The cottage was built by George P. Campbell in about 1858 for his ploughman William Ginn on the original Molonglo River floodplain.

In 1913, the Duntroon estate was acquired by the Commonwealth of Australia to form part of the new Federal Capital Territory, although the Blundells continued to live there.

He came to Australia as an assisted immigrant in 1857 with his wife Mary Wade and two children Walter and Henry.

[3] In 1860, George Campbell built the stone cottage for William Ginn who was regarded as an excellent employee.

An elaborate gravestone marks his death, located in St John's Churchyard, Reid, where many of the Ginn family are buried.

[11] Immediately after their wedding, George and Flora moved into Blundell's Cottage and over the next fifteen years, they had eight children.

[15] George was one of the pioneers of the district who was chosen to be presented to the Duke of York when Parliament House was opened in 1927.

Harry was a stockman from Yaouk, Adaminaby and was described as “a picturesque Monaro horseman reminiscent of figures in the late “Banjo” Patterson's verse.

In 1957, The Australian Women's Weekly published an article on the residents of Canberra and one of those interviewed was Alice Oldfield who described her living conditions.

The National Capital Development Commission renovated the cottage and it was managed as a museum by the Canberra and District Historic Society until 1990.

The National Capital Authority manages Blundells Cottage as a museum open to the public.

Blundells Cottage is significant, being one of the few stone buildings of its type to have survived intact in the Australian Capital Territory.

[23] This Wikipedia article was originally based on Blundells Farmhouse, Slab Outbuilding and Surrounds, Wendouree Dr, Parkes, ACT, Australia, entry number 105734 in the Australian Heritage Database published by the Commonwealth of Australia 2005 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 20 May 2020.