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then forces through Parliament, and many a contractor earns very good money. At this stage, the proponent loses interest and in most cases, the project will be abandoned and forgotten, and the money spent was wasted. A classic example of this is the planned capital of the Commonwealth, Canberra, which is under construction. It is located in the Blue Mountains on the border between Victoria and New South Wales. So as not to grant either of the two rival states possession [of the capital] a fairly large tract of land was turned into federal territory upon which a second Washington was to be built. Millions were wasted until the outbreak of war. The author of the plan, an American, received
£10,000 for it, and was then retained as executive architect for a salary of £5,000 per annum. After war broke out the work gradually came to a standstill; the funds were used for other purposes and the workers were turned into soldiers. Thus a half-finished complex