First Nations
Ngunnawal Country — Running to the Feast
For millennia the Ngunnawal people gathered at Uriarra each summer for the Bogong moth harvest — "Uriarra" itself means "running to the feast."
Discover more →Uriarra Valley
A Valley Shaped by Time & Tradition
Nestled in the rural hinterland of the Australian Capital Territory, Uriarra Valley carries a quiet dignity — a place where farming heritage, native bushland, and community converge.
Uriarra Valley stretches across the western slopes of the ACT, where open paddocks roll into native eucalypt forest and the light falls soft across the land each evening.
For generations, families have worked this land — sheep and cattle grazing on rolling slopes, orchards tucked into sheltered gullies, and homesteads standing as quiet testaments to a life lived close to the earth.
Today, Uriarra Valley remains one of the ACT's most cherished rural landscapes — a place where heritage is not just remembered, but lived. The valley's story is one of resilience, connection to country, and an enduring rural character that distinguishes it from the city just over the hill.
Want to know more about the heritage?
Read the National Trust's historical report on the Uriarra Valley and its early pastoral holdings.
