That looks like the US embassy to me. So you’d probably have Capital Hill behind the photographer who must be standing close to where State Circle is now.

That’s my guess anyway.

Agreed on what (hence the headline).

When has me intrigued though.

Actually, more like the Embassy of the Philippines site, perhaps?

http://goo.gl/maps/1WbjO

Mid 1940s maybe?

Apparently the building was completed in late 1943.

My guess is ’50s to early ’60s taken from Adelaide Ave directly across from the PM’s residence.

johnboy said :

When has me intrigued though.

The Google says construction started on the US Embassy on July 4, 1942. The US Embassy website says construction was completed in ’43, and that it was the first embassy in Canberra.

If it is the US Embassy, you’d have to think the photo was from the mid-late 40s, early 50s at a stretch.

I agree looks like the US embassy to me to. No idea of time.

Obviously weren’t as anal about security theatre back then. In the middle of the worst war the planet has ever seen.

I don’t get the headline. Is there an emu in the photo somewhere?

Pork Hunt said :

I don’t get the headline. Is there an emu in the photo somewhere?

No but thunderbirds are go!

US diplomatic facilities are often referred to as “where the birds do not fly” due to their security.

johnboy said :

US diplomatic facilities are often referred to as “where the birds do not fly” due to their security.

Unless of course the prez is in town!

I was told that the soil on which the embassy is built was imported from the States.