Historic Gundaroo and Collector, driving tour of two small villages near Canberra
The towns of Gundaroo and Collector are two small towns nearby Canberra in New South Wales.
Gundaroo is special in that Cork Street, it’s main street has retained the look and charm of the 19th century. They’re making sure that the main street keeps its character as the rest of the town slowly grows and matures around it.
When we’re done looking at Gundaroo, we’ll take the “Marked Tree Road” route over to the town of Collector.
Collector used to be a thriving town, it made it’s income as a rest stop town for those who were taking the Federal Highway between Sydney and Canberra. However when the highway bypassed the town in 1988 the has since struggled.
The Bushranger Hotel in Collector is also the scene of an infamous incident involving the death of a police constable.
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I acknowledge the “Gandangara” and “Ngunawal” peoples who are the traditional custodians of the land that this video was filmed on. I also pay my respects to their ancestors and Elders past, present and emerging.
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Video recorded on 20 October 2025.
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Chapters:
0:00:00 Video preview
0:00:30 Introduction and map
0:02:00 Entering Gundaroo and driving “Cork Street”
0:03:30 Gundaroo Park and campground
0:07:20 Checking out where “Yass River” is
0:10:46 Gundaroo Common and cemetery
0:17:25 Heading to some new housing development
0:21:28 Leaving “Gundaroo” for “Collector” via “Marked Tree Road”
0:26:30 “Marked Tree Road” transitions to gravel
0:44:44 “Marked Tree Road” transitions to “Collector Road”
0:48:00 Entering “Collector”
0:49:40 “Bushranger Hotel” and “Constable Samuel Nelson Memorial”
0:56:06 Encounter with the “National Highway”
0:57:30 Parkland, churches, graveyard and memorials
1:00:55 “Dreamer’s Gate Sculpture”
1:03:50 Leaving Collector and end of video
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Information sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundaroo
https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/country-nsw/yass-area/gundaroo
https://gundaroo.info/gundaroo/
https://gundaroo.info/gundaroo/history.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collector,_New_South_Wales
https://www.collectorvillage.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandangara
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngunnawal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yass_Valley_Council
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushranger_Hotel
Census, Gundaroo locality – https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL11811
Census, Gundaroo town – https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL121046
Census, Collector locality – https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL10972
Census, Collector town – https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL122037
https://weather-and-climate.com/average-monthly-Rainfall-Temperature-Sunshine,gundaroo-new-south-wales-au,Australia