Tuesday, August 13, 2013

A detailed look into Canberra's convict past

Convict built Lanyon Barn (circa 1840)

Until March last year when the Lanyon Barn was gutted by fire you could have seen the display inside mentioned in the following Trove article. The roof is now repaired and I am not sure what display if any has been contained within but the old display was one of my favourites and a few posts about it are sprinkled through this blog.

The old display was a loss and reading this article reminded me of the knowledge I gained of Canberra's convict past from the preservation and displays at Lanyon. I made the following video in 2010 from photographs taken of the canvass wall hangings in the display. From memory I think the series was called 'Convict Portraits'...
The Canberra Times -Wednesday 22 June 1994


National Library of Australia



View Larger Map
-
Labels: ,

2 comments:

  1. KeithAugust 14, 2013 at 10:26 AM

    Good one Dave, shared.
    Keith.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. David R. ReidAugust 14, 2013 at 10:31 AM

      Thanks mate. Appreciated always :)

      Delete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

History lost through lack of funding

  The following ABC article laments the possible loss of many historical audio visual records that are waiting for digitising into modern fo...

  • THE BRINDABELLA GOLD FIELDS
    If anyone is looking for a place to do a little gold prospecting might I suggest the mighty Goodradigbee in the Brindabella Valley. I'll...
  • Common Brushtail Possum Skull
    Found by my son whilst hiking in the Brindabellas was this small skull. What I thought was interesting was the remaining canine evident. At...
  • HILL STATION HOMESTEAD
    Located in the Canberra industrial suburb of Hume is Hill Station Homestead. The main homestead building of Hill station dates back to cir...
  • CANBERRA'S CAVES
    A little known fact is that Canberra is built on the top of numerous limestone caves... In 1821 Charles Throsby (1777 - 1828) (bio here ) ...
  • The Aboriginal Killing of a 'hairy man' at the Yass and Murrumbidgee Rivers
    The depicted image is of a 1790 woodcut from Sydney Cove. There are a lot of reports with Australian Gorillas, yahoos, hairy men and ...
  • History lost through lack of funding
      The following ABC article laments the possible loss of many historical audio visual records that are waiting for digitising into modern fo...
  • MOUNT TENNENT SCAR
    I stopped today to take a few pictures of the 'scar' on Mount Tennent ( Or Mount Tennant if your thinking about the bushranger ) I ...