Heritage in Trust November 2015

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November 2015 _________________________________________________________________

The drawing room, Lanyon Homestead Photo provided by Chris Wain

The furniture collection at Lanyon Homestead

Celebrating Lanyon

Three authors have contributed articles on Lanyon for this

edition of Heritage in Trust. Chris Wain begins with a brief

history of the property, Michael Hodgkin writes about the

involvement of the ACT National Trust in the furnishing of

Lanyon, and Greg Peters describes some highlights from the

furniture collection itself.

Cont p2

Inside

From the President p 6

Obituary: Kim Nelson p 9

Heritage Diary p 10

Travels and at home with the Trust p 11

Who the blazes was Mouat? p 18

Canberra Korean Uniting Church Reid Heritage Conservation Appeal Fund p 20

Heritage In Trust November 2015


The history of Lanyon

The original Lanyon homestead was built in the late

1830s for James Wright who came from England in

1832 followed by his brother, William, and a friend, J.

H. M. Lanyon. Each was granted a land lease in 1835.

Unfortunately William was killed soon after, and the

leases held by him and Lanyon, who returned to

England, were transferred to James.

The property then comprised 5,000 acres bordering

the Murrumbidgee River in a valley between the

Tidbinbilla Ranges. In 1838 James Wright married Mary

Davis, whose family pioneered Booroomba

Homestead. They lived at Lanyon until 1847, when

Wright encountered financial difficulties and was

forced to sell to Andrew Cunningham and moved

across the river to Cuppacumbalong.

By 1859 the original Lanyon homestead was too small

to house the Cunninghams and their eight children so

they built the basis of the current house of local

fieldstone with wide verandahs, French windows,

fanlights and a wooden shingled roof.

In 1905 Lanyon was upgraded, updated and almost

doubled in size to suit Andrew Cunningham’s new wife

who was almost 30 years his junior. On Andrew’s death

in 1913 a complete inventory of the homestead and

furniture was done and the majority of the furniture

sold at auction. Members of the Cunningham family

held Lanyon until they sold the property to Harry

Osborne as a home for his son, P. J. B. Osborne, in

1926. They owned the property for four years before

selling it to T.A. Field.

T. A. Field Ltd was a meat and pastoral empire with

headquarters in Thomas Street, Sydney, and interests

extending throughout eastern Australia. Tom Field

bought Lanyon in 1930 and developed it into the

family's country home and a rural showpiece. Field's

wool clips from Lanyon and other stations were among

the world's largest combined offerings under one

ownership.

In 1974 Lanyon was resumed by the Commonwealth

Government for future urban development.

Today Lanyon is a characterful, rambling old house,

surrounded on two sides by a wide and shady

colonnaded verandah under a deep-hipped green

corrugated roof. Tall trees, pines and elms shade the

lawns, where in summer white wrought-iron seats

once faced over the paddocks. A convict bell tops the

ivy-covered original homestead, hollyhocks and

sunflowers grow against the outbuildings. Inside, the

house is high-ceilinged and spacious. To one side of the

From the Editors

We’re very pleased to be able to feature Lanyon

in this edition of Heritage in Trust. Three authors

have contributed articles and we hope they might

encourage readers to visit (or revisit) Lanyon and

see the furniture collection in the homestead

through new eyes.

We also have major items on the Mouat Tree

project and on the Heritage Conservation Appeal

Fund established to assist with conservation of

the Canberra Korean Uniting Church in Reid,

formerly the Reid Methodist Church, which is 88

years old this year. Readers can make donations

to both the Mouat Tree project and the Church

Appeal Fund – information on how to do this is

provided in the relevant articles.

Spring is a good time to visit heritage places and

the Trust is offering a walk in historic

Queanbeyan on Sunday 15 November. Then it’s

time for the Trust’s Christmas party which this

year will be held at Ashby in Bungendore on the

afternoon of Sunday 6 December.

Looking ahead, the Trust has received funding for

two projects in 2016, details of which are

provided by Scott McAlister in From the

President.

The Editors would like to take this opportunity to

wish Trust members a happy and safe Christmas

and a great New Year.



entrance hall is the large living-room, featuring

shuttered doors onto the verandah.

The contents of the house are not original. As noted

above Andrew Cunningham’s widow sold everything in

1913 after her husband died and the house passed to

his brother. As Michael Hodgkin explains in more

detail below, after Government acquisition of Lanyon

the National Trust was charged with refurnishing the

house. Some funds were provided by the Government

but many of the items were provided by National Trust

members. Other items were purchased by the National

Trust (ACT) from a profit-sharing arrangement with

ACT Museums and Galleries.

In 2010 it was decided to work with ACT Museums and

Galleries to rationalise the collection to what was

relevant to Lanyon. Many items that were not deemed

relevant were returned to Trust members and the rest

was auctioned. The Trust still owns a substantial

amount of the furnishings and provides voluntary

guides to staff Lanyon.

The Trust is proud of its long-standing relationship with

Lanyon and ACT Museums and Galleries.

Chris Wain Chris Wain is currently a member of the ACT National Trust

Council and is a former Executive Director of the ACT

National Trust.

The ACT National Trust and Lanyon

In 1976 the National Trust of Australia (ACT) was in the

process of being formally created out of the ACT sub-

committee of the National Trust (NSW). The National

Trust (ACT) was formally incorporated in December

1976.

At that time Lanyon Homestead was being used to house Sidney Nolan’s gift of a number of his Ned Kelly series of paintings. Lanyon Homestead and the surrounding properties had, not long previously, been compulsorily acquired by the Commonwealth to make way for future urban development, and, after some discussion over what use might be made of the historic homestead buildings, the decision had been taken to use the homestead to house the Nolan gift. Nolan himself had visited the homestead and felt that the surrounding landscape would complement the

Contents

The Furniture Collection at Lanyon Homestead__ 1

From the President ________________________ 6

People and Places/ Trusted Recipe ___________ 8

Obituary: Kim Nelson ______________________ 9

Heritage Diary ____________________________ 10

Travels and at home with the Trust __________ 11

Dirk Hartog – Canberra Celebrations 2016 _____ 13

Trust Tour Report - Bombala _______________ 13

Heritage Happenings ______________________ 15

Northbourne Housing Precinct Statement _____ 16

INTO Conference report ___________________ 17

Who the blazes was Mouat?________________ 18

Canberra Korean Uniting Church Reid

Heritage Conservation Appeal Fund _______ 20

landscapes in the paintings. My recollection (from

conversations with him) is that he gave the paintings

“to be housed at Lanyon”, although it seems that those

words do not appear in the formal deed of gift.

