008013 Accession Number: 008013

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CANBERRA, ACT. VIEW OF THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, DUNTROON, LOOKING ACROSS THE MOLONGLO RIVER PLAIN FROM MOUNT PLEASANT. THE ORIGINAL STONE HOMESTEAD (CENTRE RIGHT FOREGROUND) WAS BUILT BY ROBERT CAMPBELL, A SYDNEY MERCHANT, WHO NAMED IT AFTER DUNTROON CASTLE IN SCOTLAND. IT WAS OPENED AS A MILITARY COLLEGE IN 1911.

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Accession Number
008013
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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