Calthorpes House: Canberra’s 1920s time capsule on Mugga Way | The Canberra Times

Gorman House was built around this time, as were Hotel Canberra (now Hyatt) and Hotel Kurrajong, not to mention Old Parliament House. Progress was slow, Ms Waterhouse notes – “but it was progress,” she said – but it is worth noting that the Old Parliament House, such a large, stately and substantial structure, took just two years to build. So is Hotel Canberra.