act Popular Canberra storyteller, Elizabeth Burness, trading as ‘History With A Difference’, brings stories of Canberra’s pioneering past alive. Note: Elizabeth Burness is retiring after twelve years operating the Tuggeranong Schoolhouse as a museum. Elizabeth’s collection will still furnish the museum for the open days on Sunday 10 September 2023 and Sunday 8more
vic Built in 1847, Como House and Garden is an intriguing mix of Australian Regency and classic Italianate architecture. Como offers a glimpse into the privileged lifestyle of former owners, the Armytage family, who lived there for nearly a century. The Armytages became famous amongst Melbourne high society and equally famousmoreBook Tour
act Constructed of locally quarried bluestone, with a shingle roof, the building consists of the schoolroom and five rooms for the school teacher’s residence. The School closed in 1907. The residence was occupied by local families until the 1930’s, when it was used by church and community groups as a meetingmore
tas Tales of crime and punishment abound at the Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site; all that remains of the 2-acre sprawl that was the Hobart Prison Barracks – the processing center for male convicts who arrived in Van Diemen’s Land from 1821. Built by Colonial Architect John Lee Archer in 1830-1834moreBook now
