Hall Museum 2012 News Archive

April 2012

Bush Schools Exhibition a big hit - Big crowds came to the official opening, or came later on to view the exhibition on 'Bush schools of the Hall district' over the weekend of April 14th-15th. After an opening ceremony on Saturday morning marked by the ringing of the school bell,...
CIT students choose our Museum - A group of students enrolled in the CIT 'Museum Practice' program (Certificate IV) have chosen the Hall School Museum to undertake their practical assignment. The assignment requires them to prepare a small exhibition, and they have decided...

Discipline at school - The special exhibition on 'Discipline at School' which was launched on Saturday 2 June marked the culmination of six months or so work with the Hall School Museum by four CIT students. Bruce Do, Michael Wynd, Helen Tse and Rhiannon Baulch chose...
Museum Launch for Canberra Stories - The Hall School Museum was the setting on 18 June for the Launch of 'Pages of Early Canberra History' a set of stories and images relating to Canberra's rural past, designed for ACT schools. The stories, in two volumes, are the work of Elizabeth...

Museum Annual Report - HALL SCHOOL MUSEUM - REPORT 2011-2012 The 'Friends of Hall School Museum' has been in existence for nearly 12 months. Apart from the need for the reminder to renew your annual membership of $20 (see below for details), it is appropriate to...

Latest Donation - The latest donation to the Museum is a painting by Margaret Hunter of the old Hall School. It was purchased by the late Ron Winch in 1971 and donated to Hall School. It was recently presented to the Museum by Elizabeth Kilby. Many thanks to...
ACT Heritage Grant - The Hall School Museum, under the auspices of the Village of Hall and District Progress Association (VHDPA), has been successful again in an application for the 2012-2013 ACT Heritage Grants. It has received $6140, which together with a contribution...

'Early ACT schools' - project inception meeting - As reported earlier, our Heritage grant application for a 'Centenary' exhibition on Canberra's earliest schools and teachers was successful. An informal 'round table' gathering is planned for Thursday 8th November to get the project under way....

Visit by North Canberra Probus Group - The North Canberra Probus Group visited the Hall School Museum on Monday 19 November. Nineteen ladies from the group were served a scrumptious morning tea prepared by the volunteer "Friends of Hall Museum" in the community cottage. Whilst...

Lots of Visitors - December has been a busy month for visitors to the The Hall School Museum. Elliot Dunn from ABC Radio conducted an interview with Allen Mawer, Kingsley Southwell and myself on the history of the Hall School Museum and its importance in retaining...
George Kinlyside's Tools - George Kendall Kinlyside operated a blacksmiths, carriage building and wheelwright business in Hall Village from1901. The descendants of George Kinlyside, together with the "Friends of Hall School Museum", are preparing a display of both the...
MERRY CHRISTMAS - To all of the 'Friends of Hall School Museum' and its supporters I would like to wish you a: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY AND SAFE NEW YEAR 2013 is going to be another big year for the Museum with the 'Hall and District 1913' display in April...