Collector is a small village on the Federal Highway in New South Wales, Australia halfway between Goulburn New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. It is seven kilometres north of Lake George (New South Wales). The area was first settled by Europeans in 1829 when T.A. Murray was granted an area of land in the area in 1829. T.A. Murray built a 12 room house on the land in 1837. A post office opened at Collector in 1848. The village reportedly is named after the Aboriginal name for the region colegadar. The village was by-passed by the Federal Highway in 1988 and has struggled to remain viable ever since.
The Bushranger Hotel in Collector was the site of a shooting of a Constable Samuel Nelson on 26 Jan 1865, by John Dunn, a member of Ben Hall's gang. Other businesses in the village are: The Grapefoodwine Restaurant, Lynwood Café /Restaurant, Cafe Lerida of Lerida Estate Winery, Collector Art Gallery and Collector Quarries.
References
- Exploring the ACT and Southeast New South Wales, J. Kay McDonald, Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1985 ISBN 0-86417-049-1
