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Wide views of Tenterfield and the surrounding district. Picnic and barbecue facilities, bring your own water, pit toilets, no pets permitted. Bring binoculars and cameras.
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This conversation area at the base of Mount Mackenzie in order to preserve old-growth forests. It contains a water hole, a rock pool, and remains of The Common Aboriginal settlement (1930s-1980s). The reserve is closed to vehicles (gate is on Mount Mackenzie Road) but visitors are free to explore on foot - information signs on site. Good for birdwatching.
A preserved railway precinct - the railway line joined Sydney to Brisbane in 1886 but the line closed almost 100 years later.
A National Trust building that contains a significant collection of Sir Henry Parkes relics. In 1889 Sir Henry Parkes delivered a famous speech which re-energised the federation movement to create the country of Australia, bringing the then separate states together in a federation, which was achieved in 1901. The S.H.P. Memorial School of Arts was built to commemorate this with a now multi-functional building including a museum, cinema, cafe and community spaces.
Lawn bowls.
The Tenterfield Saddlery was classified by the National Trust of Australia in 1972. Peter Allen, singer and songwriter, has perpetuated the memory of George Woolnough in one of his best known songs "The Tenterfield Saddler".
This museum complex houses the Cottage Museum, General Sir Harry Chauvel Gallery, Petrie Pioneer Cottage (a typical 1860s workers cottage), and various examples of historical machinery.