Hall Hire
Michelago Memorial Hall, in the centre of the village on Ryrie St, is available for hire. If you have any questions about hiring the Hall you can email: memorial.hall@michelagoregion.org.au or call 0493 638 878
To book the hall please fill in this form and email to memorial.hall@michelagoregion.org.au to request your booking. If the date & time is available we will send you an invoice for payment, and once paid you will be provided with the details of the key collection for your event.
The current (2023-24) hiring fees are:
- Standard Hire $17.00 per hour
- Refundable Deposit Bond – Standard Hire $170 per event
- Private Evening / Party Function $240 per event
- Refundable Deposit Bond – Private Evening / Party $250 per event
- Hire of Equipment – chairs, tables, kitchen, etc.: By arrangement with the Hall Committee
Hall Committee:
The Hall Committee has been re-established under the new S.355 structure to oversee the management of the Hall with Council.
- Naomi Walton (President)
- Jenny Wholohan (Secretary)
- Belinda Sierzchula (Treasurer + Bookings Officer)
- Anna Lucas
- Allan Lehepuu
- Leanne Pattison (on behalf of MRCA)
Please note we are a volunteer committee and while we aim to be as responsive as possible sometimes life gets in the way and we may take a little longer 🙂
Hall History
The following information about the hall’s history was originally captured for the Cooma-Monaro Council web site (now defunct).
Photos of the Hall from around 2010 – new photos to come soon! You can also view an old (2006) hand-drawn floorplan.
About Michelago Memorial Hall:
The Michelago Hall is located on Ryrie St, Michelago, 1 km east of the intersection with Monaro Highway. Michelago is located 75km north of Cooma and approximately 30km south of Canberra.
From at least prior to 1935 there existed a timber hall on this site. The hall was meant to be located near the sports ground, but through a land swap with a local landowner, the hall was built in the present location.
The early use of the hall was for regular balls, dances and also wedding receptions. Being close to several churches couples being married in the local church held a reception in the hall and then caught the night train at Michelago Station (opposite the hall) to either Goulburn or Sydney for their honeymoon. Films were shown prior to 1948. During the period prior to 1948 a local inhabitant described the hall as the ‘centre of the universe’.
It is thought that the old hall was condemned in the 1950’s and demolished when the new hall was built in 1971. The new hall was built by two locals, McTernan and Seigal, with funds from a drought relief government program.
The hall has a stage, small hall, toilets, change rooms, kitchen and storerooms.
The hall was officially opened by Steve Major the local MP in 1972. A new addition was opened in 2001 which enlarged the hall and provided a new kitchen and small meeting room.
As well as community meetings and family functions the hall has been used by the Monaro Pre-school in the last few years, one day a week. Other programs are also conducted in the hall regularly.