Canberra History Web

Did you know that Captain Edmund Harrison Cliffe was granted land in Canberra? His land included Coppins Crossing, and continued west along the southern side of the Molonglo River, concluding almost at the Murrumbidgee River, at Uriarra. Who was he and where did he come from? He was as influential as Robert Campbell of Duntroon, but what happened to him? and why don't we know much about him? READ MORE...