Certainly Nolan’s wish that the paintings be housed at

Lanyon was one of the reasons why the purpose built

Nolan Gallery was constructed at Lanyon when the

decision was eventually taken to move the paintings

out of the house.rs of the newly created National Trust

(ACT) felt that the Nolan paintings did not suit the

ambience of the 1800s homestead. Very soon after

the Trust was created the President and Council of the

Trust started writing a series of letters to the then

Minister, Mr Bob Ellicott, suggesting that the paintings

were incongruous in the 19th century house, that they

should be removed from the house and that it should

be furnished as a homestead museum.

Members of the Trust who may remember me from

my twelve years as Executive Officer of the Trust might

not be aware that, for six years from 1976 onwards, I

was Director of the Recreation Section of the then

Department of the Interior (the Commonwealth

Department which managed the ACT until the Territory

was granted self-government). That Section was

responsible for managing all ACT facilities for sports,

the arts, community recreation and heritage, including



Lanyon Homestead. I was therefore very closely

involved with the debate over the correct use of

Lanyon Homestead and was present when the Minister

informed the President (Major-General Ken McKay)

and Council of the Trust that he had agreed to build

the Nolan Gallery so that the homestead could be

restored and furnished. In return, the Trust agreed to

ask its members to lend furniture and other items so

that the house museum could be set up as quickly as

possible.

An expert committee, the Lanyon Restoration and

Acquisitions Committee, initially chaired by Major-

General McKay, was appointed by the Minister to

oversight the project. The Committee was charged

with developing a plan for restoring the homestead;

determining the appropriate era(s) to aim at with the

restoration; removing modern alterations (including

the carpets, curtains and light fittings which had been

installed to display the Nolan paintings); oversighting

the work; and selecting appropriate furnishings.

While funds were initially provided to cover much of

the cost of restoring the house and the purchase of

some initial items of furniture (the rest being lent by

Trust members), there were no additional funds

provided for guides to show people around and explain

the new house museum. An agreement was therefore

struck between the Trust and the Government

whereby the Trust provided volunteer guardians for

Lanyon in return for a portion of the revenue. These

funds were, in turn, used to enhance the exhibition

(under the direction of the Lanyon Restoration and

Acquisitions Committee), including gradually replacing

the items which had been lent by members of the

Trust.

Michael Hodgkin Michael Hodgkin was Executive Officer of the ACT National

Trust for 12 years.

The Furniture at Lanyon Homestead

As a young, keen furniture conservator eager to know

more about antiques and the history of interiors, it was

suggested to me by the then Curator of Lanyon that a

good way to learn was to immerse myself in the

Lanyon Collection by becoming a volunteer guide.

Once or twice a month I would make the journey to

Lanyon, where as a young 20-something-year-old male,

I found myself surrounded by a group of much older,

mainly female guides and volunteers who kindly

adopted me as a surrogate son and allowed me the

freedom to explore and study the collection, whilst

they held the fort and conducted tours much more

effectively than this shy young lad!

My initial involvement began in the mid-1990s, thus

about half way through Lanyon’s 40-year history as a

house museum. Ever since, I have in one way or

another been involved, either as a volunteer guide, on

the Lanyon Volunteer Committee, professionally in the

capacity of conservator, and for the past eight years or

so on the Historic Places Committee organised through

the Canberra Museum and Gallery.

In my present privileged position of working on and

with the furniture at Lanyon, I am fortunate to handle

some truly iconic examples of Australian colonial

furniture. Many of these pieces deserve closer

examination and the attentions of a scholarly

researcher to delve deeper into their provenance and

history. From the outset, the Acquisitions Committee

had a keen eye for appropriate objects and the

foresight to acquire while they could, as many of the

acquired pieces wouldn’t be available, let alone

affordable, to purchase today. There are many fine

examples worthy of further consideration in the

Lanyon Collection. However the two dining room

pieces described below are favourites of mine that

warrant a closer look next time you visit Lanyon.

Built-in side cupboards, dining room, circa 1859

These are of particular merit as they are the only

confirmed pieces of furniture that are original to

Lanyon and were installed at the time of construction

of the homestead in 1859.

Built in to the recesses either side of the fireplace in

the dining room, these were probably constructed by

the joiners fitting the house with architectural fittings

such as doors, shutters and windows. As with most of

the architectural fittings at Lanyon, they have

remained largely unaltered since they were fitted.



Lanyon Homestead dining room, featuring built-in cedar cupboards either side of fireplace and cedar sideboard on left.

The cupboards are made of solid Australian cedar with

simple architectural Palladian backboards and arched

panelled doors. They are inset with diamond-shaped

bone escutcheons. These classical features are more

reminiscent of Georgian furniture than the Victorian

era of 1859 in which they were made. The cupboards

are also indicative of the conservative and outmoded

approach to style that many Australian country homes

were decorated in, well into the nineteenth century,

and well behind the latest trends of city living. The

glass knobs on the doors (as shown in the photograph)

are not original to the cupboards, as the doors would

have originally been opened with a key.

Australian cedar sideboard, dining room, circa 1835

This impressive sideboard of large proportions was

purchased by the Lanyon Restoration and Acquisitions

Committee in 1980. It is illustrated in the authoritative

text, Nineteenth Century Australian Furniture by Fahy,

Simpson and Simpson, Plate 147.

This object is thought to be from Clairville, a 19th

century property owned by the Stephen family of

Punchbowl in Sydney, NSW. Several other items in the

Lanyon Collection also came from this estate, including

the brass lamps that are used on the sideboard in its

current position.

To my mind this is the centrepiece of the dining room

and one of the gems in the Lanyon Collection. It is

broad and long, but it fits the Lanyon dining room

extremely well. Between the twin pedestal cupboards

is the unusual addition of a bank of drawers. These full-

width drawers create a huge storage capacity and add

practicality to the piece. Generally the void between

pedestals on sideboards is used to house stand-alone

and sometimes matching cellarets for bottles of wine

or similar.

The sideboard is made entirely of Australian cedar,

with the finished show timber comprising both solid

cedar and thick decorative cedar veneer laid on

structurally stable cedar substrates. The construction

of this piece is quite complex and reflects masterfully

the skill of the cabinet maker. The decorative recessed

panels with inset corners, reel and bead mouldings,

tapered columns and carved scrolls give the piece an

earlier Regency-period feel. These earlier decorative

details are often found on colonial furniture pieces

from this 1830- 40s period in both NSW and Tasmania.

