Walcha Pioneer Cottage and Museum Complex

The Walcha Pioneer Cottage is operated by the Walcha and District Historical Society.

The complex is open on Saturday from 10:30am to 4:30pm or at other times by appointment. Contact Kate Hoy on Mobile: 0448 331 323.

The Walcha Pioneer Cottage and Museum Complex comprises a variety of historical buildings on the original land grant of 1858 to Constable Buckland including his house built in 1860s of slabs with a shingle roof. It’s detached former kitchen building now holds a collection of early farming tools.

Another 1860s slab cottage brought to the site in 1970, is used as a general museum displaying a wide variety of local historal items.

In the ground is a stringy bark tree trunk (dendroglyph) carved by local aboriginies, brought to the site from the Brackendale area of the Walcha District.

The Wool industry hall, originally a School of Arts erected at Glen Morrison in 1887, illustrates the principal industry of Walcha, with a large collection of shearing equipment and photographs.

Two Machinery Sheds and house horse drawn vehicles and early agricultural Machinery.

The reconstructed Blacksmiths Shop displays a forge, bellows and many original artifacts of the age-old occupation, with Walcha once being the home to four blacksmiths shops.

The Plane Hanger houses the Tiger Moth Aeroplane used in 1950 to spread superphosphate for the first time in Australia, on the local property “Mirani”, then owned by AS Nivision.

Contact Details

Clr Adam Iuston

First Elected to Council on 14 September 2024.

 

Clr Rachel Greig

First Elected to Council on 14 September 2024

 

Clr Anne-Marie Pointing

First Elected to Council on 04 December 2021.

Clr Pointing is a member of the Walcha Council Beautification Advisory Committee and Council’s representation on the Walcha Centre Managment Committee (MPC).

 

Clr Eric Noakes

First Elected to Council on 10 September 2016.

Elected as Mayor on 28 September 2016, re-elected unopposed on
22 December 2021 and re-elected unopposed on 9 October 2024.

Councillor Noakes is Council’s Delelgate on the following Committees:

  • Country Mayors Association of NSW (CMA)
  • Walcha Local Health Committee

And is also a member of the following Council Committees:

  • Walcha Council Riverview Clinical Governance Committee
  • Walcha Council Aboriginal Advisory Committee
  • Walcha Council Capital Review Committee
  • Walcha Council General Manager’s Performance Review Committee

First Elected to Council on 14 September 2024.

Elected as Deputy Mayor on 9 October 2024.

 

Clr Hyde Thomson

First Elected to Council on 14 September 2024.

 

Clr Gary Olrich

First elected to Council on 14 September 2024.

Councillor Olrich is a member of the following Council Committees:

  • Walcha Council Community Care Committee
  • Walcha Motorcyle Rally Advisory Committee
  • Walcha Council Capital Review Committee

Contact Details

Walcha Council
Phone: 02 6774 2500
E – golrich@walcha.nsw.gov.au

Clr Stephen McCoy

First elected to Council on 14 September 2024.

Clr McCoy has been elected to:

  • Walcha Council’s General Manager’s Performance Review Committee; and
  • Walcha Council’s Capital Review Committee

 

He is also Council’s representative on the Mid North Weight of Loads Group.

E – smccoy@walcha.nsw.gov.au