Hall and District 2016 News Archive

December 2016

December Rural Fringe online - The latest issue of the Rural Fringe can be downloaded here. Enjoy the usual rich mix of stories about local people and happenings, a bit of history, the work of the Progress Association and other local organisations.

CSIRO Ginninderra Field Station development - The Progress Association is taking a keen interest in the proposed development of the CSIRO Ginninderra Field Station site...
2016 Armistice Day address by Research Historian Allen Mawer at the Hall Memorial Grove - This Remembrance Day falls in the centenary of the bloodiest year on the Western Front, the year of Verdun and the Somme, and for Australia the year of Pozieres and Fromelles...

Highland Spring Fling - the Hall Ball - Lairds, ladies and sassenachs, please present in your finest Scottish Ball regalia. An evening of dining, dancing and drams of whisky! Saturday 29 October for 6...
Vale - Jim Rochford - Jim Rochford, long term resident of Hall, passed away at Nowra Hospital age 103. There was so much that Jim was involved in during his life...
October Rural Fringe Online - The latest issue of the Rural Fringe can be downloaded here. Enjoy the usual rich mix of stories about local people and happenings, a bit of history, the work of the Progress Association and other local organisations.

August Rural Fringe online - The latest issue of the Rural Fringe can be downloaded here. Enjoy the usual rich mix of stories about local people and happenings, a bit of history, the work of the Progress Association and other local organisations.

June Rural Fringe online now - The latest issue of the Rural Fringe can be downloaded here. Enjoy the usual rich mix of stories about local people and happenings, a bit of history, the work of the Progress Association and other local organisations.

April Rural Fringe online - The latest issue of the Rural Fringe can be downloaded here. Enjoy the usual rich mix of stories about local people and happenings, a bit of history, the work of the Progress Association and other local organisations.

Rural Fringe - February 2016 - The latest issue of the Rural Fringe can be downloaded here. Enjoy the usual rich mix of stories about local people and happenings, a bit of history, the work of the Progress Association and other local organisations...
CBR100 Challenge -Check Point 2 - Hall was host to hundreds of runners and support crew on a sweltering hot day for the second CBR100 Challenge - a run / walk race for individuals or teams over 25, 50 or 100 kilometres...
Local bloke's Southern Cross safari - Bruce Gall, some time resident of the Wallaroo district, and former Kakadu National Park superintendent, has spent nine years travelling Australia and is about to launch his 'safari' book...

Weed beaters wanted! - Community organisation 'Friends of Grasslands' (FOG) will be continuing their fine work at the Hall Cemetery next month...

Tharwa Village Plan - Hall and district residents may be interested to know that consultation on a village plan for the Tharwa community was announced by the Minister for Planning and Land Management, Mick Gentleman today...
Recognition for John Starr - Community members who know John and Bev, and know something about the enduring commitment of the Starr family to taking care of and improving their land will have been delighted at the news that John has been named winner of the 2015 ACT Landcare Award for Innovation in Sustainable Farm Practices Award...