- Collector, New South Wales
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War memorial
Collector is a small village on the Federal Highway in New South Wales, Australia halfway between Goulburn and the Australian Capital Territory. It is seven kilometres north of Lake George. At the 2006 census, Collector had a population of 329 people.[1]
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History
The area was first settled by Europeans in 1829 when Terence Aubrey Murray was granted an area of land in the area in 1829, originally called Old Collector. Murray acquired further land in the area and renamed his property Winderradeen where he built a 12 room house on the land in 1837. At about the same time he also acquired the property of Yarralumla on the Limestone Plains, now Government House.[2] A post office opened at Collector in 1848. The village reportedly is named after the Aboriginal name for the region, colegdar.[3] The village was by-passed by the Federal Highway in 1988 and has struggled to remain viable ever since.[4]
The Bushranger Hotel in Collector was the site of a shooting of a Constable Samuel Nelson on 26 Jan 1865, by John Dunn, a member of Ben Hall's gang.[4]
Dreamer's Gate
Dreamer's Gate Artist Tony Phantastes Year 1993 - 1997 Type Concrete on a chicken wire and wooden frame Location Collector, New South Wales, Australia Collector is also famous for the controversial sculpture Dreamers Gate by Tony Phantastes built between 1993 and 1997 to commemorate, among other things, his father's life. A gothic structure of cement and chicken wire, the artist and the Gunning Shire Council have been in constant battle regarding the structure since 1999.[5] The plot in which the sculpture stands is now for sale and the sculpture itself under demolition orders.[6]
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Notes
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Collector (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC16745&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- ^ Wilson, Gwendoline (1967). "Murray, Sir Terence Aubrey (1810 - 1873)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020241b.htm. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ "Collector". Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=JPIOlMKmKW. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
- ^ a b "Collector". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2006. http://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Collector/2005/02/17/1108500193337.html. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ "Dreamers Gate, Church St, Collector (entry AHD102138)". Australian Heritage Database. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=102138. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ "Costly fight to keep CollectorChr(39)s dreamy sculpture". The Canberra Times. 7 February 2001. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/costly-fight-to-keep-collectorchr39s-dreamy-sculpture/433972.aspx. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
References
- Exploring the ACT and Southeast New South Wales, J. Kay McDonald, Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1985 ISBN 0-86417-049-1
Coordinates: type:city source:GNS-enwiki 34°55′S 149°26′E / 34.917°S 149.433°E
Categories:- Towns in New South Wales
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