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#15705 - Canberry Cottage

Resource ID
Location
15705
Photograph 2002
Title/subtitle
Canberry Cottage
Author/Creator
Unknown
Picture
Canberry Cottage
Format
Photograph
Publisher
[n.d.]
Physical description
Black and white photograph
Summary
Shows the Brassey's in the garden of Canberry Cottage before it was extended to become Acton House..
Availability
Not for loan. Digital copies available for purchase.
Notes
Built in the early 1830s as one of the first stone buildings in what is now the ACT. Located near the site of John Joshua Moore's original huts. Served as a homestead, rectory and courthouse before demolition in 1941 to make way for a hospital.