Tenterfield: See
=== In and near town ===
1 Sir Henry Parkes Memorial School of Arts, 205 Rouse St, ☏ +61 2 6736 6100, museum@tenterfield.nsw.gov.au. Daily 10AM - 4PM. 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. $7 adults, $5.50 concession, $3.50 children, $17 family. (updated Feb 2020)
2 Tenterfield Saddlery, 123 High Street (next to Vinnies/St Vincent de Paul's store), ☏ +61 2 6736 1478. Tue-Sun 9AM-1PM. 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".
3 Centenary Cottage Museum, 136 Logan Street, ☏ +61 2 6736 2844. Fri Sat 10AM-3PM, 1st 2nd 3rd Sun of the month 10AM-3PM - closed Good Fri and Christmas Day. 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. (updated Apr 2021)
4 Tenterfield Railway Museum, 21 Railway Avenue (near the corner of Railway Avenue and Miles Street), ☏ +61 2 6736 2223, tenterfieldrailwaymuseum@outlook.com.au. Wed-Sun 9AM-4PM - open every day during NSW school holidays. A preserved railway precinct - the railway line joined Sydney to Brisbane in 1886 but the line closed almost 100 years later. (updated Apr 2021)
5 F-111 Memorial, just past 211 Mount Lindesay Road (1.5 km north-east of Tenterfield via Naas Street eastbound, turn left/north onto Logan Street, cross the four-way intersection with Drummon Street and continue ahead as Mount Lindesay Road, memorial is on the left hand side, off the road). This memorial commemorates 2 Royal Australian Air Force pilots who died in a training flight crash here in 1987 involving a General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark strategic bomber. (updated Apr 2021)
6 Tenterfield Cork Tree, next to 103 Wood Street (take the High Street/Bruxner Highway eastbound, turn left/north onto Wood Street). A large cork tree, brought out from England as a seedling in a jam jar in 1861. (updated Apr 2021)
7 Currys Gap State Conservation Area, Currys Trail (4 km south-east of Tenterfield via Douglas Street westbound, turn left/south onto Western Street then right/west onto Mount Mackenzie Road, continue around the bend to the left/south, at the fork take the left onto Currys Trail), ☏ +61 2 6736 4298. 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). …