Self portrait, 1924
oil on canvas, 61.2 x 51cm
Gift of the artist at the request of the Trustees 1924
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales
photograph:  Ray Woodbury for AGNSW   Inverell Cultural & Arts Council in conjunction with Best Employment and Inverell Shire Council present...

  
    Presented by Pioneer Village

The Pioneer Village is a re-creation of a old-time country village with buildings from the Inverell district:

  • Museum

  • Schoolroom

  • Church

  • Blacksmith

  • Newspaper Office

  • Store

  • Photographic Studio

  • Pub

  • Railway Station

  • Slab Cottage containing memorabilia from the Anderson family of “Newstead”.

You can wander at your own leisure through buildings set in picturesque surroundings, landscaped as a village of yesteryear.

Included in the village is the Goonoowigall School, which houses the 'Inverell Tiles Of Time' donated by the students of Inverell TAFE College; The Grove Homestead; Paddy's Pub; a Blacksmith's Hut; Miner's Hut; Oakwood Hall; the Printing Office and the Gooda Cottage, which houses an excellence of minerals and gemstones.

Afternoon tea with damper and cocky's joy (golden syrup) is available on Sundays, and by prior arrangement.
 

   

OPEN TUESDAY to  SATURDAY

 
Location: Pioneer Village, Tingha Road, Inverell
Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Cost: $6.00 adults and $3.00 children

For additional information contact:
Inverell Cultural and Arts Council (Inc)
Phone: (02) 6728 8167

Tourism Inverell
Campbell St, Inverell
Phone: (02) 6728 8161 
Fax: (02) 6728 8166 

Email: trfestival@northnet.com.au

 

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