Sights of Significance in the ACT (public access)

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In the early-mid 1980s the National Capital Development Commission published a ten volume series called Sites of Significance in the ACT. It's available for reference at the ACT Heritage Library in Woden and additional copies are available to borrow. It identifies, locates, describes and has pictures of significant historical, cultural, geological, botanical and zoological sites in the ACT. Twenty years on, these sites are still fantastic to visit, even though some have deteriorated. With this reference material in hand, there's a new dimension to wandering around in the bush.

An interesting contact in Sep13 from Neville Rosengren (Geomorphologist - Honorary Associate, La Trobe University) who was the principal consultant to the the NCDC for the project. Neville was the author of the geology and geomorphology sections of these volumes, with initial input/assistance from Mike McRae-Williams. He also co-ordinated the biological (Phil Gilmour, Carole Helman and Ken Green) and cultural studies (mainly Kari Barz) and wrote/edited the drafts of the reports submitted to NCDC. The work was commissioned by the Environment Section of NCDC under the initiation of Dr Gary Scott and with supervision by Phil Kendall. Neville said "the project ran over several years in the early to mid-1980's and was well-supported by NCDC - both financially and in kind. It was a great pleasure to work in a supportive environment with Gary Scott and Phil Kendall. Phil did a terrific job in producing the 10 volumes to print."

Below is an ever growing list of the sites I've visited. I've used the publication's identification and naming (hopefully this does not breach copyright) along with the date of my visit and my pic of the site. I've not published a location - if you want to visit a site, go and look up the reference material then find it on the ground, that's half the fun. But if you do get stuck, give me a hoy - I had 3 goes to find PT11 and Paul N had to eventually show me the way.

Additional material available via password

Site	Description and Location (from Sites of Significance in the ACT)	Visited (click on the link below for a walk report)	Pic (click on the thumbnail below for a larger photo)
B4	Ginninderra Creek - Macgregor	25 Jul 10*
B5	Axe-Grinding Grooves - Latham	25 Jul 10*
B11	Mt Painter	20 Jul 09*
G1	Honeysuckle Creek Swamp - Near western end of the swamp on Honeysuckle Creek, just west of the road to Booroomba Rocks	29 Jul 08*
G2	Rock Flats - About 4km west of the Lunar Laser Ranger station at the head of Rendezvous Creek and on the divide with the Cotter catchment	21 Jun 08 13 Nov 07* 27 Mar 07
G3	Mt Orroral - Approximately 5km east of Cotter Flat, forming the headwaters of Rendezvous Creek	21 Nov 06* 9 Aug 06 22 Oct 05 20 Aug 05
G4	Rollys Hut (Rowley's Orroral Hut) - In the Orroral valley 2km north-west of Orroral Tracking Station (burnt)	1-4 Oct 10 23 Jun 09 27 May 08 10 Apr 07* 7 Apr 07
G5	Orroral Homestead - Southern side of Orroral valley 1km south-east of the Orroral Tracking Station and 500m west of the Orroral River	27 May 08 10 Apr 07 9 Jun 03*
G6	Old Orroral Homestead - Approximately 120m south-east of Orroral Homestead	27 May 08* 29 Apr 08
G7	Nursery Swamp - Approximately 4km west of the Namadgi National Park Headquarters at Glendale Crossing	16 Jan 08 2 Apr 05 11 Jan 03*
G8	Additional material available via password
