Friday, September 3, 2010

OLD CANBERRA


A collection of pictures of 19th century buildings in the Australian Capital Territory most of which have already been used in other posts on this site. Hill Station - Lanyon - Duntroon Dairy - Blundell's Cottage - St John's - Yarralumla Woolshed - Rose's Cottage - Tuggeranong Church - Ginninderra Village.

Slideshow format with background music: Pachelbel's Canon (info)


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