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NT- GUNGAHLIN 2 Brochure [10-2006] 1 1 d d n i . ] 2 2].indd n i l h a g n u g [ [gungahlin 6 0 0 2 - 0 1 - T N NT-10-2006 M A AM 8 1 : 9 1 : 7 7:19:18 6 0 / 0 1 / 5 2 25/10/06 • • Mulligan’s Flat Mulligan’s (design) Brainstorm Studio • (research) Dowling Peter Dr The publishers wish to acknowledge: to wish publishers The • • Gold Creek Homestead Creek Gold Courtesy of the ACT Heritage Library. Heritage ACT the of Courtesy • • Yerrabi Pond Yerrabi www.act.nationaltrust.org.au 0533 6230 02 Civic Square ACT 2608 ACT Square Civic 1144 Box PO Contact: National Trust of Australia (ACT) Australia of Trust National Contact: © Copyright 2007 ACT Government ACT 2007 Copyright © with the assistance of the ACT Government. ACT the of assistance the with National Trust of Australia (ACT) Australia of Trust National This tour has been developed by the the by developed been has tour This A SELF-GUIDED TOUR SELF-GUIDED A NORTHERN GUNGAHLIN NORTHERN 9. 9. Reserve Hill 8. Homestead Creek 8. Gold 7. Creek 7. Ginninderra 6. 6. “Malton” 5. Ruins Hut 5. Crinnigan’s Gungahlin Pond & Yerrabi Pond Pond Yerrabi & Pond 4. Gungahlin Gundaroo Drive Quartz Ridge Quartz Drive 3. Gundaroo Horse Park Homestead Homestead Park 2. Horse Road Coach Old – Grasslands – GUNGAHLIN Shed Shearing – Dams – – Gungahlin Quartz Ridge Quartz Gungahlin – A heritage tour of tour heritage A – The Old School Site School Old The – 1. 1. Mulligan’s Flat Flat Mulligan’s GUNGAHLIN [2] GUNGAHLIN LISTED PLACES IN IN PLACES LISTED 1. MULLIGAN’S FLAT Old Coach Road Access is from Gundaroo Drive. The entry point and car parking Walking up from the area are clearly marked. An information area is located 200 metres Gundaroo Road carpark you from the car park. can locate and walk along the old coach road. The Mulligan’s Flat is an area The Old School Site Dams information area points the of remnant grassland, The old school site is There are numerous way. The Old Coach Road, woodland and open forest situated just inside the dams in Mulligan’s Flat constructed in 1880, was the extending over and area of gateway leading from the created during its pastoral main route which linked the 765 hectares reaching to the carpark off Gundaroo phase. The biggest is in early rural se lements in the Although north-eastern border of the Road. A few traces of the the southern section east Canberra/Queanbeyan region Gungahlin is Australian Capital Territory foundations are all that of the quartz ridge and is to the railhead at Bungendore, (ACT). The area is part of remains of the building, the size of a small lake. It Lake Bathurst and eventually one of Canberra’s the Canberra Nature Park. but two rows of pine trees was built in the 1960s and Sydney. It was also a link Local legend has it that it and a large specimen of has been maintained to between Bungendore and most recent urban gets its name from a former photinia remain in what provide a habitat for water Gundaroo, off ering a much Irish convict, Mulligan, was once the school yard. and wetland fauna. This shorter route than the former development areas who lived in the area in The school was opened dam is an ideal place to way via Queanbeyan and the 1840s. Mulligan’s Flat for primary students in sit quietly and rest and to Canberra. The road and its it has had a long retains much of the human the area from 1896 to 1931. observe the aquatic birds. corridor extend to the ACT/ history of the area in the The remains of the NSW border. Just below the European history several Aboriginal stone slope leading to the border foundations are some Grasslands dating well before artefact sites and evidence 50 metres in a northerly fence are the remains of an of European farms. Walking direction from the carpark. The Gundaroo Road orchard, stone footings and the establishment quietly along the trails will passes through the northern fence posts. These are the enable you to see the many section of Mulligan’s Flat. remnants of ‘Dugarvon’, a Gungahlin Quartz Ridge of Canberra and land and water birds that On the northern side of small homestead, owned by inhabit the region as well as A prominent quartz ridge the road there is an area Walter Ginn who farmed a much longer the mammals and reptiles. is located in the south- of gently sloping fi elds the area. west portion of Mulligan’s leading up to steep hills. Aboriginal history. Flat. The site is a massive These fi elds contain one Shearing Shed outcrop of reef quartz of the largest remaining Evidence of the pastoral laid down in the Silurian stands of Kangaroo Grass history of Mulligan’s Flat