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 a motley collection of convicts and expirees to establish a sheep station on Ginninderry Creek. Our exhibition commemorates the bicentenary of that settlement.

The exhibits include:

• a visualisation of Sunday dinner on 23rd January 1848, when the Palmers, the Campbells and the Murrays (all prominent early settler families) got together
• an audio-visual presentation tracing the early history of Palmerville from 1828 until the Palmer connection was tragically severed in 1876
• storyboards illustrate pre-colonial settlement and aspects of station development from the time of convict labour to the coming of free migrants and on to the era of free settlement.

The volunteer team of Allen Mawer, Ken Heffernan and Peter Browning have put together a most interesting and engaging exhibition.

Open to the public:

Thursdays: 9am - 12 noon
Sundays: 12 noon - 4pm