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Blundells Cottage

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Wendouree Dr, Parkes, ACT 2600
262722902

Description

Blundells Cottage is a heritage-listed six-roomed stone cottage located on the northern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, in Canberra, Australia.

Ginn lived there with his family until 1874 and then Flora and George Blundell moved in and remained there until about 1933.. The cottage was added to the Commonwealth Heritage List on 15 July 2005.. The Ginn family were the first residents of the Cottage. They lived there from about 1860 until 1874. William Ginn (1821-1904) was born in Hertfordshire, England. He came to Australia as an assisted immigrant in 1857 with his wife Mary Wade and two children Walter and Henry. They were immediately recruited by George Campbell of Duntroon, where William worked as a ploughman.

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Wendouree Dr, Parkes, ACT 2600

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