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HMSS 0387 Tuggeranong Boundary Marker Photograph 

Scope and Content Notes 

The Tuggeranong boundary marker complex was formerly the boundary between Lanyon and Yarralumla. It was built probably between 1867 and 1875 by Cunningham of Lanyon to protect his stud stock against his neighbours’ scrub stock. The complex consists of three separate components: granite stones with mud mortar, granite stones in a dry stone construction, and a ditch and bank system. The ditch and bank, the earliest part of the structure, is at the eastern end, followed by the mud-mortared section, and ending across the Tuggeranong valley with 500 metres of dry stone wall. The remains are now heritage listed (pdf).

The sepia photograph measures 30 cm by 40cm and depicts a section of the dry stone wall beside a creek crossing; a touring car with four passengers is in the foreground.