The Foundation of Australia's Capital Cities is the story of how the places chosen for Australia's seven colonial capitals came to shape their unique urban character and built environments, resulting in development patterns than have persisted today.

Anthony (Tony) Webster is adjunct senior lecturer of geology at the Centre for Ore Deposits and Earth Sciences (CODES), University of Tasmania and honorary senior research fellow at the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), University of Queensland.

Chapter 1. Sandstone Harbor: Sydney, New South Wales, 1788

Chapter 2. On the Edge of the Graben: Hobart, Van Diemen¿s Land 1803-04

Chapter 3. Ridgelines and Waterways: Brisbane, Queensland, 1825

Chapter 4. Limestone and Lakes: Perth, Western Australia, 1829

Chapter 5. On the Edge of the Delta: Melbourne, Victoria, 1835

Chapter 6. The Woodland Plain: Adelaide, South Australia, 1836

Chapter 7. The Northern Outpost: Darwin, Northern Territory, 1869

Chapter 8. Geology, Landscape and Australian Cities