Hall and District 2010 News Archive

December 2010

Local schoolgirl's project published - Available at the Hall General Store is a children's book by first time local author Meg Hobson. Meg wrote and illustrated "The True Story of Sam Who Became A Fish!" for a school project when she was nine. Everyone who saw the book said it should...
Parkwood Chapel Open Day - After the three hundred man hours which were worked by Southwell Family Society volunteers on the chapel, the committee was very pleased to welcome members and their families to the open day on 6 November. The chapel has been transformed from...
Rural Fringe Online - The December edition of the Rural Fringe is now available as a downloadable pdf file on the Hall and District website.   The printed version will be available early next week.   Click the Documents link then scroll down to the Rural...
Big tick for Seniors Broadband - Hall's 'Broadband for Seniors' project has the tick of approval from visiting reviewers. Mr Ron Anderson and Mary Hannan from Adult Learning Australia have been visiting many centres where this community service is being offered. 'Broadband...

November 2010

Remembrance Day at Hall 2010 - Remembrance Day was again recognised in Hall, with a large and appreciative group attending the ceremony organised by the Rotary Club of Hall. The ceremony began with the mounting of the Guard by Army Reservists of the 5th Combat Engineering...
Open Day at 'Parkwood' Chapel - Community members are urged to take a rare opportunity to visit Parkwood Chapel when it will be open to the public on Saturday 6th. Thomas Southwell arrived in Australia in 1838 and came to the Ginninderra Creek area in 1840. He was a staunch...

October 2010

Rural Fringe Online - The October edition of the Rural Fringe is now available as a downloadable pdf file on the Hall and District website.   The printed version will be available early next week.   Click the Documents link then scroll down to the Rural...

September 2010

Vale - Laurie Debritt - It was with great sadness that the southern highlands polocrosse community learnt of the loss of one of the truly 'good guys' involved in our sport. On the 29th of August, Laurie Debritt had a fatal accident while riding his dirt bike with...
Church Garden Fete Saturday - Saturday 18th September should prove another enjoyable day for everyone who comes along to the Garden Fete at St Michael and All Angels in Hall. From the minute you arrive it is like 'Midsomer Murders' without the Murders. If you enjoy a...

August 2010

A request for Community help - A letter from Rotarian Tamara Arnold: I would appreciate if you could spread the word in relation to a rather large Community Service project that The Rotary Club of Hall is undertaking. It would be great if the Hall community would like...
New facilities Launched - Hall's new community facilities - the renovated Pavilion, the Cottage, sports court, and Mens Shed - were officially launched on Sunday afternoon by MLA for Ginninderra, Mary Porter AM. The Launch was announced with the George Gershwin tune...
Concert time in Hall - How lucky we are! A late afternoon concert from the Hall Village Brass Band was the perfect occasion for the official launch of our new community facilities, including the concert venue, the Hall Pavilion. The Band will be seeking to repeat...
Main Street business trio - Three local businesses are jointly purchasing the house at 16 Victoria Street, and will be running their businesses from there. Ryan Capello (Capello Plumbing and Gas) and Pierre Dragh (Consulting Engineer) are relocating from their present...
Post-election recovery Concert - Get down to the Pavilion to vote on Saturday - and come back again on Sunday for the Hall Village Brass Band Concert - 'August tones - a recital of music to warm the soul'. What better way to bury the election blues - that worrying feeling that...
Victoria Square - under way at last?! - We are advised by ACTPLA that work will recommence on rectification of the Victoria Square development in the very near future - weather permitting. This is very welcome news, but in view of past history, residents will be entitled to remain...
Rural Fringe now online - The August edition of the Rural Fringe is now available as a downloadable pdf file on the Hall and District website.   The printed version will be available early next week.   Click the Documents link then scroll down to the Rural...

July 2010

Mens Shed powers up - Hall Mens Shed is now the proud owner of a set of cordless power tools, thanks to Bunnings in Belconnen. Bunnings have a fine record of supporting community groups, and were quick to respond to a request for some assistance. The Hall blokes...
Hall 2010 Sheepdog Trials now on YouTube - Click to see YouTube slideshow Thanks to Harley Rustin for his photographic skills and for compiling this slideshow.
Our Band back in town - We are delighted to announce that the Hall Village Brass Band will be back in town on 22nd August to give a Concert in the newly refurbished Pavilion. The Concert, 'August Tones. A recital of sounds to warm the soul', will also be the occasion...
Hall girl back in town - Jacqui Livingston, who is starring in the David Hare play "Skylight" at the Canberra Theatre Centre Courtyard Studio from 14 to 24 July, is a former Hall resident. Known to her family and friends as Jacqui Robson, she is part of the Robson...

June 2010

Rural Fringe now online - The June edition of the Rural Fringe is now available as a downloadable pdf file on the Hall and District website. The printed version will be available early next week. Go to Documents then scroll down to the Rural Fringe heading. Bob Richardson...
Hall Museum a popular spot - The Hall School Museum, the Laurie Copping Heritage Centre, has had some very interesting visitors over the last couple of months. Apart from our usual 15 - 20 visitors on Market Days, we have also had special visits by the Australian National...
West Texas Crude launch album - Local Hall band West Texas Crude have launched their first album "Writing on the Wall" at a party in the Hall Pavilion. The band has been together since 1995 and its Tuesday night practices have become legendary. Its members have all played...
Going to the Ball? - The Hall Ball is on again, on Saturday 26th June from 6.30 pm. The Ball is a fund-raiser organised by the Hall Bushrangers Rugby Club. The beneficiaries will be Hall Pre-School, Camp Quality, and the Club itself. One of the highlights will...
A twin village in Sweden?! - On a visit to Gotland, a Swedish island in the Baltic, some years ago, I drove through a little village by the name of - 'Hall'. With Google Earth and Google searching at my fingertips I have recently been back to Gotland virtually. A website...
Polocrosse Juniors off to South Africa - At the Hall Club's Polocrosse Carnival on the weekend of 29th - 30th May, the Polocrosse Association of Australia announced the Australian Under 16 Junior Polocrosse team and officials to compete in South Africa in July this year. Those selected...

May 2010

History of Hall - a Timeline. - The forthcoming Centenary of Canberra in 2013 is stimulating a good deal of interest in the history of the Territory and the national capital. When the border of the Federal Capital Territory (as it then was) was drawn in a direct line from...
Farm Faithful Ute Comes Home to Hall - The 2010 Hall Ute Competition and Family Day held on May 8 raised more than double the funds of the 2009 event, adding more than $5,450 to the coffers of Camp Quality in the ACT. This year the event had 125 entries from 88 utes compared to...
Yass Valley Council Draft Management Plans - Yass Valley Council and the Yass Valley Residential Aged Care Services 2010 -2011 Draft Management Plans are on Public Exhibition following their adoption by Council at its meeting on 28 April 2010. The Draft Plans will be on exhibition at...
Rotary Flicks - A Mobile Entertainment Unit for the bush - A big thank you to two of the Rotary Club of Hall members Ken Spencer and Dennis Greenwood for all the hard work they both did above and beyond the call of duty. They have created a film trailer for the community of West Wyalong which is about...
Rural Fringe online - The April edition of the Rural Fringe is now available as a downloadable pdf file on the Hall and District website. The printed version will be available early next week. Go to www.hall.act.au/documents.html then scroll down to the...

April 2010

Vale Hall Primary School - P&C President's last call - On a lazy sunny Sunday afternoon, an historic moment was witnessed by a small handful of people at the old head master's cottage in the grounds of the Hall Primary School. On that day, 21 March 2010, a resolution was passed to wind-up the...
More on Henry Hall of 'Charnwood' - In part one of Why 'Hall' I explained the Village of Hall was named after one of Canberra's earliest pioneers and Ginninderra's first resident landholder, Henry Hall Esq. JP of "Charnwood". Henry Hall was born in Loughborough, England, in 1803,...
St Francis Xavier's Centenary - In 1910 the picturesque hillside of St Francis Xavier in Hall was crowded with families as the new church was officially blessed and opened. The church has therefore been an important part of the Hall and district community for a hundred years,...
Managing Horses - How to - If you own a small property and have horses, or are interested in owning a horse, Jane Myers' upcoming free seminars in Ainslie and Queanbeyan on sustainable horse property management are a must. Jane is a respected author of books such as 'Managing...
Arts boost for Hall - A striking new art installation – 'Pipe Dreaming', by installation artist Wilfred Anker – was recently added to the Hall Nature Reserve. ACT Culture and Arts Officer Ann Lark tells us that this is the third of Anker's works to be placed...

March 2010

Broadband for Seniors arrives in Hall - Today the Broadband for Seniors Kiosk was launched by Dorothy Braxton founder of U3A Online. Around thirty people attended the launch of the Kiosk which is situated in the Hall Cottage next to the School. Seniors wanting to take advantage of...
Brass Band bliss - A large and diverse audience enjoyed the second annual Hall Village Brass Band Twilight Concert on Sunday afternoon. The Band entertained with a real mixture of styles, their offering including the Sullivan Fantasy, McArthur Park, and Rythm...
Macca lights up Dogs Dinner - Ian 'Macca' McNamara was a surprise (for many) guests at the annual dinner for Sheep Dog Triallists and local community. The dinner was a terrific night out shared by around a hundred people. Local MLA's Meredith Hunter and Alistair Coe were...
Wallaroo cleaned up - Local residents living along the Wallaroo , Gooromon Ponds , Oakey Creek and McCarthy Roads participated in a very successful cleanup day on Sunday March 7th. All the road verges of these roads were cleaned of rubbish. Yass Shire lent support...
Hall Brass Band back in town - Following last years very popular 25th Anniversary Concert by the Hall Village Brass Band, the Progress Association and the Band decided that this should be come an annual event. So here we are again - but bigger and better. The Band will...

February 2010

Why 'Hall' - Part 1 - It may not be so well known that the Village of Hall is named after one of Canberra's earliest pioneers, and Ginninderra's first resident landholder, Henry Hall Esq. of "Charnwood". The 3472 acre property of "Charnwood", in the Parish of Wallaroo,...
Pavilion make-over - Not much has changed on the outside - but our Pavilion is undergoing major transformation on the inside. Walls and ceiling re-sheeted, seven new gas heaters, instant gas water heaters in the kitchen and the toilet area, floor repaired, new...
Yass Valley Council consultation - More than forty people attended a meeting at the Wallaroo Fire Shed to give feedback to General Manager David Rowe and other officers from Yass Valley Council. Council reported back on the list of nineteen issues raised at the previous consultation...

January 2010

Museum's distinguished visitors - Director of the Donald Horne Institute for Cultural Heritage, James Warden, and two of his colleagues, John Greenwood and Jeff Brownrigg, made a visit to the Hall School Museum on Monday 25th January. The Donald Horne Institute was established...

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