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Cooma Cottage Yass

Locality: Yass, New South Wales

Phone: +61 432 335 840

Address: 756 Yass Valley Way 2582 Yass, NSW, Australia

Website: www.nationaltrust.org.au/nsw/CoomaCottage

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25.01.2022 Cooma Cottage is holding a morning tea tomorrow (Saturday, February 2) from 10am to 12pm, for prospective volunteers. This beautiful property - the former home of Hamilton Hume - needs help with day-to-day maintenance (cleaning, dusting collections, etc), cataloging and documenting museum collections, guiding tours (training provided), historical research, gardening and running the shop and events. We look forward to seeing you :) Yass Tribune... http://bit.ly/2GgMlBp

25.01.2022 Wishing everyone a very happy long weekend ahead with a friendly reminder: National Trust (NSW) Properties are not open yet. We are looking forward to welcoming you back soon and getting organised for a time when we can. If you arrive at our properties this weekend, we will not be able to let you in. Please plan accordingly to avoid disappointment. Drive safe, stay safe and keep healthy!

22.01.2022 Cooma Cottage will be closed to the public over winter. Our last open day will be Sunday, 23 June and we will open our doors again on Sunday, 1 September. We hope to see you then! :)

21.01.2022 Whatever your take on things that go bump in the night, Cooma Cottage is well worth a visit to discover the history of Australias first currency-lad explorer Tim the Yowie Man The Canberra Times... https://www.canberratimes.com.au//does-the-ghost-of-hamil/

20.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who attended the Cooma Cottage volunteer meet and greet at the weekend. Our wonderful volunteers at the former home of Hamilton Hume shared with people why they love giving their time and talent to this beautiful historic property in New South Wales. Gerry who travels from Canberra to volunteer at Cooma Cottage shared how much he enjoys meeting people from all over the world and working with a supportive team of fellow volunteers. Barbara gave people a tour of the property and shared her knowledge of the upcoming exhibitions planned for Cooma Cottage. You can join this wonderful team who share the history, significance and stories of this heritage property. Get in touch with us here [email protected]

20.01.2022 Pack yourself a picnic, gather your family together and join us for the annual Twilight Picnic Fair 2020 on Saturday 4 April at Cooma Cottage. From cow milking and butter making, sheep dog demonstrations and pony rides, to face painting, the Twilight Picnic Fair has something for everyone. We encourage you to try something new on the beautiful grounds once home to Australian explorer Hamilton Hume. Throughout the evening, the local community will be celebrated, with local produce stalls and performances from Yass Kids Hip Hop Band. More info: https://bit.ly/2TqhE2Y

19.01.2022 Cooma Cottage are looking for volunteers to help out at the Twilight Picnic on April 4. We are looking for people to assist stall holders, welcome visitors, set up before & pack down in the evening. Please email [email protected] if you are interested on helping out on the day!

18.01.2022 Cooma Cottage Visions Continue to Mystify! Last weeks expos (Does the ghost of Hamilton Hume haunt this Cottage?) on things that go bump in the night at Cooma Cottage in Yass has flushed out reports of recent unexplained encounters. Tim the Yowie Man... The Canberra Times https://www.canberratimes.com.au//the-top-three-summer-ad/

18.01.2022 Calling all Event Organisers, Exhibition Curators, Builders, Landscape Gardeners & Authors - lets do something positive with 2020:

18.01.2022 Come and see these amazing little mugs when Cooma Cottage reopens on Sunday, 1 September!

18.01.2022 In the interests of the health of the community and our volunteers, Cooma Cottage is closed until further notice.

17.01.2022 Only 2 more sleeps until Cooma Cottage opens the Schools Reconciliation Challenge exhibition! We are ready to open our doors on Friday October 18 at 5.30pm - 7pm, will you be there?

17.01.2022 We have adjusted opening hours over the holiday period this year! Our staff and volunteers are going to have a well-deserved break to be with their family and friends Make sure you plan ahead, below!... https://www.nationaltrust.org.au//2019-2020-holiday-perio/

16.01.2022 Have you seen our adjusted opening hours for the holiday period this year? Our staff and volunteers are going to have a well-deserved break to be with their family and friends Make sure you plan ahead, below! Wishing you all a happy and safe holiday period. ... https://www.nationaltrust.org.au//2019-2020-holiday-perio/

14.01.2022 "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Lest we forget. #AnzacDay2020 #lightupthedawn

14.01.2022 Berimba School visited Cooma Cottage for the second time this year, last week! We are so humbled, and loved being able to share Australian heritage and the wonderful home of Hamilton Hume with our young guests Nugget, one of our Clydesdales - loved playing part in educating the children that tractors and trucks once did not exist! Horses only - who would have thought?! Photography courtesy of Chris Broer

14.01.2022 Watch our video message from Volunteer Coordinator, Melissa Green as she sends a big THANK YOU to the 2000-strong volunteer team, lists the great achievements for the year that has passed, and gives well wishes for the holiday period. If you are interested in volunteering in 2020, submit your details below: https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/volunteers-nsw/ ... #volunteer #volunteering #community

