1 1 d d n i . ] 2 2].indd a l m u l a r r a y [ [yarralumla 6 0 0 2 - 0 1 - T N NT-10-2006 M P PM 4 4 : 3 2 : 0 1 10:23:44 6 0 / 0 1 / 4 2 24/10/06 • • Scrivener Dam Scrivener Courtesy of the ACT Heritage Library, Department of the Capital Territory Collection. Territory Capital the of Department Library, Heritage ACT the of Courtesy (design) Brainstorm Studio • (research) Dowling Peter Dr The publishers wish to acknowledge: to wish publishers The • • Yarralumla Woolshed Yarralumla Collection. Library, Heritage ACT the of Courtesy Canberra Times Canberra • • Government House Government Courtesy of the ACT Heritage Library, ACT Administration Collection. Administration ACT Library, Heritage ACT the of Courtesy www.act.nationaltrust.org.au 0533 6230 02 Civic Square ACT 2608 ACT Square Civic 1144 Box PO Contact: National Trust of Australia (ACT) Australia of Trust National Contact: © Copyright 2007 ACT Government ACT 2007 Copyright © with the assistance of the ACT Government. ACT the of assistance the with National Trust of Australia (ACT) Australia of Trust National This tour has been developed by the the by developed been has tour This A SELF-GUIDED TOUR SELF-GUIDED A TOUR 2 of 2 of 2 TOUR 10. Dam 10. Scrivener 9. House 9. Government 8. Woolshed 8. Yarralumla 7. (Westlake) Park 7. Stirling 6. Streets 6. Yarralumla YARRALUMLA 5. Housing 5. Yarralumla 4. Precinct Forestry 4. CSIRO 3. Brickworks 3. Yarralumla A heritage tour of tour heritage A 2. Incinerator 2. Canberra 1. 1. Westborne Woods Westborne YARRALUMLA [2] YARRALUMLA LISTED PLACES IN IN PLACES LISTED 1. 3. WESTBORNE YARRALUMLA WOODS BRICKWORKS (ROYAL CANBERRA Bentham Street & Lane Poole Place. The Brickworks are GOLF COURSE) closed to the public. Park at the end of Lane Poole Place and Bentham Street extension, follow the dirt track on foot along the perimeter of the fence of Royal Canberra Golf Course. the Brickworks and you will see some of the original corrugated (Call into the club house 2. iron buildings, brick kilns and the chimney. for directions) CANBERRA The Yarralumla Brickworks is closely associated with Westbourne Woods is INCINERATOR the construction of Canberra. Many of the early Established in named a er Charles (1939) buildings in the city were constructed with bricks made Weston, Canberra’s fi rst at the brickworks. Shale deposits and proximity to the 1928 Yarralumla Superintendent of Parks Within the Royal Canberra city made the Yarralumla area an ideal place for brick- and Gardens and a Golf Course, adjacent to the works. The brickworks opened in 1913. During the First is one Canberra’s pioneer of Australian 10th Fairway. (Call into the World War building activities in the city slumped and Capital Territory (ACT) Club house for directions) production ceased. oldest suburbs. The arboriculture. name comes from Located within the golf The brickworks reopened and expanded in 1921 when The Woods is the largest course and a short walk large scale construction recommenced in Canberra. It the Ngunnawal word arboretum in the ACT from the club house, this again closed during the Depression years of the early and was used as a testing three-level brick and 1930s. The brickworks reopened again in 1944 and for the area. Many of ground for exotic and concrete incinerator was continued making bricks for Canberra until it closed in native tree species. built in 1939 to dispose of 1976. A railway line ran from the brickworks to transport its streets are named Westbourne Woods is Canberra’s garbage. It the bricks to the buildings sites of the city. A remnant after botanists and closely related to Canberra’s was designed by architects bank from this line can be seen near Denham Street. history and landscape Walter Burley Griffi n and colonial governors. development and it has Eric Milton Nicholls. considerable scientifi c Yarralumla is home to importance as a botanical As the city grew the collection including many incinerator’s capacity some of Canberra’s exotic species rare to became inadequate and early buildings and Australia. It is a valuable other means of disposal resource of seed for use in were used. Its use was the diplomatic propagating seedlings for then limited to destroying replacing old trees planted government classifi ed waste community. elsewhere in the city. until burning operations ceased in 1959. The Royal Canberra Golf Course was laid out around it in 1960. The great irony of the building is that it is the only building associated with Walter Burley Griffi n in Canberra - even though he is largely a ributed for the design of the capital city. 1 1 d d n i . ] 2 2].indd a l m u l a r r a y [ [yarralumla 6 0 0 2 - 0 1 - T N NT-10-2006 M P PM 4 4 : 3 2 : 0 1 10:23:44 6 0 / 0 1 / 4 2 24/10/06 • • Scrivener Dam Scrivener