Victoria Park Rose Gardens in Goulburn was the location chosen for this year's family picnic day, which was held on Saturday 2 April 2011.

It was a beautiful sunny day as family members gathered for morning tea at 11:00am followed by the meeting, which commenced around 11:30am.

Amongst other things, discussion was held regarding the venue for next year's gathering, which is scheduled to be held in Junee on Saturday 31 March 2012. Further details will be circulated prior to the event. If you would like to receive a meeting reminder notice by email, please contact us.

Tour of Garroorigang:

After the meeting we took a guided tour of historic home Garroorigang. The home is located approximately 2kms south of the centre of town, on the Braidwood Road.

On the original 50 acre parcel of land purchased by Charles Thomas from John Archer Broughton in 1857, Mr Thomas constructed a dwelling and outbuildings which was to open two years later in 1859, as the Mulwaree Inn.

After a series of major events in Goulburn's history which impacted on the Inn's viability, it was sold in 1868 to Samuel Harbourne Belcher who set up a school to provide a classical education for "gentlemen's sons". The school operated on the site until 1883, at which time it was closed and Mr Belcher lived in retirement on the site until his death in 1920.

Shortly after his father's death, eldest son Stuart Belcher and his wife Annie came to live at Garroorigang. Being childless, at Mrs Belcher's request the property was purchased by her sister's family, Stuart and Ingeborg Hume in 1951. The Hume family are collateral descendants of explorer, Hamilton Hume.⁹

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