A new Canberra Tracks sign has been unveiled at Throsby Park to give visitors an opportunity to learn more about the local history of the region.
Canberra Tracks is a network of heritage signage that incorporates eight self-drive routes leading to various historic sites around Canberra.
Minister for Heritage, Rebecca Vassarotti said Canberra Tracks continued to grow and was a connection between the community and its longstanding relationship to the region’s landscape.
“The new sign marks Charles Throsby’s success in finding the Murrumbidgee River after Aboriginal people shared with him their knowledge of its existence,” Ms Vassarotti said.
“I acknowledge that this event and the subsequent settlement is intertwined with dispossession, disease and great sadness,” she said.
“Therefore, today we commemorate this event as we continue to work together towards reconciliation.”
Ms Vassarotti said waterways like the Murrumbidgee River were integral to the city’s growth and prosperity.
“Without flowing water Canberra could never have grown into the capital city it is today,” the Minister said.
“During the last two weeks, I have unveiled two other heritage signs about the Forrest Fire Station and eucalyptus distilling at Tidbinbilla,” she said.
Ms Vassarotti encouraged people to pick up the Canberra Tracks brochure this summer and take themselves on one of the eight self-drive routes.
