John Gale (journalist)
John Gale (17 April 1831 – 15 July 1929) was the founder of the Queanbeyan Age, the first newspaper to serve Queanbeyan District (and now an important archive of information about daily life in 19th-century Queanbeyan and Canberra and the activities of its colonial residents). Today, however, Gale is mostly remembered for his strong and successful advocacy of Queanbeyan-Canberra as the best site of a future Australian Capital.
Following Canberra's inauguration as the site of Australia's National Capital in 1911, Gale was credited as being the "Father of Canberra".
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