DUNTROON, CANBERRA, ACT. 1945-01-21/20. DUNTROON HOUSE, THE ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD OF ROBERT CAMPBELL ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Duntroon
Accession Number 085723
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Lee, John
Place made Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Mitchell
Date made 14 January 1945-22 January 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

DUNTROON, CANBERRA, ACT. 1945-01-21/20. DUNTROON HOUSE, THE ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD OF ROBERT CAMPBELL WHO WAS GRANTED LAND BY THE GOVERNOR OF NSW IN 1825. IT IS NAMED AFTER DUNTROON CASTLE, IN ARGYLLSHIRE, SCOTLAND. BUILT OF SOLID STONE AND FITTED THROUGHOUT WITH CEDAR, IT IS NOW THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OFFICERS' MESS.