12.01.2022 Yesterday Cooma Cottage hosted a workshop on How to Manage your Collection presented by Powerhouse Museum, as part of their Regional Programs service to provide skills and training for volunteer collection organisations We had a full house of volunteers from across the south-eastern NSW region! All up, 20 volunteers - from Cooma Cottage, Riversdale, Southern Highlands Branch of the National Trust, Yass & District Historical Society and the Harden Murrumburrah Historical ...Society & Museum. Riversdale Homestead - National Trust of Australia NSW Yass & District Historical Society Inc Harden Murrumburrah Historical Society

12.01.2022 Need a gift for a little one, this Christmas? Australian author Jennifer Cossins has you covered. 101 Collective Nouns has 101 full-colour animal illustrations, each with its very own collective noun. You can purchase this from the National Trust Gift Shop at our property! We are open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 10am - 4pm.

12.01.2022 As New South Wales and the ACT suffers with very poor air quality due to the #bushfires across the south-east of the country, we are delaying our opening of Cooma Cottage until 17 January. We need to do this to ensure the safety and well being of our staff and volunteer teams. This is delayed from our anticipated open date for 2020 of 12 January. We apologise for any inconvenience.

10.01.2022 The National Trust (NSW) has announced that it will reopen a selection of its properties on 3 July 2020. We are taking careful steps to reopen gradually in light of the #COVID-19 global pandemic. Cooma Cottage Yass - National Trust of Australia NSW closed until further notice. Please read our news update to see where you can explore the heritage of New South Wales from 3 July and read our Terms & Conditions of Entry, which include pre-booking your timed entry ticket before visiting so we can keep everyone #COVID safe. Find out more herehttps://bit.ly/2CUpkon #heritage #visitnsw

10.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who came along to our volunteers day on the weekend. We loved meeting so many new people. With any luck you might get to see our new recruits next time you visit Cooma Cottage :) (If you missed the volunteers day but are still interested in becoming involved with Cooma Cottage please call us on 02 6226 1470. )

10.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who came along to Cooma Cottage on Saturday and helped make our Twilight Picnic Fair so much fun!! We really appreciate your support. National Trust Australia (NSW) #Yass #CoomaCottage

09.01.2022 On Friday 18 October, we had the Schools Reconciliation Challenge exhibition opening at Cooma Cottage! The opening included a Welcome to Country by Auntie Lilian, Ngunnawal elder, smoking ceremony, speech by Thea Butler from Reconciliation NSW and a performance by Ngunnawal children The exhibition is on display at Cooma Cottage until 24 November 2019 - dont miss out!

09.01.2022 We cant wait until the opening event tonight of The Schools Reconciliation Challenge with refreshments, dancing, a smoking ceremony and guest speakers 5:30 - 7pm. The wonderful exhibition comprises of students who took up the challenge of portraying their perspective on the theme for Reconciliation: Our Voices Our Future. Come see it when were open before it finishes on 24 November: https://bit.ly/2MsNcBT

08.01.2022 Cooma Cottage hosted its first Torchlight Tour event series on the weekend! Both tours were sold out within two hours of launch It was a thrilling evening of history, heritage and learning of ghostly tales with history enthusiast and author, Tim the Yowie Man. Did you miss out? Dont worry! These tours will be back in 2020. But we warn you - these are not for the feint-hearted Read More: https://www.yowieman.com.au/tours/further-afield-tours/

08.01.2022 The Cooma Cottage Twilight Picnic Fair is on Saturday from 3pm - 7pm. You provide your picnic and we provide the animals Coomas famous Clydesdale horses will be there with special guests - baby camels! There will also be working bullock teams and the popular horse and cart rides. Make sure you share your photos with us - wed love to see them. Extra points for baby camels pics.

06.01.2022 ICYMI, there was a bit of rain around Cooma Cottage in #Yass and local resident Lizzie McIntosh shared her photos and videos of the downpour with us and Yass Tribune Goulburn Post #HeritageAtHome.

06.01.2022 Calling all Event Organisers, Exhibition Curators, Builders, Landscape Gardeners & Authors - let's do something positive with 2020:

05.01.2022 Were seeking volunteers! If youre interested in history, preserving our past, helping out and meeting new people this might be for you. Come along to our free morning tea tomorrow 10am-12 noon to find out more.

05.01.2022 The rare book, "A Brief Statement of Facts in Connection with an Overland Expedition from Lake George to Port Phillip in 1824" will be on display at Cooma Cottage from 20 April. The small book is Hamilton Humes account of his famous pioneering journey of discovery overland to Port Phillip with fellow explorer, William Hovell, in 1824. In 1853, Hovell visited Geelong where he was fted as its European discoverer. Reports of this reached Hume, who was so incensed that he wrote... this booklet to be his version of the events that took place on the journey and the part played by Hovell. *Spoiler alert* - the book is critical of Hovell and reduced his standing in the eyes of the public! It is 70 pages in total with a lithograph portrait of Hamilton Hume by Charles Turner (1774-1857). (This fascinating book was purchased with funds from the Southern Highlands Branch of the National Trust.)

01.01.2022 Introducing...Hamilton Hume Honey! The Land https://www.theland.com.au//relationship-proves-to-be-ver/