Historical information

Comparison of Canberra and Surfers Paradise as potential cultural capitals of Australia. Canberra represents one end of the spectrum of traditional architectural morals of sophistication and orderliness; Surfers Paradise represents the opposite end of the spectrum, that is extreme Pop, fun and flashiness.

Significance

Original manuscript of an article published as ‘Trad modern, pop modern’ in "The Sunday Australian", 25.4.1971.

Physical description

Typewritten (p/copy), quarto, 9 pages

Inscriptions & markings

Top of page 1 handwritten where and when published, page numbers, minor corrections