In reflecting on my time and contributions throughout

my 20-year association with Lanyon, I have observed

major changes in the way Lanyon is managed, staffed

and operated as a house museum. Much unseen but

important museology work in registration, digitisation

and conservation has been undertaken behind the

scenes in more recent years to help better catalogue

and provide access to the collection, yet it is very

interesting to note how little the collection, its

curatorship and the collection placement has changed

– if at all. This ongoing and minimally altered

collection is really a testament to the knowledge,

research, study and expertise of the original curatorial

staff, the Acquisitions Committee and, of course, the

team of volunteers who generously put so much time

and energy into making Lanyon the outstanding,

historically-correct, interpretative collection that it

remains today.

Greg Peters Greg Peters is Chief Conservator and Director, Patinations

Conservation Services Pty Ltd. He has had a long association

with Lanyon.

Acknowledgments Jennifer Elton, Collections Manager at Historic Places from the

Canberra Museum and Gallery provided relevant information and

the photograph of the dining room. The photograph has been

reproduced with kind permission from photographer Brenton

McGeachie.



From the President

Hello Members

Just a quick reminder, if you happen to be reading this before 29 October, please consider coming along to our AGM which will be held at National Archives on Thursday 29 October from 6.00pm. We have been fortunate to secure Minister Mick Gentleman as our guest speaker. He will be articulating his Party’s vision for the heritage sector and will field questions from the floor. We also have a couple of vacancies on the Council and would welcome nominations from people keen to assist the Trust with its valuable work – and no, you do not need any heritage experience!

2015-16 Heritage Grants

Announcement of 2015 – 16 Heritage Grants. ACT Trust President, Scott McAlister

One of the areas where the Trust excels is the planning and implementation of tours and events. This expertise has been recognised by the ACT Government who have recently awarded the Trust two grants from the 2015-16 ACT Heritage Grants Program for the following events:

Heritage Festival Open Day

To be held on 10 April 2016 at the Old Forestry School in Yarralumla (off Banks Street) and the adjacent Yarralumla No. 2 oval, the Heritage Festival Open Day will form a key part of the 2016 Canberra and Region Heritage Festival. The Trust has a long history of successful Open Days, most recently this year at Mugga-Mugga Homestead and at Yarralumla Nursery in 2014.

The day will incorporate the usual diverse range of activities and given its central location, ease of access and parking we are expecting a big turnout.

Preliminary planning is underway for tours etc on the day, so keep an eye on our website for updates on activities. The Open Day also proves to be our most popular event for volunteers to engage in, so if you would like to help out on the day or with event planning please let Liz in the office know.

Announcement of 2015 – 16 Heritage Grants. ACT Trust Councillor Mary Johnston

National Trust Heritage Urban Polaris

To be held on 16 April 2016, this event will be a unique experience for keen cyclists who will be involved in a seven hour navigating and cycling event where teams of two must find their way around a series of control points (located at selected heritage places) spread throughout Canberra. Each control point is assigned a point value and the aim for riders is to amass as many points as possible. The geographical spread of these heritage sites provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to broaden their knowledge and appreciation of Canberra’s heritage, especially as some of the control points will be located at lesser known sites. The fun aspect of the Polaris is that entrants choose their own routes using a combination of cycle paths, roads, nature trails etc and quite often ‘local knowledge’ can produce a better outcome than sheer cycling ability. Again, I would love to hear from anyone who would like to volunteer with event organisation or to help out on the day.

On behalf of the ACT National Trust I would like to thank the ACT Government for their continued support for the local heritage sector.

Cooma Cottage Costume Ball

I recently attended the Cooma Cottage 175th Anniversary Costume Ball in Yass to celebrate the 175th year since revered explorer Hamilton Hume moved into Cooma Cottage (which is now owned and



operated by the NSW National Trust). The ACT Trust had a table of ten booked for the event and there were approximately 75 guests in total.

Guests in costume at the Ball

The evening commenced with pre-ball drinks and canapés at Cooma Cottage (the weather gods ensured we had a glorious spring sunset), after which we were treated to a horse and carriage ride with Travealy Horse Drawn Carriage Rides down the main street of Yass. We then retired to the Yass Memorial Hall for dinner which was accompanied by some beautiful wines courtesy of Dennis Hart and his Dog Trap Vineyard, and a night of dancing which was keenly directed by our friends from Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy. (I have to admire their patience!)

Guests from the ACT Trust enjoying dinner and fine wines

Between the dances we were entertained with three operatic recitals from local singer Keren Dalzell, and author Robert Macklin read an extract from his forthcoming biography of Hamilton Hume. And, while I wouldn’t have thought it possible, local silhouette

artist Geoff Pearce was able to do a portrait of myself using only scissors and a piece of paper!

ACT Trust members, Linda Roberts and Scott McAlister and partners

The Ball was also used to launch the Old Hume Highway 31 Project, an innovative plan to bring together all of the bypassed communities along the entire length of the Old Hume Highway to form a single cohesive marketing structure and experience for travellers who may wish to revisit the days when travelling between Melbourne and Sydney (and places in between) was not as fast and efficient as it is today. All Councils along the Old Hume Highway support the concept, and the NSW Trust is a key player in this project. Further information is available on their website.

On a serious note, Cooma Cottage is the closest Trust-owned asset to Canberra and it is always looking for volunteer assistance and support. Please contact Manager Rick Williams on 0488 963 492 or Liz in our office for more details on how you can help. Scott McAlister President



People and Places

New members

The National Trust (ACT) warmly welcomes the

following new members:

Suzanne Smith and Robert Barbaro

John Campbell

Anthony and Elaine Eccleston

Anita Davenport and Steve Galinec

Dorothy Hart

Paul and Di Janssens

Alan and Margaret Knight

Elizabeth Masters

Justin Fuller and Bronwen McCrohon

Charles O’Hanlon

Brenton and Cherie Prosser

John Madden and Alison Sewell

Dennis and Elizabeth Smedley

Pamela Thomas

Pam Wilmot

Trusted recipe

Christmas is on the way and following are some easy favourites.

COCONUT BALLS 18 Weetbix, crushed

2 cups coconut 2 cups sultanas

2 tablespoons cocoa 25 mls rum or a little more or less

depending on taste

Mix in 1½- 2 cups condensed milk and form into balls, and roll in extra

coconut.

APRICOT BALLS Packet dried apricots Packet Nice biscuits

Brandy (about 20 mls or, as above, a little more or less depending on taste)

½ cup coconut

Mix in 1 tin of condensed milk and form balls, and roll in extra coconut.

