to the original competition design, initiated with the Departmental Board's Plan in 1912, followed by Griffin's response to both the site and the Board in amended plans of 1913, 1915 and 1918.

Within each of the plans that evolved was the planning concept of a large roundabout located at the intersection of Canberra Avenue (now Limestone Avenue) and the Land Axis component of the parkway, in an attempt to resolve a series of issues – the potential traffic flow, the unresolved topographic form to match the intended geometry, and the impact of the deleted casino building.

The roundabout was identified in the 1915 plan as the 'Market Park' and later in 1925 as 'Prospect Place'.

The 1912 Board's Plan had an associated perspective from Mount Russell, indicating the retention of the Griffins' concept of the axial structure and, interestingly, the predominance of the use of fastigiated tree planting, possibly Lombardy Poplars or Roman Cypress planted at regular intervals and reinforcing the geometry of the road layout.  Griffin's amended plans contained no such similar detail of landscape character but concentrated on the planning principles to achieve government acceptance over the influence of the Board.  Changes of government and World War 1 hindered physical progress.

  Figure 64.  Detail of Scrivener Survey showing general location of Anzac Parade, 1909
  Source:  Reid 2002, p. 8

  Figure 65.  Detail of the Griffins' 1911 'View from the summit of Mount Ainslie along Land Axis'
  Source:  Reid 2002, pp. 56-7

  Figure 66.  Detail of 1913 Griffin Plan showing the northern part of the Land Axis
  Source:  Reid 2002, p. 110

  Figure 67.  Detail of Departmental Board's Plan, 1912, showing the northern part of the Land Axis
  Source:  Reid 2002, p. 99

  Figure 68.  Detail of Federal Capital Advisory Committee Plan, 1925, showing the northern Land Axis
  Source:  Reid 2002, p. 148

Establishment:  Committees & commissions 1921–1956