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October 2014

A Spirited Defence

The Rise and Fall of the Billabong Park Horse Era Museum 

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ACT Government files on Billabong Park:

• 125/62/1#01: Blk 252 Gungahlin - Now 1/62 Watson (Horse Era Museum) 
• 125/62/1#02: Watson Section 62 Block 1 - Horse Era Museum - Part 2
• 125/62/1#03: Watson Section 62 Block 1 - Horse Era Museum
• 69/4059: Housing of Cobb & Co Coach and Birtles Car - Requisition of Cobb & Co Coach
• 70/0010: Dept of the Interior - Tourist Bureau - Billabong Park Horse Era Museum (H. G. Read)
• 71/2123: Internal Audit - Special Investigation - Horse Era Museum
• 74/475: Stocktake - Horse Museum
• 76/3024: Land Policy Branch - Horse Era Museum - Block 3 Section 62 - Watson
• A921-F3740: Billabong Park (Deregistered 7/1/71)
• G80/0012: Canberra Development Board - Horse Era Historical Collection
• SP2172#1: WATSON062-03
• SP2172#2: WATSON062-03
• ZA73/323#01: Horse Era Museum - Future Care & Management - Part 1
• ZA73/323#02: Horse Era Museum - Future Care & Management - Part 2
• ZA75/163: Horse Era Museum - Transfer to Cuppacumbalong

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Links to Canberra Times articles:

• Horse-era Museum to have eight-acre site in A.C.T. (1964, October 21). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 3: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131755910
• No title. (1964, October 22). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 13: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131756332
  Relics of a bygone age - Veteran fire engine sought. (1965, December 21). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 23: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105879193
• New home for Museum. (1966, August 26). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 4: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107889011
• Selling out. (1970, March 24). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 3: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107915663
• Guarding the national heritage while some history goes west. (1970, March 26). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 14: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107916032
• No bids for Museum. (1970, April 25). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 8: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107921683
• Museum bought. (1970, August 22). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 3: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110338832
• Horse Museum leased to its former owners. (1970, November 10). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 3: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110437665
• Museum bill totalled $59,000. (1970, November 11). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 1: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110437770
• Fund pays price of Horse Era Museum. (1970, November 12). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 14: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110438034
• Horse Museum hobbled. (1972, March 25). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 3: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102205391
• Museum improvements. (1972, May 6). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 9: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102019701
• Complaint about bird poison at Museum. (1972, December 16). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 8: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110625858
• Better siting of Museum 'considered'. (1973, May 17). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 11: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110710104
• Warning on Museum. (1975, February 5). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 1: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110627739
• Homestead lease announced. (1975, October 3). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 3: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110661080
• Wrangle over horse-era relics. (1976, March 30). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 3: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110810581
• Letters to the Editor - Plea for the Horse-Era Museum. (1976, April 5). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 2: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110811500
• Letters to the Editor. (1976, April 22). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 2: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110814145
• Children rally to save Horse Era Museum. (1976, April 23). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 9: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110814459
• Letters to the Editor - The Horse Era Museum. (1976, April 24). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 2: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110814492
• Museum's founder 'angry'. (1976, April 24). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 1: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110814481
• Museum needs council to instruct buyers. (1980, November 12). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 3: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126157930

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