The Marion

Her name was Marion Mahony, and her impact on Lake Burley Griffin and Canberra has been underrepresented in our collective history until now. While we credit Walter Burley Griffin as the founding mastermind of Canberra's civic design, few know of Marion Mahony, Walter's long-time creative and romantic collaborator, whose contribution to the design of Canberra's iconic city and lake has gone largely undocumented and unrecognized.