SHORTBREAD 500 g butter

250 g caster sugar* 750 g plain flour

Cream butter and sugar. Add flour and mix well. Place in tray and prick with

fork. Bake in cool/moderate oven (150°C) till

cooked. MUST NOT GO BROWN!

* For a smoother biscuit, up to 1/3 of the caster sugar can be replaced with

icing sugar.

2016 National Trust Desk Diary

DOGS IN AUSTRALIAN LIFE

This diary records the variety of skills and depth of

devotion to their work shown by dogs of many breeds

(sometimes rescue dogs) trained to help us in our daily

work: on the farm; as trackers, in the services; assisting the

impaired; and in pursuing scientific solutions to improve

our lives - all this while providing the joy of faithful

companionship.

Cost: $22.50 NT ACT members; $25.00 non-members.

To order your copy call 6230 0533 or email

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]



Kim Nelson Obituary

It was with sadness that we heard of the recent passing of artist and heritage supporter, Kim Nelson.

Kim lived at the NSW National Trust property, Cooma Cottage, near Yass, for 11 years as the property’s initial manager and curator. He was also acting senior curator of Lanyon and Calthorpes’ House while the newly acquired Mugga-Mugga property was being prepared for opening to the public. He also designed the Mugga-Mugga logo.

Kim had a very productive life as an artist. At the age of 17 he attended a year of life drawing classes at the renowned Julian Ashton Art School and completed his first commissioned mural in that year. He needed to earn an income so went into graphic design and marketing, and spent years in this industry. Another ten were spent working with house museums.

Due to these links with the National Trust he was approached by Trust Executive Officer Mike Hodgkin in 2003 to produce an artwork for the ACT Trust, similar to one he had done for Cooma Cottage, with the vision of creating limited edition prints for resale.

He presented various forms of his artwork to the Council and after a few weeks Mike approached him again suggesting that Mt Stromlo be the subject of the artwork, as a kind of memorial to the site after it was destroyed during the 2003 fires.

His comment on hearing this was “Oh great.

Couldn’t it at least be something that still exists?”

So, with two black and white images of the original building and some fragments of paint colour and roof tiles, he set to work. The final artwork (shown left) was a montage of the Administration Building set against a background of the Tarantula Nebula as seen from Mt Stromlo: an everlasting memorial of his talents and respect for the National Trust and the heritage of the national capital.

The ACT National Trust would like to express its

sorrow to Kim’s family. He will always be

remembered by the Trust for his friendship and

support.

Dianne Dowling

Heritage Tourism. Can you help?

Recently the ACT and twelve regional New South

Wales councils have joined forces with the national

capital to form the Canberra Region. Much of the

focus is on the potential for tourism collaborations.

The Trust is planning an innovative new project

aimed at increasing heritage tourism experiences

across the Region as well as enhancing the Trust’s

own public profile and awareness of its activities.

We are looking to assemble a small team of 3-4

volunteers, who can plan and implement the

project. Ideally volunteers should have knowledge

and experience in areas such as Project

Management, Promotion, Marketing, Sponsorship,

Hospitality or Catering.

If you are interested in being a member of the team

please contact Graham Carter on 6247 2095.

New Trust Office Address

The ACT Trust office has moved!

You can find us at the Griffin Centre.

Unit 3.9, Level 3 Griffin Centre 20 Genge St

Canberra City ACT 2600

All other details are the same.



Heritage Diary November 2015 to June 2016 A selection of heritage-related events of interest to members

Details of National Trust (ACT) events are provided in Travels and at home with the Trust on page 11.

Date and time

Event and location

Organiser

Contact

On-going

Every Saturday

11.30am - 2.30pm

Blundell’s Cottage, reopened May 2015 after

heritage and interpretive works, is now open every

Saturday with tours at 11.30am and 1pm. New exhibits interpret Ginn and Sainsbury families –

the first and last families in occupation.

Numbers limited, bookings recommended.

NCA https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/blundells-

cottage-families-of-workers-tickets-

16854262553

On-going monthly Second Sunday

10.00am – 4.00pm

other times by appointment

History with a Difference. Popular Canberra storyteller Elizabeth Burness brings stories of

Canberra’s pioneering past alive with tales of the

old schooldays. Admission: gold coin

Tuggeranong Schoolhouse, 34 Enid Lorimer

Circuit, Chisholm

Tuggeranong Schoolhouse

Museum

Elizabeth Burness 6161 6383 or 0400 391 440

http://www.historywithadifference.com.au/t

uggeranong-schoolhouse-

museum/index.html

Thursday 29

October

6.00 for 6.30pm

National Trust AGM, followed by guest speaker

Mick Gentleman MLA, Minister for Planning.

Menzies Room, National Archives

National Trust Please RSVP by Tuesday 27 October.

6230 0533

Sunday 1 November 12.30 to approx

4.45pm

Korean Lunch and 10th Reid Open Houses and

Gardens

National Trust

Bookings essential. 6230 0533 or email

[email protected].

Saturday 7 and

Sunday 8 November

1.00-4.00pm

Open Weekend at Mugga-Mugga celebrating the

birthday of Sylvia Curley

ACT

Museums and

Galleries

Free entry.

www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au.mug

ga

Sunday 15 November

2.00-4.00pm

Historic Queanbeyan walk with Nichole Overall

National Trust


[email protected].

Wednesday 18

November

6.30 for 7.00pm

CAS/CAR lecture – Stuart Hawkins,

Archaeology and Human Behavioural Ecology in Vanuatu, Manning Clark Centre, Theatre 6,

Bldg 26A, Union Court, ANU.

CAS www.cas.asn.au

27 November –

28 March 2016

Magnified: 12 Years of the Waterhouse Natural

Science Art Prize Retrospective exhibition of winning works paired with material from

collections of the SA Museum, NAA, State

Herbarium of SA and State Records of SA to delve

further into the science behind the art. National Archives, Queen Victoria Terrace

NAA Bookings not needed.

6212 3600 naa.gov.au/visit-us/exhibitions

Sunday 6 December National Trust Christmas Party, at Ashby,

Bungendore

National Trust


[email protected].

Saturday 12

December 5- 9 pm

(Carols at 7pm)

Christmas Carols and Picnic Lanyon Homestead

An evening of magical Christmas fun. BYO picnic to enjoy in the beautiful Lanyon gardens. Carol

singing by Sing Australia Choir and Tuggeranong

Valley Band. The homestead is lit by candles and

decorated for a nineteenth century Christmas. Includes Christmas ornament-making for children,

sausage sizzle, musical entertainment and carols on

the lawns.

