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Place Stories


ACT Local History - Places

ACT Heritage Register of places and objects

Acton - external website

Albert Hall, Yarralumla

Australian Forestry School, Yarralumla 

Building Applications in the ACT 1925-1953

Burns Memorial, Forrest

Canberra and District Local History A Select Bibliography

Canberra Croquet Club, Yarralumla

Canberra Incinerator, Yarralumla

Deakin Anticline

Hotel Canberra, Yarralumla

Merry-Go-Round, Civic 

Place Names in the ACT, origins 

Rowan Tree, Forrest

Schools in the ACT, opening dates

Tocumwal Houses, Ainslie and O'Connor

Well Station, Harrison

Westbourne Woods, Yarralumla

Weston Park, Yarralumla

Yarralumla Brickworks

Yarralumla Brickworks Houses

Yarralumla Nursery

Yarralumla Woolshed

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the ACT and recognise any other people or families with connection to the lands of the ACT and region. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.

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