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#12209 - Shumack's old inn 'The Pines' Yass Road, Canberra

Resource ID
12209
Title/subtitle
Shumack's old inn 'The Pines' Yass Road, Canberra
Author/Creator
Fitton, Sylvia
Picture
Shumack's old inn 'The Pines' Yass Road, Canberra
Format
Original art work
Identifier
Accession No. 1999-20
Physical description
Watercolour; 14.5 x 19.4cm, 22.5 x 27cm (framed)
Summary
Watercolour and ink painting of Old Canberra Inn, later called The Pines
Location
CDHS 1999-20, Reception
Availability
Not for loan
Notes
The Old Canberra Inn, was built by Joseph Shumack about 1856 along the Yass to Queanbeyan road. Twenty years later he obtained a publican's licence and the inn became the centre of Canberra. The Old Canberra Inn is located in Mouat Street, Lyneham.