ACT

Museums and Galleries in

association

with Sing

Australia Choir and the

Tuggeranong

Valley Band

$10 per car, bookings are not required

http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au/lanyon/public.html

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/blundells-cottage-families-of-workers-tickets-16854262553



http://www.historywithadifference.com.au/tuggeranong-schoolhouse-museum/index.html




http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au.mugga/

http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au.mugga/


http://www.cas.asn.au/






February 2016

Date TBA Bus tour to Captains Flat and Hoskinstown

National Trust For queries. phone 6230 0533 or email

[email protected].

Saturday 20

February 2016 Canberra Symphony Orchestra Shell Prom

Picnic Concert, celebrating the 400th anniversary

of Dirk Hartog’s landing in Australia

Government House, Yarralumla

Canberra

Symphony

Orchestra

www.cso.org.au

7 April to 15 May

2016

ABC in the 60s and 70s Exhibition focusing on

early ABC television programs including This Day

Tonight, Bellbird, Checkerboard, Playschool, Adventure Island, Countdown and GTK. National

Archives, Queen Victoria Terrace

NAA Bookings not needed.

6212 3600

naa.gov.au/visit-us/exhibitions

Notes: CAS is the Canberra Archaeological Society. CAR is the Centre for Archaeological Research. NAA is National Archives of Australia. NCA is National Capital Authority Information on events run by organisations other than the National Trust (ACT) is provided in good faith, but readers should check dates and times with the contacts indicated above.

Travels and at home with the Trust Local and Interstate

ACT National Trust AGM Thursday 29 October, 6.00 for 6.30pm

To be held in the Menzies Room, National Archives,

followed by a talk by Mick Gentleman MLA, Minister for

Planning. We hope you can join us.

Please RSVP by Tuesday 27 October on 6230 0533.

Korean Lunch and 10th Reid Open

Houses and Gardens Sunday 1 November, 12.30-around 4.45pm

The ACT National Trust will hold a very special event, in

conjunction with the Canberra Korean Uniting Church

Reid and the Reid Residents' Association, on 1

November. The event will begin at 12.30pm with a

specially catered lunch prepared by the Korean Uniting

Church congregation who are the custodians of the

former Methodist Church.

At the lunch the Heritage Conservation Appeal Fund for

the Church will be launched. After the lunch, the 10th

Reid Open Houses and Gardens will be held. Three

privately-owned heritage-listed houses and gardens will

be opened for inspection. Two of these have not been

opened before and the third has not been opened

previously in its present form. Following the inspections

the event will conclude with afternoon tea at the Reid

Pre-school.

For some further background information on the

Heritage Conservation Appeal and on the event, see the

article Canberra Korean Uniting Church Reid Heritage

Conservation Appeal Fund which begins on page 20.

The ticket price includes lunch, the house and garden

inspections, afternoon tea and a copy of the book The

Heritage of Reid.

Cost: Members: $45; Non-members: $55

Bookings essential: Call the office on 6230 0533 or

email [email protected].


http://www.cso.org.au/




Historic Queanbeyan Walk Sunday 15 November, 2.00-4.00pm

This walk will be led by Nichole Overall, author of

Queanbeyan City of Champions.

Queanbeyan was once described as 'one of the prettiest

townships in all the colony' and it still retains a rustic

and 'olde worlde charm' even though some of its gems

are hidden away, overlooked or sometimes forgotten

completely.

A place as old as Queanbeyan - one of the earliest

regional townships in the country - also has more than

its fair share of other secrets too ...

Join Nichole Overall to explore some of the twisting

byways and winding backroads into Queanbeyan's past.

As you do, hear tales of hardship and prosperity,

adversity and success as you visit some of the least seen

locations and buildings that remain as testament to this

region's fascinating evolution from colonial outpost to

bustling, cosmopolitan metropolis.

Our springtime stroll will conclude with an afternoon tea

at one of the city's loveliest (and some even say

haunted!) heritage buildings.




ACT National Trust Christmas Party Sunday 6 December, 3.00-5.00pm at Ashby,

Bungendore

This year's Christmas Party is at a new venue - the home

of Richard and Mary Johnston.

Ashby is an historic stone house built in the 1830s. It is

set on 109 acres near Bungendore village. Significant

renovations and extensions were made to the house in

the mid-1970s and again more recently. The house

therefore spans around 180 years and combines

heritage and modern living very comfortably.

The usual Christmas fare will be provided while you enjoy the house and garden surroundings.

Old Ashby

New Ashby




If you need, or can provide, a lift between Canberra and

Bungendore, please advise when you book and we will

try to match you up. Directions will be provided when

you book.

Forthcoming tour February 2016:

Bus tour to Captains Flat and Hoskinstown February 2016. Date TBA

Advance notice is given of our first event for 2016. More

information will be given in the e-news and on the Trust

website as the event details are finalised.

Cost: TBA For queries phone the office on 6230 0533 or email [email protected]






Dirk Hartog Celebrations in Canberra February 2016

Latest information from the Dutch Embassy in Canberra

is that the 2016 Shell Prom Picnic Concert, to be held in

the grounds of Government House, Yarralumla, on

Saturday 20 February will celebrate the 400th

anniversary of Dirk Hartog’s landing with an eclectic

program including music by Australian and Dutch

composers.

Photo from https://eriksgaap.wordpress.com/tag/dirk-hartog/

Trust Tour Report

Bombala in the Spring Bus Tour

Sunday 20 September

Taking advantage of a wonderful spring day on 20

September a busload of keen ‘Trust Travelers’ headed

south from Canberra down the Monaro Highway in the

footsteps of the early settlers of the region.

Passing through the communities of Michelago, Bredbo,

Bunyan, Cooma, Nimmitabel and Bombala the group

traced the southerly progress of early explorers such as

Throsby, Currie and Ovens, and the settlers who quickly

followed them.

From the mid-1820s major grazing properties sprang up

through the Monaro and with them small communities

that grew into villages and towns – usually named after

the property they were situated on. We were able to

trace these communities, usually consisting of a general

store, and crucial to Australian life, a pub – often more

than one – through remaining buildings.

North of Bombala we visited the first of our

‘destinations’, historic North Burnima, said to be the

first brick building erected in the Monaro district. The

property, dating back to the early 1830s, is carefully

nurtured by our kind hosts Cathy and Alan Gillespie-

Jones. Alan provided us with a history and tour of the

property and Cathy opened her house to us, as well

treating us to a wonderful morning tea. In addition to

seeing the house we walked through Cathy’s beautifully

designed and carefully nurtured garden.

North Burnima

Chatting with Alan in the garden

Departing North Burnima we stopped in Bombala for

lunch before heading further south to our second

‘destination’, Aston.



