Hall Museum 2019 News Archive

January 2019

'Painting with Parkinsons' – the Hall connection' - Many readers will well remember long term village residents the Tingey family: In his 40s, Bob developed Parkinson's disease, so had to retire early from his work as a geologist (he died in November 2017 aged 77). Over the years, his wife...
Friends old and new - We are very pleased to welcome new members Marilyn Folger and Karen Moore and look forward to working with them. Marilyn has written a history of the McInnes family, which she belongs to, and Karen has long experience as a research librarian....
Aunty Matilda House visits - The Centre was recently privileged to welcome an extended visit from Aunty Matilda House. Aunty Matilda is a prominent Ngambri-Ngunnawal-Canberra Aboriginal elder. She was a member of the first ACT Heritage Council in 1992, the Canberra Citizen...

February 2019

Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council visit - Today the Centre was honoured by a visit from members of the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council. With the guidance of Aunty Matilda House, Council members wanted to have some direct contact with country while in Canberra for a Council...
A visit to Jeir Station - This coming October will see the launch of a display of Isla Patterson's watercolours depicting several of the region's old homesteads and homes. On Tuesday, 19th February, two of our volunteers, Judy Roberts and Mardie Troth, accompanied Isla...

March 2019

Gillespie Collection – significance assessment begins - Dr Roslyn Russell and her assistant Rachel Watson visited the Centre today to meet with Ken Heffernan, Curator of the Gillespie Collection, and others who have been involved in cataloguing it. Dr Russell lives in Canberra, and knew Lyall Gillespie,...
School visit appetiser for Bink reunion - A hundred or so descendants of Reinhold and Anna Bink enjoyed a family reunion gathering at the Pavilion on 23rd March. Reinhold and Anna arrived in Australia in December 1950 with their five children. Reinhold established Bink Cement Products...

April 2019

A Taste of Brass! - The 11th annual concert with Canberra Brass took place on Sunday 14th April and was enjoyed by a large crowd. Steadfast sponsors Barnett and Lilley again made the concert possible, and not only sponsored the Band, but helped with promotion,...
Selected Spaces - the settling of Ginninderra - Around a hundred visitors packed the main exhibition room at the Centre on Sunday 14th for the official opening of 'Selected Spaces' by Dr Barbara Dawson. ''Selected Spaces is based on six 'case stories' of pioneering settler families...

May 2019

ANU Indigenous Studies staff & students visit the Centre - Dr Matilda House, a Ngambri-Ngunnawal elder, hosted a visit to several important local indigenous sites as well as a visit to the Centre on Monday 20th May. Around 50 students & staff from the ANU College of the Arts & Social Sciences attended....
Visit by descendants of the Gribble and O'Brien families - A group of descendants from the Gribble, O'Brien and Southwell families visited the Museum on Sunday to see the displays particularly relating to the Gribble history and Glebe Farm. The most senior of the visitors was Ronald O'Brien who...

June 2019

Gillespie Family Visit - We had a visit from the Gillespie family on Wednesday 19th June. Jim and Loretta Gillespie lived in Hall for 10 years in the 60s and 70s. Their 2 children, Christine and Tracy went to Hall School, Tracy starting her education in the old school...

August 2019

Our annual meeting - Our 2019 annual meeting survived a number of challenges to go ahead as scheduled on 8th August. Our buildings are undergoing renovation, including relocation of reverse cycle heating units; the day was exceptionally cold; and most challenging,...
Hatch descendants still making history - Helen and Marion Warman are grand-daughters of William Hatch Junior and Elizabeth Bard who took over the running of Rosewood farm when William Hatch (Senior) died in 1907. Good friends of the Centre, they have contributed generously to the Rosewood...

September 2019

CWA gives us a donation - The Gungahlin Branch of the Country Womens Association recently arrived unannounced (this is not a complaint!) to present us with a generous donation of $250. Treasurer Melissa Lee writes: "CWA Gungahlin fundraises throughout the year so that...

October 2019

A Palette of Pioneer Places - new Exhibition - Canberra watercolour artist, Isla Patterson, has painted eight heritage buildings within the Parishes of Jeir, Wallaroo and Ginninderra which will be the centre piece of a new exhibition. This exhibition presents the paintings together with...
Latest Launch - Around a hundred visitors throughout the day enjoyed our latest exhibition, the innovative fusion of art and heritage - 'A palette of pioneer places'. A selection of Isla Patterson's watercolour paintings of early district properties - all but...
See us at Cook! - Thanks to our growing cooperation with the Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra (HAGSOC), our 'Selected Spaces' exhibition is now on display at their premises in the Cook Community Hub – the old Cook Primary school. The display...
Southwell Family Archive - Lift-off! - The Centre has won an ACT Heritage grant, announced by Heritage Minister Mick Gentleman at the award ceremony held yesterday at the Fire Brigade Museum at Forrest. The Centre had requested $7,500 to work in partnership with the Southwell Family...
Back to 'Nine Elms' - Many district resident will be familiar with the beguiling name 'Nine Elms'. The site of this old homestead is now on CSIRO land nearly opposite where Curran Drive joins the Barton Highway. The original timber homestead was built by Edmund...
'Bikies' attracted by Isla - We were delighted this morning to host a short visit by a big bunch of 'bikies' - around three dozen according to Peter le Mesurier, the Pedal Power organiser of the visit. Spotting an alluring advertisement for the Isla Patterson exhibition,...

November 2019

Remembrance Day 2019 - A number of volunteers and friends of the Hall School Museum & Heritage Centre attended the Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Hall Cenotaph on 11 November. A commemorative wreath on behalf of the Museum volunteers was laid at the cairn.

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