• The fog lifting at Lanyon Homestead What a gorgeous day! We are open for outdoor tours and the Barracks Cafe is serving hot coffee and delicious treats! Book your tour online at historicplaces.com.au . . . #acthistoricplaces #fog #socialdistancing Image: Jodie Cunningham for ACTHP
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    The fog lifting at Lanyon Homestead What a gorgeous day! We are open for outdoor tours and the Barracks Cafe is serving hot coffee and delicious treats! Book your tour online at historicplaces.com.au . . . #acthistoricplaces #fog #socialdistancing Image: Jodie Cunningham for ACTHP
  • Lanyon had a visit from Harry our resident wombat this afternoon. Poor Harry has very itchy skin. Nicky our fabulous Senior Visitor Services Officer administered the @act_wildlife wombat rehabilitation medicine for his mange in the flash of eye! #wombatmangeprogram #rescuerehsbilitaterelease #acthistoricplaces #historichouses #wildlife #wombats Photos: Jodie Cunningham for @acthistoricplaces
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    Lanyon had a visit from Harry our resident wombat this afternoon. Poor Harry has very itchy skin. Nicky our fabulous Senior Visitor Services Officer administered the @act_wildlife wombat rehabilitation medicine for his mange in the flash of eye! #wombatmangeprogram #rescuerehsbilitaterelease #acthistoricplaces #historichouses #wildlife #wombats Photos: Jodie Cunningham for @acthistoricplaces
  • On a beautiful autumn evening, an ominous Friday the 13th March, just before Covid19 took over our lives, a magical performance took place in the gardens of Calthorpes’ House. The blog post by Moraig McKenna is on our website now. Image: Jodie Cunningham #magiclantern #calthorpeshouse @martyn_jolly
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    On a beautiful autumn evening, an ominous Friday the 13th March, just before Covid19 took over our lives, a magical performance took place in the gardens of Calthorpes’ House. The blog post by Moraig McKenna is on our website now. Image: Jodie Cunningham #magiclantern #calthorpeshouse @martyn_jolly
  • Here at ACTHP we have been reflecting on the resilience and spirit of the Canberra people during tough times like the ones we have faced this year with the Bushfires and the Covid 19 Epidemic. Canberra has a history of helping, and resident Sylvia Curly of our own historic Mugga-Mugga Cottage organised balls to raise money to support nursing students between 1946 and 1948. We have been intrigued as to what the Nurses Balls looked like – how the Hall was decorated, what the fabulous outfits looked like, and who the handsome beaus of the young nurses were? We would love to hear from anyone who has a memory or a photograph of the Nurses Fund Balls that were held at the Albert Hall in Canberra, 1946-1948. Miss Sylvia Curley (b. 1898 d. 1999), worked at the Canberra Hospital for 25 years, and was instrumental in organising the Nurses Fund Balls in the late 1940s. Do you have a family member who attended the Ball? We would love to see images of our city’s medical staff, their beaus and their fine fashion! Read more at our blog ‘Canberra’s History of Helping at http://www.historicplaces.com.au/blog/canberra-s-history-of-helping and if you have any images from the Balls please email us at CFCHistoricPlacesBookings@act.gov.au
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    Here at ACTHP we have been reflecting on the resilience and spirit of the Canberra people during tough times like the ones we have faced this year with the Bushfires and the Covid 19 Epidemic. Canberra has a history of helping, and resident Sylvia Curly of our own historic Mugga-Mugga Cottage organised balls to raise money to support nursing students between 1946 and 1948. We have been intrigued as to what the Nurses Balls looked like – how the Hall was decorated, what the fabulous outfits looked like, and who the handsome beaus of the young nurses were? We would love to hear from anyone who has a memory or a photograph of the Nurses Fund Balls that were held at the Albert Hall in Canberra, 1946-1948. Miss Sylvia Curley (b. 1898 d. 1999), worked at the Canberra Hospital for 25 years, and was instrumental in organising the Nurses Fund Balls in the late 1940s. Do you have a family member who attended the Ball? We would love to see images of our city’s medical staff, their beaus and their fine fashion! Read more at our blog ‘Canberra’s History of Helping at http://www.historicplaces.com.au/blog/canberra-s-history-of-helping and if you have any images from the Balls please email us at CFCHistoricPlacesBookings@act.gov.au