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This one is Blundells Cottage from the park along edge of Lake Burley-Griffin in Canberra. One of the few buildings in the area that pre-date the creation of the Australian Capital Territory.

I did share some photos from here in my trip report but these is a better coverage. Also I found the self-guided tour brochure so can include some bits form that. They'll be in italics.

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At Melbourne museum there is a recreation of two cottages from the former Little Lon district, either a miserable slum and red light district or vibrant working class community of migrant and itinerant workers. Or both.

The panel there says....

You are invited to enter the world of Little Lon in the 1880s and 1890s.

Alleys, backyards and parts of two houses are recreated here: one of a very poor family, the other of a family better off. Although new timber buildings were outlawed in 1850, many survived for several decades, in increasing states of disrepair.

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Left-hand cottage, with loose board, is the poorer cottage.

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Right hand cottage, the "better off" one.

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