Paradise on Earth
In 1920s Sydney, architect Marion Mahony Griffin, in collaboration with her husband and creative partner, Walter Burley Griffin, created Castlecrag, a ‘model residential suburb’ built on the picturesque shores of Middle Harbour.
Produced as a part of the Paradise on Earth exhibition at the Museum of Sydney.
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