can geological period over in the ACT and the area is be seen in the shearing shed 400 million years ago. It is of signifi cant scientifi c and and yards. Follow the trail ‘hog-backed’ (steep ecological value. The ACT/ from the Gundaroo Road and symmetrical in shape) NSW border runs along the carpark for approximately and extends for over one ridgeline. The walk 1.3 kilometres. It is a small kilometre tracing the course from Gundaroo Road is two stand shed built of timber of the Gungahlin Fault Line. moderate and there is a framework and corrugated It has been noted as an track to follow. Towards iron cladding. The holding outstanding example of the ridge the track becomes yards and loading race are quartz intrusion along a steeper. If you make it you nearby. The shed was built fault line. will be rewarded with a during the 1940s and was sweeping view over both used up until 1994. Gungahlin and into NSW. 1 1 d d n i . ] 2 2].indd n i l h a g n u g [ [gungahlin 6 0 0 2 - 0 1 - T N NT-10-2006 M A AM 8 1 : 9 1 : 7 7:19:18 6 0 / 0 1 / 5 2 25/10/06 • • Mulligan’s Flat Mulligan’s (design) Brainstorm Studio • (research) Dowling Peter Dr The publishers wish to acknowledge: to wish publishers The • • Gold Creek Homestead Creek Gold Courtesy of the ACT Heritage Library. Heritage ACT the of Courtesy • • Yerrabi Pond Yerrabi www.act.nationaltrust.org.au 0533 6230 02 Civic Square ACT 2608 ACT Square Civic 1144 Box PO Contact: National Trust of Australia (ACT) Australia of Trust National Contact: © Copyright 2007 ACT Government ACT 2007 Copyright © with the assistance of the ACT Government. ACT the of assistance the with National Trust of Australia (ACT) Australia of Trust National This tour has been developed by the the by developed been has tour This A SELF-GUIDED TOUR SELF-GUIDED A NORTHERN GUNGAHLIN NORTHERN 9. 9. Reserve Hill 8. Homestead Creek 8. Gold 7. Creek 7. Ginninderra 6. 6. “Malton” 5. Ruins Hut 5. Crinnigan’s Gungahlin Pond & Yerrabi Pond Pond Yerrabi & Pond 4. Gungahlin Gundaroo Drive Quartz Ridge Quartz Drive 3. Gundaroo Horse Park Homestead Homestead Park 2. Horse Road Coach Old – Grasslands – GUNGAHLIN Shed Shearing – Dams – – Gungahlin Quartz Ridge Quartz Gungahlin – A heritage tour of tour heritage A – The Old School Site School Old The – Mulligan’s Flat Flat 1. Mulligan’s GUNGAHLIN [2] GUNGAHLIN LISTED PLACES IN IN PLACES LISTED 1. MULLIGAN’S FLAT Old Coach Road Access is from Gundaroo Drive. The entry point and car parking Walking up from the area are clearly marked. An information area is located 200 metres Gundaroo Road carpark you from the car park. can locate and walk along the old coach road. The Mulligan’s Flat is an area The Old School Site Dams information area points the of remnant grassland, The old school site is There are numerous way. The Old Coach Road, woodland and open forest situated just inside the dams in Mulligan’s Flat constructed in 1880, was the extending over and area of gateway leading from the created during its pastoral main route which linked the 765 hectares reaching to the carpark off Gundaroo phase. The biggest is in early rural se lements in the Although north-eastern border of the Road. A few traces of the the southern section east Canberra/Queanbeyan region Gungahlin is Australian Capital Territory foundations are all that of the quartz ridge and is to the railhead at Bungendore, (ACT). The area is part of remains of the building, the size of a small lake. It Lake Bathurst and eventually one of Canberra’s the Canberra Nature Park. but two rows of pine trees was built in the 1960s and Sydney. It was also a link Local legend has it that it and a large specimen of has been maintained to between Bungendore and most recent urban gets its name from a former photinia remain in what provide a habitat for water Gundaroo, off ering a much Irish convict, Mulligan, was once the school yard. and wetland fauna. This shorter route than the former development areas who lived in the area in The school was opened dam is an ideal place to way via Queanbeyan and the 1840s. Mulligan’s Flat for primary students in sit quietly and rest and to Canberra. The road and its it has had a long retains much of the human the area from 1896 to 1931. observe the aquatic birds. corridor extend to the ACT/ history of the area in the The remains of the NSW border. Just below the European history several Aboriginal stone slope leading to the border foundations are some Grasslands dating well before artefact sites and evidence 50 metres in a northerly fence are the remains of an of European farms.
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