G9	Rowley's Rendezvous Creek Hut - 4km north-west of Gudgenby Station on the walking track to Rendezvous Creek art site	8 Sep 09 14 Aug 07 12 Oct 05*
G11	Glendale Geological Site - Road cutting 3km south of the Glendale Depot of Namadgi National Park	5 Apr 08*
G16	Mt Gudgenby - Approximately 8km south-west of Gudgenby Homestead, near the headwaters of Naas Creek	30Sep-2Oct 06* 12 Nov 05
G17	Yankee Hat Archaeological Site - The sites lie on the lower eastern slopes of Yankee Hat mountain at an elevation around 100m and is in the shelter of two boulders of Shannons Flat Adamellite	22 Jul 08* 26 Mar 05 5 Feb 05 24 Nov 04 10 Jul 04*
G18	Bogong Creek Swamp - Between the Old Boboyan Road and Yankee Hat, and surrounded by Gudgenby Pine Plantation	25 Aug 09 22 Jul 08* 5 Apr 08 12 Nov 05 10 Jul 04 others
G19	Gudgenby Station - Western side of Gudgenby River near junction of Hospital Creek	22 Jul 08*
G20	Frank Oldfields Pines Hut (Frank and Jack's Hut) - 500m west of the Old Boboyan Road 5km south-west of Gudgenby Station	22 Jul 08 1 Jul 08 12 Nov 05* 16 Oct 04
G21	Oldfields Hospital Creek Hut - Headwaters of Hospital Creek about 400m east of the Old Boboyan Road	9 Mar 10 16 Jun 09 1 Jul 08 21 Jun 06*
G22	Hospital Hill - North-south trending ridge 1km west of the Boboyan Road and 6km south of the Gudgenby River crossing	21 Jun 06*
G24	Naas River Gorge - Naas River channel and lower valley-side slopes commencing about 800m north of the junction of Naas River and Reedy Creek and extending for approximately 1.5km along the valley	3 Jul 07	No pic available
G26	Horse Gully Hut - Adjacent to the Naas River fire trail 8km north-east of the Mt Clear campground	27 Oct 09 29 Jan 09 13 Mar 07*
G27	Curtis Refuge Hut (Demandering Hut) - 200m west of the Naas River fire trail and 6km north-east of the Mt Clear campground	27 Oct 09 13 Mar 07*
G28	Left Hand Creek - massive aplite dyke forming a knick in the creek	27 Oct 09*
G31	Upper Naas Creek Valley - Site 2 - Downstream from the junction of Sheep Station Creek near the crossing of the Naas Creek by the Old Boboyan Road	24 Jun 08 18 Mar 08*
G32	Sheep Station Creek Fence - Valley of Sheep Station Creek 1km west of the junction with Naas Creek	18 Mar 08*
G33	Sentry Box Mountain - At the southern end of the Scabby Range, on the south west border of the ACT	28 Nov 06* 3-4 Jul 04
G34	Lonesom Pine Homestead Ruin - Beside Sheep Station Creek 2km west of the Naas River	18 Mar 08* 3-4 Jul 04
G35	Boboyan Trackway	24 Jun 08	not properly identified
G37	Boboyan Homestead complex - Beside Old Boboyan Road 2.5km north-west of the junction with the Boboyan Road	24 Jun 08* 18 Mar 08 25 Apr 07* 2 Oct 04 3-4 Jul 04
G38	Grassy Creek Hut (Waterhole Hut) - Valley of Grassy Creek 4km north-west of Westermans Homestead	13 Apr 10 24 Jun 08 18 Mar 08 8 May 07* 3-4 Jul 04
G39	Grassy Creek Sheepyards (under Pheasant Hill) - Northern side of Grassy Creek on the south-western slopes of Pheasant Hill 1.5km north-west of Westermans Hut	24 Jun 08 18 Mar 08*
G40	Brayshaws Hut - Beside the Boboyan Road 2km north of the ACT-NSW border	24 Jun 08 18 Mar 08 8 May 07*
G41	Tin Dish School - About 100m south east of the Boboyan Road opposite Brayshaws Hut	24 Jun 08 18 Mar 08*
G42	Grassy Creek Hut Site (Charles Potters) (Potters Chimney) - Northern side of Grassy Creek 800m upstream (south) of the junction with Naas Creek	25 Jul 09 8 May 07* 13 Mar 07
G43	Grassy Creek Tussock Grasslands	25 Jul 09
