Canberrans will get a chance to vote on the name of the city's new West Basin park, part of the ACT government's redevelopment between downtown and Lake Burley Griffin.
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The shortlist includes a landscaper, a convict, an architect and the founder of the Queanbeyan Age; alas, Parky McParkface did not make the cut.
ACT Place Names Committee member Alen Mawer said an Aboriginal Ngambri-man, Binder Marran of the Ngunnawal people, had almost made the list but the committee could not establish sufficient provenance.
"He's the first person whose name is in a European source which is associated with Canberra as a place," Mr Mawer said.
Mr Mawer said a sketch of Mr Marran existed but it has disappeared.
He didn't rule out Mr Marran's name being used for a Canberra icon at some point in the future.
Mr Mawer said there was a "pretty eclectic mix" of people shortlisted.
One of them is Henry Rolland, who Mr Mawer said was responsible for a number of "beautiful" water colours of Canberra before World War I.
Also on the shortlist was Sylvia Crowe, who designed Commonwealth Park in 1964 by Lake Burley Griffin.
"[Commonwealth Park] was by and large welcomed as one of her masterpieces," Mr Mawer said.
Another contender was John Gale, a "big lobbyist" for Canberra to become the site of Australia's capital.
Mr Mawer said Mr Gale stood at the future sight of new Parliament House and said it would make "a fabulous place for one of Australia's future cities".
Mr Gale was also the founder and editor of the Queanbeyan Age.
The fourth person on the ticket was John McLoughlin. An Irishman sentenced to transportation for life for stealing two horses in 1809 in Dublin.
Ten years after arriving in Australia, Mr McLoughlin received a pardon and took up 2000 acres near the Molonglo Plains.
He established Canberry station around 1824 which is now the site of the National Museum of Australia in Acton.
Canberrans can have their say on the names for the park until Friday, October 27 at yoursay.act.gov.au.