Another early property and house dating back to the

1830s, Aston is currently a centre for horse training so

its historic timber stables are still in use, providing us

with an insight into how they operated some 175 years

ago.

Aston

After a generous afternoon tea provided by our hostess

Kerry Paton, the group toured the house, stables and

other outbuildings. As well as seeing this historic

property, the group was intrigued to hear about camp

draft horse training and the use of North American bison

in the process. We were initially taken aback at the sight

of large bison calmly grazing in the paddock.

Hopefully we all returned to Canberra with a much

better understanding of the early settlement of the

Monaro and the importance of surviving structures in

keeping that heritage alive.

Jim Nockels

Aston Stables

Thanking Cathy Gillespie-Jones at North Burnima



Heritage Happenings

The work of the Heritage and Grants Committee continues.

Grants

We were unsuccessful in all but the Heritage Festival Open Day and Urban Polaris. This is unfortunate as some conservation work will now not be realised. (See From the President for more details of the two successful bids.)

Northbourne Housing Precinct

The National Trust’s statement is on page 16. We have objected to the reduced heritage listing and revised Development Application (DA) which is not even consistent with the revised heritage listing. This continues and is made even more confusing by the constant change of DAs and heritage listings for the site.

Current Issues

City to Lake and proposed development of West Basin;

Potential sale of Commonwealth heritage-listed buildings;

Work at the Australian War Memorial;

Public exposure of Heritage Management Plans (HMPs) for Treasury and John Gorton Building; and

Future building at Oaks Estate.

National Tree Register

This exists and people can nominate to it. The NT is looking for an ACT co-ordinator who would monitor the ACT list in the current register, coordinate with the National Coordinator when required and encourage further nominations.

Merry-go-round Committee

The Trust has set up a new committee to assist in the

conservation of the merry-go-round. The committee will

seek to attract a wide range of sponsorship support to

ensure that the merry-go-round is restored to its

original glory. The committee comprises Greg Spencer

(Cercol), Mick Gentleman MLA, Daniel Bailey or Katie

Burrows from ACT Property, Peter Barclay (Manager,

King O’Malleys and member of City Heart), Helen Badger

from NCA, and Eric Martin from the Trust.

The terms of reference for the Committee are as follows:

1. Manage National Trust Conservation Fund established to conserve the merry-go-round.

2. Membership to include:

Member representing National Trust Council

Member representing ACT building industry

Member representing ACT Property

Three other members as determined by National Trust Council

Other members as the Committee and National Trust resolve.

3. As funds are provided to the National Trust for

conservation of the merry-go-round, the committee will

recommend priorities for work and ensure work is

executed to best conservation practice as per the

endorsed Conservation Management Plan (CMP) and

Burra Charter.

4. Costs associated with the management of the

committee plus 3% of donations to be retained by the

National Trust for administering the fund.

5. Provide an annual report to Council as part of the

National Trust Annual Report.

Eric J Martin, AM

Canberra Merry-Go-Round 1996 National Library Australia



ACT NATIONAL TRUST STATEMENT ON THE NORTHBOURNE HOUSING PRECINCT

The following press statement was issued by Scott McAlister, President of the ACT National Trust in October.

ACT NATIONAL TRUST STATEMENT ON THE NORTHBOURNE HOUSING PRECINCT

It is unfortunate that so much of the commentary regarding the processes for managing the future of the Northbourne Housing Precinct has been ill-informed. To understand why the National Trust is raising concerns about the current process it is important for people to know the following:

After deliberating for a number of years the ACT Heritage Council publicly announced the provisional listing of the entire site, which comprises approximately 79 buildings, in September 2014. There were originally 169 dwellings in the precinct - 77 three bedroom; 36 two bedroom; 28 one bedroom; and 28 bed-sitters - when it was developed in the early 1960's. These consisted of 16 garden flats, 5 maisonette buildings, each with 15 units; 4 two storey flats with 12 units per level; 32 buildings in De Burgh Street; and 4 towers.

The Heritage Council subsequently amended the final listing to approximately half of the existing buildings without any reason being made public to explain the rationale behind their decision.

The now revised provisional Heritage Council nomination is a new scenario with a further reduced sample of just seventeen buildings proposed for preservation.

The ACT Government has submitted Development Applications for demolition of the majority of the heritage buildings including a DA which proposed the retention of only two buildings. A new and revised DA has just now been submitted appears to retain just eleven buildings.

The listing refers to planning and landscape elements as being significant but there is no opportunity to appreciate these planning elements as most of the buildings and spaces between them will disappear.

The Heritage Council refers to future potential development in its nomination but this should not form part of the Heritage Council’s consideration when assessing heritage significance.

The proposed listing is now so fragmented that it is not considered a precinct any more yet the precinct has heritage values.

Because of these anomalies and confusions the National Trust is concerned that:

Due process has not been followed and no reasons have been provided as to why the heritage listing has been modified when the analysis and significance has not materially changed.

The only Development Application provided by the ACT Government is for the demolition of most of a heritage site.

For these reasons the National Trust considers that it must continue to press for open and transparent planning processes to ensure that our Heritage is not dismissed without proper consideration and consultation. In the end all ACT planning and development decisions need to keep faith with the local community and its expectation that due process is followed.

Scott McAlister President

The Australian News and Information Bureau’s 1963 photo of Northbourne Avenue flats. Photo National Library of Australia



International National Trusts Organisation conference 2015

Report on attendance at INTO conference

The International National Trusts Organisation (INTO)

held its 16th biennial conference in Cambridge, UK, from

7-11 September 2015, co-hosted by the National Trust of

England, Wales and Northern Ireland, on the theme,

Common threads; Different patterns, asking ‘what is the

role and purpose of the National Trust movement in the

21st Century?’.

The ACT National Trust has maintained membership of

INTO (International National Trusts Organisation) since

it was formed in 2007. I represented the ACT at the

conference in Cambridge, UK in September and provide

this report on events.

Cambridge: Conference venue. Photo: INTO

The international executive changed, with Simon

Molesworth of Australia (from Victoria) standing down

as international president after eight years (plus two

years preparation to set up INTO). The international

executive now has no Australian representative. The

new international president is Dame Fiona Reynolds of

the UK.

The conference had two conference days and three site-

based workshop days. My view of the conference was

that there were few papers and the information was

largely based on what the UK is doing or needs to

consider and do to solve their issues. This was

unfortunate as the UK National Trust is a big business

and unlike any other country in the world where most

are struggling to get established, to set up a basic

organisation and to run properties profitably.

