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#16679 - Klensendorlffe's farm

Resource ID
Location
16679
Photograph 2976
Title/subtitle
Klensendorlffe's farm
Picture
Klensendorlffe's farm
Format
Photograph
Identifier
Yarralumla
Publisher
[n.d.]
Physical description
Black & white photograph; 19cm x 10cm
Summary
Klensendorlffe's farmhouse, also known as Elizabeth Farm, near the Molonglo River.
Availability
Not for loan.
Notes
The farmhouse is sometimes referred to as a convict prison though there is no evidence for this. It was occupied by the Mowle family (see 'Colonial Woman' by Patricia Clarke) and later used as a dairy. The site was between the Albert Hall and Lake Burley Griffin.