The load of rubbish that turned out to be buried colonial treasure

Fantastic watercolours: In 1876, a brand new conservatory with an uncommon conical glass roof was constructed at Duntroon Home to harbour a few of Marrianne Campbell’s (standing third from the left, subsequent to her husband George in the principle photograph) extra delicate crops, a lot of which she painted. Three facsimiles of Marrianne’s authentic watercolours on mortgage from the Nationwide Library of Australia are on show. An actual deal with. On December 29, 1877, an unnamed journey correspondent for the Australian City and Nation Journal reported, “the conservatory is massive; within the centre is a brick cemented pyramid, with tiers of pots by which are some very selection flowers, the entire surmounted on one aspect with a lemon, on the opposite an orange tree.” Fortunately the conservatory wasn’t broken by a wild hailstorm which wreaked havoc simply earlier than the journey author’s arrival, “killing 40 lambs”.