G44	Westermans Homestead - Southern side of Grassy Creek 1km north-west of the Boboyan Road and the ACT-NSW border	13 Apr 10 24 Jun 08 18 Mar 08 8 May 07* 2 Oct 04
G45	Border Basalt Geological and Historical Site - Small plateau on the ACT-NSW border 2km west of the Boboyan Road	13 Apr 10 24 Jun 08*
G46	Border Fault Quartz Geological Site - 1km due west of the Boboyan Road on the ACT-NSW border	24 Jun 08*
G47	Mt Clear Hut Site (Chalkers Chimney) - Beside a small tributary of Naas Creek approximately 2km south-west of Mt Clear and 2km north of Top Flats	25 Jul 09 8 May 07*
G48	Long Flat - Near the southern border of the ACT, south-west of Mt Clear	14 Sep 05*
GH10	Percival Hill	25 Oct 09*
GH13	Mulligans Flat Woodland	28 Jul 09 18 Jan 07*
GH14	Thomas Gribble's Home (The Valley) - Near Gundaroo Road, north of Gungahlin Hill	13 Jan 09* just drove past
GH18	ACT Border Marker - Gungahlin - X4 peg there, 13 Mile marker gone	1 Jan 10*
GH19	Gungahlin Hill	27 Sep 09*
GH24	Gungahlin Quartz Ridge	28 Jul 09*
J1	Mugga Mugga Historic House - S of Hindmarch Drive, E of Mt Mugga Mugga	1 Mar 09* visited with Gay $5pp guided tour
K1	Glen Burn Creek - Historic Site A Homestead B Graves C Woolshed - Valley of Glen Burn Creek 4km east of Kowen Forestry Settlement, Kowen Forest	24 Mar 08 29 Jan 08*
K3	Molonglo Gorge - East of Sutton Road between ACT border and Kowen Forest	29 Jan 08*
K5	William Colliers Homestead - Molonglo River - North bank of Molonglo River in Kowen Forest	29 Jan 08*
LBG15	Jerrabomberra Wetlands	16 Mar 09*
LC1	Mt Coree - Northern Brindabella Range on the north eastern edge of the ACT	2 Sep 08 19 Feb 05
LC2	Blundells Flat and Blundells Farm Arboretum - Within the Valley of Condor Creek in Uriarra Forest	2 Sep 08 26 Aug 08* 19 Feb 05
LC3	Mt Blundell Area - Northern Brindabella Range, spanning the ACT border	18 Nov 08 26 Aug 08*
LC7	Sugarloaf Hill - West of Paddys River Road, in Pierces Creek Forest	19 Apr 08*
LC13	Pierces Creek Falls - Pierces Creek Valley, below the Hardy Range	11 Aug 07*
M10	The Oaks - Western end of Oaks Estate	10 Jun 08*
NC1	Black Mountain and Aranda Hill - Bounded by Belconnen Way, Barry Drive, Parkes Way, and including the area of Aranda Hill (Kier trig point)	30 Aug 08* 12 Aug 08 4 Aug 08 19 Sep 03
NC6	GlenLoch Cork Oak Plantation - Adjacent to the Glenloch interchange	30 Aug 08* 4 Aug 08
PT1	Cotter Caves Area - Ridge south of Paddys River 500m upstream from junction with the Cotter River	19 Apr 08* 16 Feb 05
PT2	Paddys River Mine Area - Eastern side of Paddys River on spur from Bullen Range	6 May 08*
PT4	Wet Gully - Oakey Creek - Valley of Oakey Creek extending into pine plantation	20 May 08*
PT5	Nildesperandum (Hurdle Creek) - 2km northest of Tidbinbilla Homestead	27 Sep 08 5 Dec 06*
PT7	Jacks Lookout	6 Jul 10*
PT9	Homestead Ruin and Well - Tidbinbilla (John Owens)	6 Jul 10*
PT11	Pise Ruin, 'Calvary' - Larrys Creek, at foot of Bullen Range	4 Aug 07*
PT12	Additional material available via password
PT13	Gibraltar Peak - North west of Corin Road and east of Tidbinbilla	1 May 07 15 Oct 05*
PT14	Mushroom Rock - A group of large boulders or tors of Shannons Flat Adamellite are clustered at the summit of a small hill at the end of a ridge near Gibraltar Peak	1 May 07*
PT16	Smokers Flat - 1km south of Smokers Gap	4 Mar 08 24 Nov 07 13 Jun 07 6 Jan 07 18 Jan 06 5 Jun 05 4 Oct 04 22 Sep 04 18 Aug 04* 12 Apr 04
PT17	Gibraltar Falls and Gorge - 10km north east of Corin Dam	3 Feb 09 12 Apr 04*
