National Capital Planning and Development Committee

The Federal Capital Commission (FCC; Federal Capital Commission) was a planning authority of the Australian Government. It was used in 1925 as the successor to the Federal Capital Advisory Committee. The duties of the standing under the direction of John Butters authority were the planning and construction of the new capital, Canberra. Among other things, living space for 1,100 state employees along with their families, which should be transferred here from the temporary capital Melbourne should be created.

During the first two years, among other things, the incurred "provisional " Parliament ( Old Parliament House), the residence of the Prime Minister ( The Lodge ), the. Albert Hall, Department of Anatomy, the Australian Forestry School and an observatory on Mount Stromlo The FCC also oversaw the construction of office buildings in the future of downtown and the development of residential areas.

1930, the FCC was disbanded because it had come to an abrupt halt in the growth of the city due to the world economic crisis. Until the creation of the National Capital Planning and Development Committee in 1938 there was no central urban planning.

The resulting under the direction of the FCC architects buildings have a style that is typical globally unique and Canberra. It is a mixture of elements of the Arts and Crafts Movement, the Georgian architecture and the architecture of the Mediterranean.

Predecessor or successor of the FCC were the following authorities: