2021 Event Overview |
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Canberra and Region Heritage Festival (See full program here)
- CAS/ASHA Symposium: Suburban Archaeology - Walking Tour: Old Land's End Homestead National Archaeology Week 2021 - NAW Seminar: Helen Cooke - Walking Tour: ACTs Past Landscapes; Swampy Meadows |
More events to be uploaded throughout the year after they are finalised
- ACTs PAST LANDSCAPES WALK:
SWAMPY MEADOWS - SOLD OUT
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Geoarchaeoloical walking tour part of National Archaeology Week 2021:
Return walk along creek on unsealed track and uneven terrain Yarralumla Equestrian Park, Cotter Road
Yarralumla, ACT 2-4pm, Saturday 22 May 
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T. Barham - Yarralumla Creek
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About the walk
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Come join Tony Barham, Geo-archaeologists from Navin Officer Heritage Consultants Pty Ltd, on a walk along the creek at Yarralumla to investigate how archaeologists use the current landscape to understand past environments. Tony will explore the once prominent landscape, Swampy Meadows which are marshy environments and disconnected “chain-of-ponds” habitats. These were prominent in the ACT prior to European occupation and were part of a rich and diverse ecosystem used by First Nation Australians. Swampy Meadows are now rare in the ACT as a result of stocking and clearing but can be seen in the soil profiles along the Yarralumla creek.
Tony will show how evidence of past landscapes are preserved in the valley floors and creek side deposits in the precinct. This analysis contributes to our knowledge of the past and how humans lived with the local environment. |
The walk along a track with some uneven terrain. There are gently sloping to moderately steep slopes.
This is a COVID19 safe event
Not suitable for wheel chairs. Wear good walking shoes and a hat and bring water No toilet available Water is provided if needed. |
Tickets |
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SOLD OUT
Please email us if you are interested in this event and we will let you know when it is being run again. |
T. Barham - Exposed banks at Yarralumla Creek highlighting past landscapes through soil processes
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T. Barham - Analysis of past landscapes at Yarralumla Creek
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OLD LANDS END HOMESTEAD
CANCELLED
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Archaeology and History tour part of the Canberra and Region Heritage Festival 2021:
3 km return walk to site along unsealed track CANCELLED
Old Lands End Homestead Weetangera, ACT We are looking into fixing these issues or will establish another walk. Thank you for your support |
Old Land's End Homestead
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About the walk
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Come and join Dr Mary Hutchison (historian) and Dr Peter Dowling (historical archaeologist) on this walk to the little-known ruin of the former Old Lands End Homestead complex. The slab homestead was built in 1871 by Robert and Jane Kilby and named Lands End because it seemed to them miles from anywhere. Further additions were made as the years went by including a blacksmith workshop, a rammed earth dairy and more bedrooms as families expanded. The Kilby and Cameron families were to live there until 1925 when the present homestead on the corner of Drake Brockman and William Hovell Drives was built. The old house was demolished, and the slabs used to construct a shearing shed on the new site.
Mary and Peter will tell the story of the homestead and its families and how a history and archaeological investigation can piece together the remnants of the buildings and the lives of the people who lived there. |
The walk is a grade 3 category along a gravelled vehicle track with gently sloping to moderately steep slopes.
This is a COVID19 safe event
Not suitable for wheel chairs. Wear good walking shoes and a hat and bring water No toilet available |
Tickets
THIS EVET HAS UNFORTUNATELY BEEN CANCELLED.
Click on the image above for more information about the history of the homestead
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