However there were some useful comments and issues

that are common, where belonging to an international

organisation can assist in showing that the numbers

interested in heritage are large and lessons from one

place can assist others.

The key points I took away are:

1. We need to meet change and ensure that it suits

heritage and maintains values.

2. Climate change is with us and we need to press for

sensible and unified means to combat it.

3. We need to promote the stories about places and

engage with communities.

4. It is best to have project-based engagement with

younger people and a call to action even if only simple

tasks.

5. We need to think globally and act locally.

I consider it a worthwhile exercise to maintain

membership of INTO. The 2017 conference will be in

Bali, Indonesia.

Eric Martin AM

Group photo of conference delegates. Photo: INTO



Who the blazes was Mouat?

Much has been written about the epic achievements of

the surveyors who marked out the ACT/NSW border a

century ago. It was in fact in May 1915 that border

marker H87 on the Boboyan Divide was entered into the

field book of Harry Mouat.

H87. In May 1915 Harry Mouat’s surveying team carved this

eucalypt with a Commonwealth survey arrow and the letters CT for

Commonwealth Territory.

H87 has taken on a new life, as a dedicated group

endeavours to give its dead reference tree—the Mouat

Tree—a new shelter where future generations can learn

the story of defining the ACT. This account is about the

involvement of ACT Heritage in The Mouat Tree Project.

With the 2013 Canberra Centenary came a spate of

works connected to this milestone. The ACT National

Trust was successful in two successive ACT Heritage

Grant applications with projects for the Northern

Centenary Border Walks and the Southern Centenary

Border Tours. Not to be confused with the wonderful

Canberra Centenary Trail, these ten short routes enable

the public to reach the border from a range of locations

around the Territory to sample a small taste of what the

surveyors achieved. (See

http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/Assets/6505/1/2091-

Northern-Border-Walks-DL-v4.pdf and

http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/Assets/14209/1/South

ernBorderTourbrochure.pdf .)

Dr Peter Dowling of the National Trust sought out

accessible but little-known sites, and through brochures

and signage one can learn about the challenging terrain

and weather, disgruntled landholders, rabbit plagues

and bureaucratic red tape which the surveyors faced, as

well as the celebratory meal at the end of the five years

of surveying which included “a masterpiece of half

orange skins scooped out and filled with jelly”.

ACT Heritage staff were fortunate to venture out on

bitterly cold days to site the signs for the six northern

walks in July 2011 and the four southern in June 2013.

Historians Dr Peter Dowling and Bethany Lance and

former National Trust Executive Director Chris Wain

would recall the earlier outing.

Locating a site for the National Trust’s Bulls Head Northern Centenary Border sign. Chris Wain, Peter Dowling and Linda Roberts standing astride the border.

http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/Assets/6505/1/2091-Northern-Border-Walks-DL-v4.pdf

http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/Assets/6505/1/2091-Northern-Border-Walks-DL-v4.pdf

http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/Assets/14209/1/SouthernBorderTourbrochure.pdf

http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/Assets/14209/1/SouthernBorderTourbrochure.pdf



While snow was forecast for Bulls Head in the

Brindabellas, this was nothing to what Harry Mouat

endured as he copped the roughest stretch of about 90

km of the 306 km border south from Mt Coree.

Fast forward to the current day where, from the

estimated 1,500 reference trees along the border, about

64 remain. Age, wind and fires have taken their toll, with

the last trees being in poor condition with almost

illegible engravings. These trees referred to the actual

survey mark, which may have been concrete cylinders,

spikes set in concrete, or timber posts, each having a

line of stones called a lockspit indicating the bearings of

the mark. Historian Matthew Higgins first mooted the

quest to extract a blazed tree and bring it to a more

accessible place so that the public could appreciate the

surveyor’s role.

In November 2014 a party went to the deep south to check for a

suitable specimen. L-R John Evans (who has walked the border),

Linda Roberts, Philip Leeson (architect), Jennifer Dunn (ACT

Heritage), Ron Jarman (Deputy Surveyor-General), Greg Ledwidge

(Chair, Surveying and Spatial Sciences ACT Branch), Brett

McNamara (Regional Manager, ACT Parks and Conservation

Service), front Matthew Higgins.

Selection and removal of a dead, hand-chiselled

eucalypt from the deep south had to be cleared by both

the ACT Heritage Council, due to its heritage-listing

under the Heritage Act 2004, and the ACT Surveyor-

General, as under section 53(2)b of the Surveyors Act

2007, it is illegal to remove a survey mark unless there is

a ‘reasonable excuse’.

The tree was carefully removed and helicoptered to the grounds of Namadgi National Park.

The frail tree was helicoptered out in early 2015 and

awaited further love and attention in the grounds of

Namadgi Visitors Centre from a qualified conservator.

Architect Philip Leeson designed a new home to present

the Mouat Tree as a centrepiece from where the story

of surveying the territorial border can be shared. The

proposed construction of this interpretive shelter,

complete with sailcloth roof to acknowledge the tented

accommodation the surveying teams contended with, is

the goal of current fundraising efforts.

A delightful adventure in May to blaze a new tree near

the removed one was well documented via film and

verse. It brought together Surveyors-General from NSW

and ACT and revealed traditions and redundant skills of

the surveying world. For someone from the outside, it

was a wonderful experience and can be viewed at

www.themouattree.org.au.

ACT Surveyor-General Jeff Brown resurrects the old surveying craft of blazing a tree on this specimen next to removed H87 reference tree.

http://www.themouattree.org.au/



In June Minister for Planning, Mr Mick Gentleman,

officially launched The Mouat Tree Project at the

National Capital Exhibition, which has a historical display

connected to the surveying of the border. The ACT

Government injected seed funding of $30,000 and it is

our hope that close to $100,000 will be reached, to

provide a fitting home for the specially treated tree with

engaging interpretation panels.

Architect sketch rendering by Philip Leeson of the proposed interpretive shelter complete with sailcloth roof and pise walls.

The committee is aiming to have the shelter opened at

the Canberra and Region Heritage Festival in April 2016.

Until then further donations are sought and can be

made online at the link above. This has been a

worthwhile collaboration with Matthew Higgins, Parks

and Conservation Service, Canberra Museum and

Gallery, Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (ACT)

and ACT Heritage. Our thanks also to Tim the Yowie Man

for his promotion of this project. We look forward to

seeing Harry Mouat’s granddaughter Adrienne Bradley

(nee De Salis), also a National Trust member, at the

culmination of our efforts next autumn.

