Blundells Cottage

Blundells Cottage
Exterior of the cottage in 2009
General information
Status	Completed
Type	House (1860s-1960s) Living museum (since 1964)
Location	Wendouree Dr, Parkes, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Country	Australia
Coordinates	35°17′35″S 149°08′31″E / 35.293°S 149.142°E / -35.293; 149.142
Completed	c. 1858; 166 years ago (1858)
Renovated	c. 1890s; 1960s
Client	George Campbell
Owner	Commonwealth of Australia
Landlord	National Capital Authority (since 1999)
Commonwealth Heritage List
Official name	Blundells Farmhouse, Slab Outbuilding and Surrounds, Wendouree Dr, Parkes, ACT, Australia
Type	Listed place
Criteria	A., B., D., E., H.
Designated	15 July 2005
Reference no.	105734
References
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Blundells Cottage is a heritage-listed six-roomed stone cottage located on the northern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, in Canberra, Australia. The cottage was built by George P. Campbell in about 1858 for his ploughman William Ginn on the original Molonglo River floodplain.^[2] Ginn lived there with his family until 1874 and then Flora and George Blundell moved in and remained there until about 1933.^[2] Flora was a midwife and George a bullock driver for Campbell. In 1913, the Duntroon estate was acquired by the Commonwealth of Australia to form part of the new Federal Capital Territory, although the Blundells continued to live there. Then, Harry and Alice Oldfield moved to the cottage in 1933.

The cottage was added to the Commonwealth Heritage List on 15 July 2005.^[1]