Courtesy of the ACT Heritage Library, Department of the Capital Territory Collection. Territory Capital the of Department Library, Heritage ACT the of Courtesy (design) Brainstorm Studio • (research) Dowling Peter Dr The publishers wish to acknowledge: to wish publishers The • • Yarralumla Woolshed Yarralumla Collection. Library, Heritage ACT the of Courtesy Canberra Times Canberra • • Government House Government Courtesy of the ACT Heritage Library, ACT Administration Collection. Administration ACT Library, Heritage ACT the of Courtesy www.act.nationaltrust.org.au 0533 6230 02 Civic Square ACT 2608 ACT Square Civic 1144 Box PO Contact: National Trust of Australia (ACT) Australia of Trust National Contact: © Copyright 2007 ACT Government ACT 2007 Copyright © with the assistance of the ACT Government. ACT the of assistance the with National Trust of Australia (ACT) Australia of Trust National This tour has been developed by the the by developed been has tour This A SELF-GUIDED TOUR SELF-GUIDED A TOUR 2 of 2 of 2 TOUR 10. Dam 10. Scrivener 9. House 9. Government 8. Woolshed 8. Yarralumla 7. (Westlake) Park 7. Stirling 6. Streets 6. Yarralumla YARRALUMLA 5. Housing 5. Yarralumla 4. Precinct Forestry 4. CSIRO 3. Brickworks 3. Yarralumla A heritage tour of tour heritage A 2. Incinerator 2. Canberra 1. Woods 1. Westborne YARRALUMLA [2] YARRALUMLA LISTED PLACES IN IN PLACES LISTED 1. 3. WESTBORNE YARRALUMLA WOODS BRICKWORKS (ROYAL CANBERRA Bentham Street & Lane Poole Place. The Brickworks are GOLF COURSE) closed to the public. Park at the end of Lane Poole Place and Bentham Street extension, follow the dirt track on foot along the perimeter of the fence of Royal Canberra Golf Course. the Brickworks and you will see some of the original corrugated (Call into the club house 2. iron buildings, brick kilns and the chimney. for directions) CANBERRA The Yarralumla Brickworks is closely associated with Westbourne Woods is INCINERATOR the construction of Canberra. Many of the early Established in named a er Charles (1939) buildings in the city were constructed with bricks made Weston, Canberra’s fi rst at the brickworks. Shale deposits and proximity to the 1928 Yarralumla Superintendent of Parks Within the Royal Canberra city made the Yarralumla area an ideal place for brick- and Gardens and a Golf Course, adjacent to the works. The brickworks opened in 1913. During the First is one Canberra’s pioneer of Australian 10th Fairway. (Call into the World War building activities in the city slumped and Capital Territory (ACT) Club house for directions) production ceased. oldest suburbs. The arboriculture. name comes from Located within the golf The brickworks reopened and expanded in 1921 when The Woods is the largest course and a short walk large scale construction recommenced in Canberra. It the Ngunnawal word arboretum in the ACT from the club house, this again closed during the Depression years of the early and was used as a testing three-level brick and 1930s. The brickworks reopened again in 1944 and for the area. Many of ground for exotic and concrete incinerator was continued making bricks for Canberra until it closed in native tree species. built in 1939 to dispose of 1976. A railway line ran from the brickworks to transport its streets are named Westbourne Woods is Canberra’s garbage. It the bricks to the buildings sites of the city. A remnant after botanists and closely related to Canberra’s was designed by architects bank from this line can be seen near Denham Street. history and landscape Walter Burley Griffi n and colonial governors. development and it has Eric Milton Nicholls. considerable scientifi c Yarralumla is home to importance as a botanical As the city grew the collection including many incinerator’s capacity some of Canberra’s exotic species rare to became inadequate and early buildings and Australia. It is a valuable other means of disposal resource of seed for use in were used. Its use was the diplomatic propagating seedlings for then limited to destroying replacing old trees planted government classifi ed waste community. elsewhere in the city. until burning operations ceased in 1959. The Royal Canberra Golf Course was laid out around it in 1960. The great irony of the building is that it is the only building associated with Walter Burley Griffi n in Canberra - even though he is largely a ributed for the design of the capital city. 9. GOVERNMENT HOUSE Dunrossil Drive. Entry is restricted. Best viewed from lookout on Lady Denmam 7 Drive. Park in the lay by and a short walk along a sealed path will bring you 10 to the lookout. 6 4 Government House is 2 the home of Australia’s 7. Governor-General. The 9 STIRLING fi rst building on the site 9 1 was a small hunting lodge PARK built in 1833.