Linda Roberts

ACT Heritage

Canberra Korean Uniting Church

Reid Heritage Conservation

Appeal Fund

1927 was a big year in the life of the fledgling national

capital of Australia. It was the year that saw the

ceremonial opening of Parliament in Canberra’s

provisional Parliament House, and the completion of

The Lodge and Government House as residences for the

Prime Minister and the Governor-General respectively.

The Capitol Theatre opened in Manuka, and hostels and

houses were built at Ainslie, Reid and Forrest, Eastlake

(Kingston) and Westridge (Yarralumla)1.

1927 is also significant for the building of the Reid

Methodist (now Uniting) Church, the foundation stone

having been laid on 9 February with the official opening

occurring on 8 October. While a number of churches

had been built before the 1920s to serve the rural

communities around the Canberra district, the Reid

Methodist Church was the first to be built in ‘urban’

Canberra following the designation of Canberra as

Australia’s national capital. It seems there was

something of a race, albeit an unofficial one, to be the

first to achieve this. The donations to build the church in

Reid came from Methodists all over Australia, the local

Canberra Methodist congregation at that time being

very small.

The church, situated on the corner of Coranderrk St and

Dirrawan Gardens in Reid, is built of red bricks produced

at the Canberra Brickworks. Architecturally, the church

is in the style known as Gothic Decorative. It has a

square Norman-style tower which was originally

intended to be topped with a spire when resources

permitted but this hasn’t ever been built.

Originally the church was known as the South Ainslie

Methodist Church, Reid being known as South Ainslie

until 1929, and the Methodists joining with the

Presbyterians and the Congregationalists in 1977 to

form the Uniting Church. In its most recent

transformation, the church has become the home of the

Korean Uniting congregation and is now known as the

Canberra Korean Uniting Church.



Canberra Korean Uniting Church, Reid

The heritage significance of the church has long been

recognised. It was first classified by the ACT National

Trust in 1980 as part of the Reid Urban Conservation

Area, then separately classified in 1981. More recently,

the church, its associated buildings and identified trees

were entered on to the ACT Heritage Register in 2004.

The Statement of Significance that forms part of the

Nomination to the ACT Heritage Register points to the

following:

The Uniting Church in Reid has a strong association with

the formative social development and early life of

Canberra. It was Canberra’s first Church built specifically

to service the needs of an urban congregation. It has

been a focus for the religious and social life of the

Uniting Church community of the Canberra urban area.

The Church is valued by the local Methodist

congregation and is seen by others as a feature of the

Reid landscape. The remaining original plantings

contribute significantly to the landscape value of the

place and help to unify the Church and associated

building complex by providing a leafy backdrop within

the suburb of Reid. It is an important townscape element

in the Reid Housing Precinct.2

ACT Heritage has provided two grants for restoration

works. The first in 2009-10 went towards restoration of

a large leadlight glass window and for the development

of a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) while the

second, in 2010-11, was for general restoration works as

identified in the CMP. Further grants may be sought but

these would not address in full the $86,000 worth of

priority work indicated by the CMP and currently

remaining in the Church's Restoration Works Program.

As a result, a Heritage Conservation Appeal Fund was

set up in 2014 under a Deed with the ACT National Trust

for the conservation of the church including its fabric,

the church hall and associated buildings as well as the

grounds and landscape elements of the site.



All work is to be in accordance with the Conservation

Management Plan and must be approved in advance by

the Appeal Fund Committee which is chaired by the ACT

National Trust. All donations to this appeal are tax

deductible.

Wendy Whitham

Acknowledgements

This article draws heavily on research undertaken by John

Tucker, especially his Reid Uniting Church (formerly Reid

Methodist Church), A Brief History, on the occasion of the

Opening of the Church, Sunday 16 October 2011 (made

possible by the kind assistance of the Rev Kevin Kim, Mrs June

Faulkner and Mrs Norma Freney). I would also like to thank

members of the Canberra Korean Uniting Church, Reid, in

particular MooSung Lee, and Rosemary Everett, Mike Evans

and Rev'd Kevin Dilks from the Uniting Church Canberra

Region Presbytery. MooSung Lee provided the photo of the

church.

Footnotes

1 Canberra and District Historical Society, Chronology of

Canberra, www.canberrahistory.org.au/discover.asp

2 Nomination to ACT Heritage Register, Uniting Church, Reid,

Appendix (iv) in Philip Leeson Architects Pty Ltd, Conservation

Management Plan for Reid Uniting Church, ACT, on behalf of

The Uniting Church in Australia, NSW Synod, Korean

Commission, Property Committee, April 2011.

Previous National Trust Open Houses and Gardens event, Reid Photo National Trust (ACT)

Special Lunch for Announcement of Church Heritage Conservation Appeal Fund

On Sunday 1 November the ACT National Trust will hold a very special event in conjunction with the Canberra Korean Uniting Church Reid and the Reid Residents' Association.

It will commence with a specially catered lunch

prepared by the Canberra Korean Uniting Church

congregation who are the custodians of the former

Methodist (later Uniting) Church in Coranderrk

Street, Reid which held its first service on 8

October 1927 – 88 years ago.

The lunch will include Korean BBQ, stir-fried glass noodles and vegetables (Korean style), vegetable salad, tofu salad, spring rolls, dumplings (Korean style), Kim-Chi and rice, plus tea and instant coffee.

At the lunch, the Canberra Korean Uniting Church, Reid, Heritage Conservation Appeal Fund will be formally announced and launched. The Appeal Fund has been established as a Trust which is endorsed by the National Trust of Australia (ACT). Donations to the Appeal Fund, through the ACT National Trust, are tax deductible. Donations can be made by contacting the Trust or on the day of the lunch. Half of the proceeds of the Korean lunch will be donated to the Appeal Fund.

After the lunch, which commences at 12.30 pm, the 10th Reid Open Houses and Gardens will be held. Three private houses and gardens will be opened by their owners, and ticket-holders will be invited to inspect the properties and meet the owners in company with a Trust guide. The entire event (lunch, houses and gardens, and afternoon tea) runs from 12.30pm to around 4.45pm and is suitable for adults only. Bookings are essential and cost $45 (members) or $55 (non- members) which includes a book on the heritage of Reid.

Bookings for the Korean lunch and 10th Reid Open Houses and Gardens (which cannot be booked separately) are available now. Please contact the office of the Trust, third floor, Griffin Centre, Genge Street, Civic, Monday to Thursday between 9.30am and 3.00pm or telephone (02) 6230 0533. Numbers are limited to 60 persons so please book early to avoid disappointment.

http://www.canberrahistory.org.au/discover.asp



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