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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
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The first residents of Blundells Cottage

Blundells Cottage in 1963, a year before it became a museum. Picture: Mike Brown, NLA

We've all heard of Blundells Cottage, that rubble-stone museum on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin, named after the family who lived there for more than 50 years around the turn of the 20th century.

The story of George Blundell and his family often overshadows that of the Ginns who lived in the cottage for a shorter time but were actually first to call it home.

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