Mugga-Mugga historic cottage stands as a testament to the lives of the families who worked on one of the Limestone Plain’s great pastoral estates.
Set on seventeen hectares of grazing land, its centerpiece is a simple cottage built for the head shepherd of Duntroon in the 1870s.
Education Programs
Mugga-Mugga Cottage is set in rural surroundings but is only minutes from the city centre. The historic cottage stands as a testament to the lives of the families who worked on one of the Limestone Plains’ great pastoral estates.
Mugga-Mugga
8 Narrabundah Lane
Symonston ACT
Tel: 6235 5677
Group bookings are essential.
Please contact the Bookings Officer: (02) 6207 9943 or fax a completed
School Booking Enquiry Form to: (02) 6207 2177
Cost: $5 per student $7 per student for a double program
Teachers and supervisors are free of charge
Transport and Parking
The entrance to Mugga-Mugga is off Narrabundah Lane. Once you are through the gate, follow the dirt road around to the parking area, which is adjacent to the Education Centre. Cars will need to park inside the enclosed parking area. Buses can drop students off before the cattle grid entrance to the parking area. Please note that there is no pedestrian access across the cattle grid. Pedestrian access is via the adjacent gate only.
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Risk Management Plans:
Snakes
At the Garden Gate
Country Life
General:
Booking Enquiry Form
Evaluation Form
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What's On
Country Life
Discover what life was like for early European settlers before such modern amenities as running water and electric lighting. Tour the shepherd’s cottage and haul water from the well...
At the Garden Gate
A delightful program that focuses on the landscape and environment of Mugga-Mugga. Discover the native plants that grow on the site and the exotic trees and flowers that the Curleys planted to make their garden. Tour the cottage then collect plant samples and create your own collage using natural materials and papers...
City and Country
Why not make it a day and visit both Calthorpes’ House and Mugga-Mugga Cottage. A visit to both properties will illustrate the differences in the daily lives of two families, one which enjoyed the luxuries of all the ‘mod cons’ and one which still lived a simple, rural life...
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