PT20	Blythburn Cottage - Approximately 10km northwest of Tharwa and 2km south of Booroomba Homestead	19 Feb 08 17 Jul 07*
PT21	Blue Gum Creek - Headwaters of Paddys River, extending west from Mt Tennent	6 Jan09 28 Oct 08 19 Feb 08*
PT22	Mt Tennent Area - South west of Tharwa	8 Sep 09 16 Dec 08 27 Dec 07* 31 Jul 07 21 Oct 05 15 Mar 04
RR2	Rob Roy Range - Between Tuggeranong and the Monaro Highway	4 Aug 09 9 Sep 06 8 Feb 06*
RR5	Mt Gigerline Escarpment	4 Aug 09*
RR8	Guises Creek and Murrumbidgee River Gorges	4 Aug 09*
SU5	Sturt Island - Near the confluence of Murrumbidgee and Molonglo Rivers	4 Dec 07 17 Jan 04	No pic available
SU6	Murrumbidgee River Bluffs - near Molonglo Confluence (Shepherds Lookout) - Immediately below the Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre (LMWQCC)	17 Jan 04*
SU14	Lower Molonglo Gorge - Molonglo River 1-2km upstream from the Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre	30 Aug 08 4 Aug 08 4 Dec 07*
SU15	Sherwood Homestead - East of the Blue Range portion of Uriarra Forest	29 Apr 01*
SU19	Bluffs and Terraces - Molonglo River - Molonglo River, approximately 1km downstream of Coppins Crossing	30 Aug 08 4 Aug 08 4 Dec 07	No pic available
SU21	Yarralumla Woolshed Complex - North of Cotter Road near Yarralumla Creek	13 Aug 05	No pic available
SU22	Cotter Pumping Station - Murrumbidgee River/Cotter River confluence	23 Dec 05* 30 Nov 05 16 Feb 05 12 Jun 04
SU23	Historic Ruins - Greenhills (Richard Moore's stone house site) - Near the Greenhills Camp and Conference Centre (Cottermouth)	27 Sep 08*
SU27	Mt Stromlo Observatory Buildings - Mt Stromlo summit	26 Jul 08*
T1	Red Rocks Gorge - Murrumbidgee River between Kambah Pool and Tuggeranong Creek	24 Jan 09 4 Dec 04* 15 May 04
T5	Pine Island Area - In the vicinity of Pine Island picnic areas, extending down towards Tuggeranong Creek	9 Sep 06 26 Dec 05	No pic available
T7	Boundary Marker Complex - Tuggeranong - North of Pine Island near Tuggeranong Creek and extending from the Murrumbidgee River to Drakeford Drive	7 Feb 09 9 Sep 06 15 May 04*
T10	Wanniassa Hill Woodland - Crest of Wanniassa Hill	17 Feb 09 9 Sep 06	No pic available
T11	Rose Cottage - Near Monaro Highway/Isabella Drive intersection	9 Sep 06	No pic available
T18	Additional material available via password
T20	Tuggeranong Hill - North east of Tharwa Road, and surrounded by the new suburbs of Theodore and Calwell	3 Jan 09*
T25	Lambrigg Homestead Complex - 1km east of Tidbinbilla Road	4 Nov 07 9 Jan 07 12 Aug 06*
T28	Castle Hill - Between Tidbinbilla and Booroomba Roads	6 Aug 06* 11 Sep 05
T32	Tharwa Bridge - Murrumbidgee River near Tharwa Village	22 May 07*
T37	Gudgenby Confluence - Confluence of Murrumbidgee and Gudgenby Rivers, south of Tharwa	4 Aug 09* 22 May 07 4 Nov 07
T38	Cuppacumbalong Woolshed Complex - South of Tharwa, near the Gudgenby River	9 Jun 08
UC1	Mt Aggie Geological Site - Summit and upper slopes of Mt Aggie in the Brindabella Range above Mt Franklin Road	15 Mar 06*
UC2	Mt Franklin Chalet - In the Brindabella Range 1km southwest of the summit of Mt Franklin on the ACT/NSW border (burnt 2003)	15 Oct 08 6 Nov 07 17 Apr 07 15 Mar 06*
UC3	Mt Franklin - Eastern Slopes - On the eastern slopes of Brindabella Range from summit of Mt Franklin to Ginini Falls	6 Nov 07* 17 Apr 07
UC4	Ginini Falls - The falls are on the Ginini Creek 600m upstream of Stockyard Creek and 3km southeast of the summit of Mt Franklin	17 Apr 07* 1 Mar 06
UC5	Ginini Flats - Cheyenne Flats - Morass Flats - North-east and east of Mt Ginini, in the southern Brindabella Range	31 Jan 09 1 Mar 06*
