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Community meetings in-person and online
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council will update residents on a range of projects and initiatives, both online and in-person, at community meetings in Braidwood, Bungendore and Queanbeyan during May.
Following online-only community meetings in 2020, Council is welcoming residents back to face-to-face meetings in 2021, however given the size of venues there are some restrictions on numbers. To ensure that all residents can still engage, Council will continue to provide online participation.
“Even though the numbers of attendees will be restricted, it is fantastic to be able to have face-to-face community meetings again,” Mayor, Cr Tim Overall said.
The refurbished Rusten House. Photo: Helen Musa.
QUEANBEYAN’S former hospital has been reborn as a restored art centre, with the official opening of the new Rusten House Art Centre this afternoon (April 22).
Members of the arts community, historical society, healthcare services and families of key figures throughout the history of Rusten House joined project staff to witness the unveiling of a plaque to mark the official opening of the new art centre that has transformed the previously run-down building.
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Mayor, Tim Overall, said that Rusten House was an important part of Queanbeyan’s history after beginning life as a hospital in 1862 and that many prominent families whose names are scattered across Queanbeyan’s history had funded and contributed to the establishment and operation of Rusten House including the Gale, Campbell, Rutledge, Collett and Wright families.
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Former hospital gives birth to Rusten House Art Centre
Queanbeyan’s former hospital, Rusten House, has been reborn as a restored art centre with NSW Deputy Premier and Member for Monaro, John Barilaro and Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Mayor, Cr Tim Overall officially opening the new Rusten House Art Centre today.
Members of the arts community, historical society, healthcare services and families of key figures throughout the history of Rusten House joined project staff to witness the unveiling of a plaque to mark the official opening of the new art centre that has transformed the previously dilapidated building.
Mayor Overall said that Rusten House was an important part of Queanbeyan’s history after beginning life as a hospital in 1862.
Inspector Keith Price and Matilda House perform the smoking ceremony.
UNESCO-designated World Art Day – that’s today, April 15 – purposely coincides with Leonardo Da Vinci’s birthday, so the arts officers at Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council decided to make an even bigger day of it.
The new Rusten House Arts Centre in Collett Street was previewed before a select group of arts insiders, gardeners, builders and local identities.
On hand was Queanbeyan sculptor and activist matriarch, Connee Colleen, still able to heckle the speechmakers, and Ngambri elder and artist, Matilda House, who said, “thanks to Connee… your footprint is here, you have walked here with me”.