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#12209 - Shumack's old inn 'The Pines' Yass Road, Canberra

Resource ID
Location
12209
CDHS 1999-20, Reception
Title/subtitle
Shumack's old inn 'The Pines' Yass Road, Canberra
Author/Creator
Fitton, Sylvia
Picture
Shumack's old inn 'The Pines' Yass Road, Canberra
Format
Original art work
Identifier
Accession No. 1999-20
Physical description
Watercolour; 14.5 x 19.4cm, 22.5 x 27cm (framed)
Summary
Watercolour and ink painting of Old Canberra Inn, later called The Pines
Availability
Not for loan
Notes
The Old Canberra Inn, was built by Joseph Shumack about 1856 along the Yass to Queanbeyan road. Twenty years later he obtained a publican's licence and the inn became the centre of Canberra. The Old Canberra Inn is located in Mouat Street, Lyneham.