79 pages illustrated with black and white. The covers are very lightly rubbed and there is a name in blue biro at the head of the front cover, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. In 'Canberra : Dream to Reality' the author outlines the story of Canberra from the first settlers, who arrived in the ares in 1825, through to the present day...A useful Appendix listing suburbs of Canberra, and brief biographical; of the noted Australians they have been named after." (back cover)