Hall Museum 2026 News Archive

September 2026

Majura Probus Club visit - We had a wonderful visit from a group of ladies linked to the Majura Probus Club on Tuesday 8th September. It was a delightful spring day and they especially enjoyed their Devonshire Tea - scones, jam & cream. One of the Heritage Centre's...

Annual Address - Professor Mathew Trinca Talalin AM FAHA - Volunteers and visitors were delighted to welcome Dr Talanin on Thursday when he gave the Heritage Centre's Annual Address. His talk was titled: Local History and National meaning: Australian history as a mosaic of our experience. Mathew spoke...
Photo wrapping by ACT Infrastructure - The Charnwood Water Metre Upgrade Project has now been completed. The historical artwork provided by the Hall Heritage Centre has been installed and has already attracted very positive feedback from the community. A QR code has been installed...

National Local Government Conference - visitors - On Wednesday 24th June we hosted a group of visitors who were in Canberra with their partners for the National Local Government three day conference. A tour of the Hall village was organised for the group and after they visited the galleries...
New title available - James McDonald. Canberra IV. Inventing a capital (1907-38) - Building the 'bush capital' was no small feat. The path was often diverted by jurisdictional jealousies, which bled into the painful processes of site selection and the choice of a design. The treatment of Walter and Marion Griffin and the...
Voices from the Schoolhouse - Over the past few months, students from the ANU have been beavering away with their unit leader, Isa Menzies, to develop an exhibition for public display. The students involved in this project are completing a postgraduate course offered by...

Kaleen Probus Club visits the centre - We were delighted to host a rather large group of members from the Kaleen Probus Club on Sunday 17th May. Despite ongoing renovations to the front entrance off Palmer Street, all the visitors managed to find their way into the main display space...

Visit by the Ambassador and staff from the Embassy of the People's republic of China - Volunteers welcomed more than 100 visitors to the centre on Sunday afternoon, 19th April, from the Embassy of the People's Republic of China. The Ambassador and his staff had previously attended a lunch at Gold Creek Homestead where they were...
Palmerville Exhibition - opened - After many months of 'rabbit hole' research our exhibition, recognising the of the story of Palmerville, was opened on Sunday 12th April by Linda Roberts, President ACT National Trust. In 1826 George Thomas Palmer sent a superintendent and...
National Trust Open Day - Despite the low temperature & gusty wind, hundreds of visitors attended the National Trust (ACT) Open Day at the Gungahlin Homestead in Crace on Saturday 11th April. This event has traditionally signalled the beginning of celebrations for the...

Yass U3A group visit the centre - Hall Heritage Centre volunteers hosted a very animated group on Thursday 26th from Yass University of the Third Age (U3A). The visitors are members of the Australian History course and were keen to hear our stories about the families who settled...
Hall Showground - In preparation for the centenary of the Royal Canberra Show in 2027, volunteers from the Hall Heritage Centre hosted a group from the Royal National Capital Agricultural Society (RNCAS) for lunch at this week's National Sheep Dog Trials. President...
ANU archaeology students visit - ANU archaeology lecturer Duncan Wright, and Uncle Wally Bell of the Buru Ngunawal Aboriginal corporation, brought a group of twenty archaeology students to the Hall Heritage Centre on 11 March to study stone artefact technology and the archaeological...
Pizza evening with the Rotary Club of Hall - Despite the constant rain, about 30 people enjoyed an in-house pizza evening on Tuesday 3rd March. Recently, the Rotary Club of Hall gave a financial sponsorship to the Hall Heritage Centre for the development & advancement of our Education...
Visit by Gungahlin CWA - Volunteers from the Gungahlin branch of the CWA visited the campus on Monday 2nd March. We hosted a morning tea and tour of our displays for the visitors. One of their members, and one of our volunteers, Heather Wilford has recently passed...