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PALERANG (Home of the Black Cockatoos).
“Palerang” was first settled in the 1840’s. The property was initially called “Hazeldell”.The original house served as an Inn, named “Hyland’s Retreat”, on the old coach road which connected The Monaro to Goulburn, and ultimately through to Sydney. This road (now called Hazeldell Road) was also known as the Queanbeyan Road. The stables and Coachman’s House now form the basis of “Palerang Cottage”.The original Inn- kitchen is still in the centre of the house, and the Victorian section was built in 1875. The easterly weatherboard section was added, in 1924, by Major Moore and his family. This was where the poet David Campbell wrote much of his work when he and his family lived here through the mid 1960’s.The final addition, on the western side, includes the larger blue stone rooms where our Functions are held. The Homestead and the Cottage provided enough room for Mick Jagger and the crew to stay here during the making of the 1969 film “Ned Kelly”.
The size of the property has changed over the years and now Palerang is a working property of 1700 acres with Mulloon Creek, flowing in a northerly direction, through the middle. This provides a beautiful rural setting for any functions in the garden. Two large trees, a Bunya Bunya and an Atlantic Cedar, probably planted in the 1850’s, and the old tennis court (1920’s), dominate the front garden. The stone walls, including the unusual crinkle –crankle wall, the croquet lawn walls and the eastern pergola walls, were built in the early 1970’s using stone from the property. The pond nestles in the north of the garden, the small 1970’s vineyard to the east and the Hawthorn Walk allows entrance from the west.We have had a very busy but happy time in the ongoing restoration of this wonderful property, homestead and garden.Please enjoy, as we always do, the calming views from the garden, of the paddocks, bush and creek.
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