Coming Events Calendar

"The Gift of Presence" an Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation course

An Introductory Mindfulness Meditation Course
facilitated by Helen Purdam (Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, MMTCP certified)

This 6-week course is an invitation to bring more joy, resilience and calm to your life.

When we bring a clear attention to this moment without judgment, we can experience things as they are with alert awareness and kindness. This mindfulness meditation course will help you build a regular meditation practice and provide tools to integrate mindfulness into your daily life.

Each weekly one hour session includes a themed talk, a 10–15 minute guided meditation and time for questions and discussion.

Hall School Cottage, Palmer St, Hall
(free parking in pre-school)
11am–12 pm Saturdays 1st August – 5th September
Full price $145; Seniors $120

Make up sessions can be attended for convenience at a parallel course at

Food Co-op, Kingsley St, Acton
(free evening parking at Toad Hall)
7–8pm Tuesdays 28 July – 1st September

For queries, please contact Helen at , 0438194857

Hall Markets

The Hall Markets are one of Australia's largest home-made and home grown goods markets.
The markets have a rural theme and are held at the picturesque Hall Village Showground, just ten kilometres north of Canberra.

Barbecues, canteens, live music and other entertainment makes each visit a fun, family day out.
Entry is by a gold coin donation with all proceeds supporting Hartley Lifecare's disability programs and services.

Hall Heritage Centre Address and Annual Meeting

The Hall Heritage Centre is a special Interest Group of the Village of Hall and District Progress Association. After closure of the Hall Primary School in 2006, the Progress Association took on responsibility for the protection and development of the Museum.

Anyone who is interested in supporting or being actively involved in the work of the Centre is encouraged to join the 'Friends of Hall Heritage Centre'. Since taking over responsibility for the (then) Hall School Museum when the Hall Primary School was closed in 2006, the collection has expanded very significantly, and now includes a substantial volume of material pertaining to Hall-Ginninderra district history and heritage, including the lifetime collection of Lyall Gillespie.

The Annual Address this year will be presented by Dr Mathew Trinca Talanin, Director of the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies at the ANU at 11:00am.

The Annual Meeting of the Heritage Centre will be held prior at 10:00am.

Hall Markets

The Hall Markets are one of Australia's largest home-made and home grown goods markets.
The markets have a rural theme and are held at the picturesque Hall Village Showground, just ten kilometres north of Canberra.

Barbecues, canteens, live music and other entertainment makes each visit a fun, family day out.
Entry is by a gold coin donation with all proceeds supporting Hartley Lifecare's disability programs and services.

Annual General Meeting of the Village of Hall and District Progress Association

Members of the Village of Hall and District Progress Association are advised that the Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held on 18 September 2025 at 11:00am in the Hall Heritage Centre (former Hall school site).

As per the Rules of the Village of Hall and District Progress Association, the Annual General Meeting will:
- confirm the minutes of the last annual general meeting and of any general meeting held since that meeting; and
- receive from the committee reports on the activities of the Association during the last financial year; and
- receive and consider the statement of accounts and the reports that are required to be submitted to members under the Registered Associations Act section 73 (1); and
- declare vacant all positions of members of the committee including office-bearers; and
- elect members of the committee including office-bearers.

All members of the Association are invited to the Annual General Meeting. All documents including the FY 2026 Annual Report and Report of the Independent Reviewer will be available at www.hall.act.au/documents.html.

Any person who is a resident or rate payer of the Village of Hall or the surrounding 2618 postcode District or any person who is an approved member of one of the Special Interest Groups of the Association is eligible to be a member of the Association on payment of the annual subscription. Membership can be renewed at www.hall.act.au/membership.html.

Nominations for the VHDPA Committee and nominations for office bearers must be received by the Public Officer of the VHDPA no later than 12:00 noon on Monday 14 September as per the nomination procedure and form available on the Hall website www.hall.act.au/documents.html.

All documents for the AGM are available at www.hall.act.au/documents.html

If you have any questions, please contact the Secretary at

Hall Markets

The Hall Markets are one of Australia's largest home-made and home grown goods markets.
The markets have a rural theme and are held at the picturesque Hall Village Showground, just ten kilometres north of Canberra.

Barbecues, canteens, live music and other entertainment makes each visit a fun, family day out.
Entry is by a gold coin donation with all proceeds supporting Hartley Lifecare's disability programs and services.

Brass on the Grass

The Hall Heritage Centre is delighted to again be hosting the annual Brass Band Concert with the Canberra Brass - once know as the Hall Village Brass Band.

In 1984 four musicians got together at the Hall Village primary school to play some brass music. From those humble beginnings came the Hall Village Brass Band. Over the years the band grew both in numbers and stature within the national brass band community, winning the National Band Championships B Grade Brass category in 2002. The band and its successors have become an important part of the cultural community of the ACT and regularly provide music support for a wide variety of functions and occasions. In 2012 the organisation changed its name to Canberra Brass Inc., which now comprises three brass bands, Canberra Brass, which is highly competitive at the national B grade level; Victoria Street Brass, which provides playing opportunities for musicians with a wide range of skills and experience; and the newly formed and very dynamic Canberra Youth Brass.

Food will be available from 1:00pm and the music will begin at 1:30pm.

Hall Markets

The Hall Markets are one of Australia's largest home-made and home grown goods markets.
The markets have a rural theme and are held at the picturesque Hall Village Showground, just ten kilometres north of Canberra.

Barbecues, canteens, live music and other entertainment makes each visit a fun, family day out.
Entry is by a gold coin donation with all proceeds supporting Hartley Lifecare's disability programs and services.

Remembrance Day Commemoration

On 11 November 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent after four years of continuous warfare. With their armies retreating and close to collapse, German leaders signed an Armistice, bringing to an end the First World War. From the summer of 1918, the five divisions of the Australian Corps had been at the forefront of the allied advance to victory. Beginning with their stunning success at the battle of Hamel in July, they helped to turn the tide of the war at Amiens in August, followed by the capture of Mont St Quentin and Pèronne, and the breaching of German defences at the Hindenburg Line in September. By early October the exhausted Australians were withdrawn from battle. They had achieved a fighting reputation out of proportion to their numbers, but victory had come at a heavy cost. They suffered almost 48,000 casualties during 1918, including more than 12,000 dead.

In the four years of the war more than 330,000 Australians had served overseas, and more than 60,000 of them had died. The social effects of these losses cast a long shadow over the post war decades.

Each year on this day, the Rotary Club of Hall arranges a commemoration in memory of those who died or suffered in all wars and armed conflicts in the cause of peace, justice and equality of all people.

Hall Markets

The Hall Markets are one of Australia's largest home-made and home grown goods markets.
The markets have a rural theme and are held at the picturesque Hall Village Showground, just ten kilometres north of Canberra.

Barbecues, canteens, live music and other entertainment makes each visit a fun, family day out.
Entry is by a gold coin donation with all proceeds supporting Hartley Lifecare's disability programs and services.