UC6	Mt Gingera and Snowy Flats - The summit and higher ridges of Mt Gingera and flats at the head of Snowy Flat Creek, in the southern Brindabella Range, 6km southwest of Corin Dam wall	21 Mar 09 17 Mar 09 9-10 Jan 09* 3 Jun 08 4 Jul 06 25 May 05*
UC7	White Sands Creek Ridge - Ridges and valley slopes of White Sands Creek and Cotter River, 2km north east of Corin Dam	4 Nov 08*
UC8	Corin Dam Geological Site - Rock exposures in road cuttings immediately east, and in the western abutment of Corin Dam	3 Jun 08
UC9	Mt McKeahnie - Summit and southern ridge of Mt McKeahnie and upper valley of Dry Creek. 6km southeast of Corin Dam wall and 2-3km north of 'Eighty Acres', Cotter Hut Road	3-4 Jun 06*
UC11	Leura Gap and Rolling Ground Gap - Two locations in the Brindabella Range bewteen Mt Bimberi and Mt Gingera	9-10 Jan 09*
UC12	McKeahnie Creek Alpine Ash - In the Brindabella-Bimberi Range adjacent to the Mt Franklin Rd, between Mosquito Creek and McKeahnie Creek 4km NE of Cotter Flats	9-10 Jan 09*
UC14	Upper Cotter River - The Cotter River channel upstream from the impoundment limit of Corin Dam and extending to the upper Cotter Falls	9-10 Jan 09 8 Nov 08* 7-8 Jun 08
UC15	Black Sallee Flat - Upper Cotter River valley between De Salis Creek and Cotter Flats	9-10 Jan 09 3 Oct 05*
UC16	Cotter Flats - Terraces and floodplain of upper Cotter River immediately downstream of the Cotter Hut	1-4 Oct 10 9-10 Jan 09 8 Nov 08 7-8 Jun 08* 12-14 Sep 06 3 Oct 05
UC17	Upper Cotter Flats - Floodplain and terraces of the upper Cotter River 3km upstream from Cotter Hut near junction with Jacks Creek	7-8 Jun 08*
UC19	Licking Hole Creek Quartz Ridge - Valley of Licking Hole Creek 1km southeast of Cotter Hut	7-8 Jun 08*
UC20	Coronet Peak - 2km east of Cotter Hut in the upper Cotter valley	11 Aug 09 30 Oct 07 5-6 Nov 05*
UC21	Mt Murray - Murrays Gap - Mt Bimberi - A section of the Bimberi Range in the south western section of the upper Cotter catchment	1-4 Oct 10 12-14 Sep 06* 8-9 Apr 06
UC24	Rolleys Flats - Flats and lower valley side slopes adjacent to Cotter River near Porcupine Creek junction 5km south of Cotter Hut	7-8 Jun 08*
UC25	Upper Cotter Falls - Cotter River valley 6.5km south of Cotter Hut and at the head of Rolleys Flat	7-8 Jun 08*
UC26	Big Creamy Flats - The site includes the headwaters of Creamy Flats Creek, approximately 1.5km northeast of Namadgi Peak	10 Nov 07 10 Apr 07 10-11 Jun 06* 30Sep-2Oct 06
UC27	Mt Namadgi - 2km northeast of Mt Kelly as the culmination of a ridge separating Licking Hole Creek and Creamy Flats Creek	7 Nov 09 7 Nov 08 10 Nov 07 30Sep-2Oct 06*
UC28	Additional material available via password
UC30	Rotten Swamp - Includes the headwaters of Licking Hole Creek approximately 1km northeast of Mt Kelly	30Sep-2Oct 06 22-24 Apr 06* 2-3 Jan 06
UC31	Mt Kelly and Kelly Spur - In the south-eastern part of the Upper Cotter catchment	15 Dec 07 21-22 Jul 07 9-11 Dec 06 8-9 Jul 06 22-24 Apr 06* 2-3 Jan 06
UC32	Scabby Range Lake - Saddle in Scabby Range 2.5km north of Mt Scabby on eastern side of Cotter catchment divide with Sams Creek	15 Apr 08* 8-9 Jul 06
UC33	Mt Scabby and Upper Cotter Basin - In the Scabby Range which lies at the extreme southern end of the Cotter Valley, enclosing the source and headwaters of the Cotter River	7-8 Jun 08 15 Apr 08* 8-9 Jul 06
WW3	Stanley Hill	17 Feb 09 13 Aug 05	No pic

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